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3 things about Jeremy Workman’s SECRET MALL APARTMENT

Posted on May 17, 2025 by robchristopher

Secret Mall Apartment [2024] 1. An imposing facade without a pedestrian entrance. 2. Explaining tape art. 3. Two things had been stolen: their PlayStation, a photobook.

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3 things about Alan Elliott & Sydney Pollack’s AMAZING GRACE

Posted on May 4, 2025 by robchristopher

Amazing Grace [2018] 1. Waterspots above the doorway. 2. Overcome, he steps away from the piano in the middle of the song. 3. The cameraman jockeys for a clear shot of Mick Jagger.

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3 things about Benjamin Ree’s THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN

Posted on April 11, 2025 by robchristopher

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin [2024] 1. “When you’re gaming 12 hours a day, there’s not much room for anything else.” 2. Hugging in the game allows them to work towards hugging in real life. 3. He presents her with … Continue reading →

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3 things about Nanette Burstein’s ELIZABETH TAYLOR: THE LOST TAPES

Posted on March 3, 2025 by robchristopher

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes [2024] 1. Richard Burton repeating the same story over and over about seeing her rushes for the first time. 2. Working through the death of Mike Todd during Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 3. … Continue reading →

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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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