3 things about Merlin Crossingham & Nick Park’s WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL

Posted on January 24, 2025 by robchristopher

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl [2024]

1. Snoozy Choc.
2. Unexpected turnip.
3. An elevated waterway for barges.

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3 things about Jonathan Demme’s LAST EMBRACE

Posted on January 19, 2025 by robchristopher

Last Embrace [1979]

1. Sweaty Roy Scheider in black bikini briefs.
2. The walls of the secret office and lined with compact shelving.
3. Commandeering a chunky tourist bus.

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3 things about Azazel Jacobs’ HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

Posted on January 18, 2025 by robchristopher

His Three Daughters [2024]

1. Sometimes someone doesn’t call 9-1-1 right away.
2. A variation on Ozu’s bottle shots.
3. Even afterwards, she still goes outside to smoke up.

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David Lynch, 1946 – 2025.

Posted on January 16, 2025 by robchristopher


RIP David Lynch.

Though I knew this day would come, I’m still very sad. I can’t calculate the effect that seeing the very first episode of Twin Peaks had on me when I was only 14, except that it quite literally altered the course of my life. It opened up completely new worlds to me, completely fresh ways of seeing and experiencing life. Lynch’s films eventually led me to the work of Barry Gifford, which in turn led me towards making Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago. And it was the thrill of my life when Barry shared my film with “Dave” and the word came back that he loved it.

As long as human beings are still watching cinema, his films will be there to inspire, perplex, and thrill.

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3 things about Brady Corbet’s THE BRUTALIST

Posted on January 13, 2025 by robchristopher

The Brutalist [2024]

1. “Everything that is ugly…”
2. He lays his cheek upon the marble and exhales.
3. The jazz club scene–echoes of I Am Cuba?

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3 things about Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker’s AIRPLANE!

Posted on January 12, 2025 by robchristopher

Airplane! [1980]

1. “I’m not sure. I haven’t seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert.”
2. Instruments.
3. Maureen McGovern as the nun!

3 other things.

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3 things about Anna Kendrick’s WOMAN OF THE HOUR

Posted on January 11, 2025 by robchristopher

Woman of the Hour [2024]

1. “What is a girl for?”
2. The sounds of the room disappear; suddenly they’re the only customers left in the bar.
3. She takes refuge at the Last Chance Diner.

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3 things about Sean Charmatz’s ORION AND THE DARK

Posted on January 10, 2025 by robchristopher

Orion and the Dark [2024]

1. “I don’t think we have time for David Foster Wallace tonight.”
2. We can no longer see the stars outside at night so we have to go to the planetarium.
3. Light as a surfer dude.

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3 things about George Pollock’s MURDER AHOY

Posted on January 9, 2025 by robchristopher

Murder Ahoy [1964]

1. A smashed bottle of Plymouth gin.
2. Intercepted message.
3. Swordplay with Margaret.

3 other things.

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3 things about Errol Morris’s THE PIGEON TUNNEL

Posted on January 6, 2025 by robchristopher

The Pigeon Tunnel [2023]

1. The joy of self-imposed schizophrenia.
2. “I really don’t think any artist, whether he’s a writer, a painter, or anybody else, I don’t think he has to explain his work beyond a certain point. If it’s raised those questions in you, you’re already having a good time.”
3. George Smiley as the father he never had.

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