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3 things about Stephen Maing and Brett Story’s UNION

Posted on October 8, 2025 by robchristopher

Union [2024] 1. Laptop propped up using Monopoly. 2. Container ship named CAPITAL. 3. A two-hour commute via MTA.

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3 things about Vanessa Gould’s OBIT.

Posted on September 19, 2025 by robchristopher

Obit. [2016] 1. The morgue of the New York Times: 10,000 drawers. 2. An inherently retrospective disciple. 3. No euphemisms for “death” permitted.

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3 things about Ceyda Torun’s KEDI

Posted on September 13, 2025 by robchristopher

Kedi [2016] 1. If you can’t love an animal, you can’t love a person. 2. Everyone has open tabs at the vet. 3. Feeding her babies.

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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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