3 things about Todd Douglas Miller’s APOLLO 11

Posted on June 29, 2019 by robchristopher

Apollo 11 [2019]

1. The utter blackness of space. And then, slowly, a glowing white curve enters the frame.
2. “It’s like one of those revolving restaurants.”
3. Modified trailer as quarantine quarters.

Wow.

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3 things about Joseph H. Lewis’s MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS

Posted on June 17, 2019 by robchristopher

My Name Is Julia Ross [1945]

1. “She’s perfect.”
“There’s even a small resemblance.”
2. She keeps a locked drawer full of her son’s knives.
3. Unhelpful vicar.

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3 things about François Ozon’s FRANTZ

Posted on June 15, 2019 by robchristopher

Frantz [2016]

1. Black & white. They enter the cave, pass through, and on the other side the world is in color.
2. She studies the painting. “It makes me want to live.” Manet’s “Le Suicide.”
3. Without reading it, she tosses the letter into the fire.

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3 things about Alex Thompson & Kelly O’Sullivan’s SAINT FRANCES

Posted on June 14, 2019 by robchristopher

Saint Frances [2019]

1. Roberto Bolaño t-shirt.
2. “I love you, Dad.”
They hug.
“Change the oil in your car.”
3. A Northwestern graduate, she’s the author of Resting Rich Face.

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3 things about Yorgos Lanthimos’s THE FAVOURITE

Posted on June 10, 2019 by robchristopher

The Favourite [2018]

1. “Must the duck be here?”
2. Sectional lace-up leather corset.
3. “Have you come to seduce me or rape me?”
“I am a gentleman.”
“So, rape then.”

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3 things about George Cukor’s A STAR IS BORN

Posted on June 8, 2019 by robchristopher

A Star Is Born [1954]

1. She kisses him first.
2. A tiny, squelched “no.”
3. Spanish musical troupe rehearsing backstage.

3 other things.

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3 things about Alan Gibson’s DRACULA A.D. 1972

Posted on June 6, 2019 by robchristopher

Dracula A.D. 1972 [1972]

1. “Com’on Jess, it’s only for a giggle.”
2. A truly great edit: tilt up from a gravestone in 1872 to the sky, in which a jet plane suddenly appears.
3. Bubbling blood and ashes in a chalice.

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3 things about Alain Resnais’ LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD

Posted on June 5, 2019 by robchristopher

Last Year at Marienbad [1961]

1. Abandoned tea service on the table in front of her.
2. The group adjourns to the library to research last year’s weather reports.
3. A drawer filled with hundreds of copies of the same photograph.

3 other things. I’d like to live inside this movie sometimes, its stillness and physical spaces. Someday I’ll watch this without subtitles so that I can experience it more purely.

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Presenting the first movie poster for ROY’S WORLD!

Posted on June 3, 2019 by robchristopher

movie poster for ROY'S WORLD

I am so thrilled to share our very first movie poster for Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago!

It’s based on an original collage created by Kevin Sampsell. (Trivia: the two photos near the bottom were taken by Stanley Kubrick in the late 1940s.) The poster was designed by Kim Thornton, who previously did such an amazing job on the Pause of the Clock poster.

As we near completion of the film, we’ve launched a crowdfunding campaign to help us cover our final postproduction expenses before we hit the film festival circuit. I hope you’ll surf on over to the film’s website, check out our trailer, and consider supporting the project. Thanks in advance and let a smile be your umbrella!

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3 things about Tamara Jenkins’ PRIVATE LIFE

Posted on June 2, 2019 by robchristopher

Private Life [2019]

1. He stands up and it’s sticking to his butt.
2. “Scrambled is good, but however you guys do them is fine with me.”
3. Deflating the mattress.

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