Tag Archives: documentaries

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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3 things about Errol Morris’s AMERICAN DHARMA

Posted on July 27, 2024 by robchristopher

American Dharma [2018] 1. Real profits from fictional currency. 2. It all began with an encounter at Sundance. 3. Breitbart shouting himself into a coronary.

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3 things about Mstyslav Chernov’s 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL

Posted on July 21, 2024 by robchristopher

20 Days in Mariupol [2023] 1. Charging cellphones just to be able to use them as flashlights. 2. The nurse explains that the injured woman’s condition was “incompatible with life.” 3. A dirty hand jerking in pain.

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3 things about Reed Harkness’s SAM NOW

Posted on June 2, 2024 by robchristopher

Sam Now [2022] 1. Candybones. 2. He’s disturbed by Sam’s resilience. 3. Returning to remove the MISSING MOM flyers. A vivid reminder that there are certain stories only a documentary can tell.

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“I had nine months of intense culture shock and then suddenly I was in love with Chicago”

Posted on March 14, 2024 by robchristopher

I had the pleasure of speaking with The New Chicagoan about Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago. My film is now streaming all over place and there’s also a soundtrack album!

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3 things about Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri’s THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD

Posted on March 8, 2024 by robchristopher

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World [2021] 1. Visconti’s direction largely consisted of four things: Go, Stop, Turn Around, Smile. 2. Ten days of apartment cleaning. 3. Manga icon.

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3 things about Josell Ramos’s MAESTRO

Posted on March 7, 2024 by robchristopher

Maestro [2003] 1. Reading the grooves without headphones. 2. An array of tweeters suspended over the dancefloor. 3. Gwen Guthrie’s farewell speech at the closing of the Paradise Garage.

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