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3 things about Naomi Yang’s NEVER BE A PUNCHING BAG FOR NOBODY

Posted on August 31, 2025 by robchristopher

Never Be A Punching Bag for Nobody [2023] 1. A magnificent park designed by Frederick Law Olmstead is razed … in order to lengthen an airport runway. 2. Watching the video footage, she realizes her hands weren’t always up even … Continue reading →

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3 things about Sandi Tan’s SHIRKERS

Posted on August 11, 2025 by robchristopher

Shirkers [2018] 1. Going from ATM to ATM, methodically draining their savings accounts. 2. 70 film canisters but no sound reels. 3. An “original idea” lifted from Paris, Texas.

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3 things about Jack Hazan’s A BIGGER SPLASH

Posted on July 30, 2025 by robchristopher

A Bigger Splash [1973] 1. Sitting on a leather sofa. One blue sock, one red sock. 2. After studying the painting of himself he takes a few sips from a drinking fountain. A Warhol picture is visible in the foreground. … Continue reading →

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3 things about Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin’s CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER

Posted on July 9, 2025 by robchristopher

Chronicle of a Summer [1961] 1. “I paint to understand the painting of others.” 2. A long pause. “If I only knew.” 3. Several minutes go by after we first see the tattoo before it is explained to us what … Continue reading →

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3 things about Lisa Rovner’s SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS

Posted on June 23, 2025 by robchristopher

Sisters with Transistors [2020] 1. Suzanne Ciani was the first female composer to score a Hollywood film (The Incredible Shrinking Woman, 1981). 2. To play the theremin you must be a butterfly. 3. Hand-spliced tape loops.

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3 things about Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui’s SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY

Posted on June 22, 2025 by robchristopher

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story [2024] 1. Half an inch either way, things would have turned out differently. 2. William Hurt urging him not to sell out and reject the part. 3. Teaching his son to ride a bicycle.

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3 things about Stephen Kijak’s ROCK HUDSON: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWED

Posted on June 20, 2025 by robchristopher

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed [2023] 1. Linda Evans reveals that for a time, people refused invitations to have dinner at her house. 2. Well endowed. 3. Elizabeth Taylor: “I became so incensed and personally frustrated at the rejection … Continue reading →

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3 things about Lucie Faulknor and Dawn Logsdon’s FREE FOR ALL: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Posted on June 19, 2025 by robchristopher

Free for All: The Public Library [2025] 1. Andrew Carnegie would agree to build a library only after the community demonstrated that it was committed to taxing itself. 2. Books by mule. 3. Arrested for refusing to hand over patrons’ … Continue reading →

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3 things about Alex Pritz’s THE TERRITORY

Posted on June 10, 2025 by robchristopher

The Territory [2022] 1. Encroaching on the territory is merely “freeing the land.” 2. They set fire to the forest and ride away. 3. Age 18 and the leader of his people.

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3 things about Gary Hustwit’s ENO

Posted on May 19, 2025 by robchristopher

Eno [2024] 1. In the morning, delaying input (breakfast, reading the news, checking email) to give space to output (creative projects). 2. The unexpected utility of Discreet Music for a soundtrack to birthing. 3. Bowie and Eno unknowingly working at … Continue reading →

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