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3 things about Jirí Barta’s THE PIED PIPER

Posted on November 7, 2025 by robchristopher

The Pied Piper [1986] 1. Bolts of luxury fabrics swarming with rats. 2. Siphoning away the sugar. 3. He gathers the infant in his arms and abandons the emptied town.

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3 things about t.o.L’s TAMALA 2010: A PUNK CAT IN SPACE

Posted on September 12, 2025 by robchristopher

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space [2002] 1. Let’s! Catty Diet! only 7 yen 2. His name, as he keeps reminding her, is Michelangelo. 3. Trying to find the toilet in the basement of the museum.

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3 things about Chris Sanders’ THE WILD ROBOT

Posted on July 6, 2025 by robchristopher

The Wild Robot [2024] 1. Wooden prosthetic leg. 2. The lodge becomes a safe haven. 3. Emerging in the spring, moss-covered.

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3 things about THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE

Posted on July 4, 2025 by robchristopher

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie [2024] 1. Foreshadowing. 2. A monster consisting of an eyeball stalk, novelty teeth, and gum. 3. Clampett’s Diner.

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3 things about THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER

Posted on June 24, 2025 by robchristopher

The Rescuers Down Under [1990] 1. Inadequate runway. 2. Transport by snake. 3. Eggsitting.

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3 things about René Laloux’s GANDAHAR

Posted on April 22, 2025 by robchristopher

Gandahar [1987] 1. Hatched by Godzilla, who thinks they’re her children. 2. An enormous pit of bodies. 3. No head. Face on his chest.

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3 things about Faith & John Hubley’s EVERYBODY RIDES THE CAROUSEL

Posted on March 28, 2025 by robchristopher

Everybody Rides the Carousel [1976] 1. Repeatedly throwing the spoon on the floor. 2. Happy masks, doubtful inner faces. 3. An unusual trick-or-treater.

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3 things about DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman’s LOVING VINCENT

Posted on March 15, 2025 by robchristopher

Loving Vincent [2017] 1. Watching the rain through the cafe windows. 2. He takes a few paintings in lieu of a bill. 3. A chair at the edge of a field.

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3 things about Gints Zilbalodis’s FLOW

Posted on February 23, 2025 by robchristopher

Flow [2024] 1. Collecting a pile of fishes.2. The bird ascends into space.3. A basket of shiny objects.

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3 things about OLIVER & COMPANY

Posted on January 31, 2025 by robchristopher

Oliver & Company [1988] 1. Garland of frankfurters. 2. Bluebirds swooning over a poodle? 3. Sappy bedtime story. Just wrong.

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