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3 things about Frederick Wiseman’s ASPEN

Posted on January 25, 2025 by robchristopher

Aspen [1991] 1. “I’m here to tell you, the way to grow old gracefully is to get cosmetic surgery.” 2. Brief appearances by John Denver and Ed Bradley! 3. The artist noticed which way the art world was going. Conservative. … Continue reading →

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David Lynch, 1946 – 2025.

Posted on January 16, 2025 by robchristopher

RIP David Lynch. Though I knew this day would come, I’m still very sad. I can’t calculate the effect that seeing the very first episode of Twin Peaks had on me when I was only 14, except that it quite … Continue reading →

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3 things about Errol Morris’s THE PIGEON TUNNEL

Posted on January 6, 2025 by robchristopher

The Pigeon Tunnel [2023] 1. The joy of self-imposed schizophrenia. 2. “I really don’t think any artist, whether he’s a writer, a painter, or anybody else, I don’t think he has to explain his work beyond a certain point. If … Continue reading →

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3 things about Margreth Olin’s SONGS OF EARTH

Posted on December 23, 2024 by robchristopher

Songs of Earth [2023] 1. Surface of the glacier/the contours of her aged father’s skin. 2. “Home on the Range” but in Norwegian and with completely different lyrics. 3. Solitary flowers have the deepest hue.

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3 things about Garret Price’s YACHT ROCK: A DOCKUMENTARY

Posted on December 21, 2024 by robchristopher

Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary [2024] 1. MTV hastened the end. 2. An electric piano riff accidentally heard through a window. “Circus music.” 3. Questlove’s epic playlist honoring Anthony Bourdain.

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3 things about Johan Grimonprez’s SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT

Posted on October 27, 2024 by robchristopher

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat [2024] 1. Dizzy Gillespie: “The weapons we will use will be … the cool ones.” 2. Eisenhower delivering an inspiring, impassioned speech to the U.N. Largely full of lies. 3. Too many assassins in one … Continue reading →

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3 things about Josh Greenbaum’s WILL & HARPER

Posted on October 3, 2024 by robchristopher

Will & Harper [2024] 1. “Can we call this a blizzard now?” 2. Jazzy but also country. Upbeat but it should also make you shed a tear. 3. A former manager for Bette Midler and Air Supply.

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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 Shola Lynch’s CHISHOLM ’72: UNBOUGHT & UNBOSSED

Posted on September 5, 2024 by robchristopher

Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed [2004] 1. Walter Cronkite announces that Shirley Chisholm has “thrown her bonnet” into the ring. 2. In 1971 she proposes that the Department of the Interior ought to be led by an Indian. 3. Octavia … Continue reading →

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3 things about Andreas Horvath’s ZOO LOCK DOWN

Posted on August 18, 2024 by robchristopher

Zoo Lock Down [2022] 1. Lemur pooping at the snack shack. 2. Taking his time with the cricket. 3. Anesthetized rhino insemination.

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