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3 things about Richard Quine’s STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET

Posted on September 7, 2025 by robchristopher

Strangers When We Meet [1960] 1. “Martinis don’t mix with S-E-X.” 2. Walter Matthau as a lecherous heel. 3. Inappropriate mixed chorus vocal version of the theme song as the film ends.

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3 things about Paul Wendkos’ GIDGET

Posted on July 19, 2025 by robchristopher

Gidget [1959] 1. She’s reluctant to strip down to her bathing suit; one of her friends commands: “Peel, girl!” 2. Breast-enhancing exercises. 3. When The Four Preps pop in to perform “Cinderella” at the luau, it’s the squarest, corniest, whitest … Continue reading →

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3 things about Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz’s MESSIAH OF EVIL

Posted on October 11, 2024 by robchristopher

Messiah of Evil [1974] 1. Green bathroom. A mural of faces receding into perspective. 2. Conclave in the Meat Department. 3. She describes her father’s hands.

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3 things about Marianna Milhorat’s JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH

Posted on September 18, 2024 by robchristopher

Just Above the Surface of the Earth (For a Coming Extinction) [2024] 1. Five uninterrupted minutes of listening for frogs. 2. A tidepool is a microenvironment. 3. Sitting in a chair amidst the tallgrass. A haunting, exquisitely made documentary centered … Continue reading →

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3 things about Griffin Dunne’s JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD

Posted on March 5, 2024 by robchristopher

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold [2017] 1. During a party at their house, she walks into her child’s bedroom and finds drug paraphernalia 2. Ice-cold Coke in the fridge at all times. 3. Collecting the latest gossip during … Continue reading →

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3 chances in September.

Posted on August 16, 2020 by robchristopher

About four years ago when I started making a documentary, I never would have dreamed that it would finally be ready for the world during a pandemic. But here we are. And after much ado, I’m thrilled to announce the … Continue reading →

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3 things about Errol Morris’s GATES OF HEAVEN

Posted on March 28, 2019 by robchristopher

Gates of Heaven [1978] 1. As humans, we don’t really know one another; but we know our pets. 2. Memorial marker: “I Knew Love. — I Had A Dog.” 3. Outdoor electric guitar. 100 watts per channel.

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