3 things about Alex Ullom’s IT ENDS

Posted on October 10, 2025 by robchristopher

It Ends [2025]

1. “Fair” as riposte.
2. An expanded wardrobe cobbled together from the spoils of abandoned vehicles.
3. A frozen traffic jam and then a sign.

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3 things about Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s GHOSTLIGHT

Posted on October 9, 2025 by robchristopher

Ghostlight [2024]

1. Arriving home at dawn after the cast party.
2. Defiantly walking in the middle of the street.
3. Sitting across from each other, their foreheads touching.

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Last three chances to see MY LAST MARTINI

Posted on October 9, 2025 by robchristopher

Well, for now anyway … I will be at the screenings in Tryon and San Jose; if you make it out, please say hi!

And here’s a lovely new review of the film by Jared Mobarak: “[Wendy] Robie becomes an enigmatic reminder that we mustn’t only give into the automated routine of convenience to transport an audience through time and space. We only need a good drink and a willing ear.”

October 10, 2025: Buffalo International Film Festival, NY
[BIFF Shorts: Never Too Late @ 4:45PM]

October 12, 2025: Tryon International Film Festival, NC
[Shorts Program @ 4:15PM]

October 19, 2025: San Jose International Short Film Festival, CA
[“All The World’s A Stage” program @ 2:00PM]

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3 things about Stephen Maing and Brett Story’s UNION

Posted on October 8, 2025 by robchristopher

Union [2024]

1. Laptop propped up using Monopoly.
2. Container ship named CAPITAL.
3. A two-hour commute via MTA.

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3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Posted on October 3, 2025 by robchristopher

One Battle After Another [2025]

1. “Do the revolution, baby. Do the revolution.”
2. Reciting lines from The Battle of Algiers.
3. Suite 55.

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3 things about Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BLVD.

Posted on September 22, 2025 by robchristopher

Sunset Blvd. [1950]

1. Solid gold cigarette case.
2. “Get me Gordon Cole.”
3. He references The Naked and The Dead.

3 other things.

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3 things about Sean Baker’s ANORA

Posted on September 21, 2025 by robchristopher

Anora [2024]

1. It’s his grandmother’s car.
2. Spraying champagne aboard a private jet.
3. “You know, you should learn English first before you attempt French.”

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3 things about Vanessa Gould’s OBIT.

Posted on September 19, 2025 by robchristopher

Obit. [2016]

1. The morgue of the New York Times: 10,000 drawers.
2. An inherently retrospective disciple.
3. No euphemisms for “death” permitted.

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3 things about Sidney Lumet’s THE WIZ

Posted on September 18, 2025 by robchristopher

The Wiz [1978]

1. Hungry trashcans.
2. Sweaty sweatshop sign.
3. Starbabies.

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3 things about Ceyda Torun’s KEDI

Posted on September 13, 2025 by robchristopher

Kedi [2016]

1. If you can’t love an animal, you can’t love a person.
2. Everyone has open tabs at the vet.
3. Feeding her babies.

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