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Soundtrack LP for ROY’S WORLD is out now!

Posted on June 30, 2023 by robchristopher

Today is the release day for Jason Adasiewicz’s soundtrack album for Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago. It’s available from Corbett vs. Dempsey on vinyl in all the finest record shops (including Dusty Groove in Chicago) as well as digitally via … Continue reading →

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669 posts.

Posted on November 4, 2017 by robchristopher

That’s how many I wrote under my own name, and there are many others I wrote (including several collaborations) that were posted by someone else. The first post I wrote for Chicagoist was in 2006 (about, ugh, The Bachelor: Rome) … Continue reading →

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A new tale for Xmas from Barry Gifford.

Posted on December 9, 2016 by robchristopher

In 2009 Chicagoist posted “The Starving Dogs of Little Croatia,” a newly written Christmas story by Barry. Seven years later and the annual tradition continues with “Role Models.” (It just might be included in my documentary!) Enjoy.

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9 weeks of stories.

Posted on December 11, 2015 by robchristopher

The ninth story in Chicagoist’s series of new stories by Barry Gifford just went online. Read the whole lot at Fridays with Roy. The series concludes next Friday with his annual Christmas story.

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Boo!

Posted on October 30, 2015 by robchristopher

Here’s a new Halloween story from Barry Gifford: “Dark and Black and Strange.” Check out the other stories in the Fridays with Roy series.

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A creepy story by Barry Gifford.

Posted on October 23, 2015 by robchristopher

The Fridays with Roy series continues with “Creeps.”

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10 weeks of new stories.

Posted on October 17, 2015 by robchristopher

I’m really proud of this. I just edited a series for Chicagoist called “Fridays with Roy,” ten weeks of new stories by Barry Gifford. And when I say new, I mean most of them were written over the summer.  The … Continue reading →

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Live From New York!

Posted on June 12, 2015 by robchristopher

Over at Chicagoist, I review the new documentary about Saturday Night Live. Bottom line? It’s rather shallow and cursory, and doesn’t do justice to its subject. Entertaining? Yes. But you’re better off staying home and rewatching the 40th anniversary special.

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“It’s that sort of conversation across the decades that has really interested me, now, as I finish the film.”

Posted on January 21, 2015 by robchristopher

Pause of the Clock received a nice writeup on Chicagoist. Check it out!

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My ten favorite movies of the year, one of which is from 1967.

Posted on December 23, 2013 by robchristopher

AMOUR BEFORE MIDNIGHT BLUE JASMINE COMPUTER CHESS DOUBLE PLAY: JAMES BENNING AND RICHARD LINKLATER GRAVITY LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY PORTRAIT OF JASON 12 YEARS A SLAVE Additional annotation over at Chicagoist.

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