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3 things about Isobel Sandoval’s LINGUA FRANCA

Posted on September 4, 2024 by robchristopher

Lingua Franca [2019] 1. In the midst of peeling an orange, she gets the feeling she isn’t at home any longer.2. He stops reading the letter out of embarrassment.3. The cow carcass falls to the floor.

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3 things about Delbert Mann’s MARTY

Posted on August 31, 2024 by robchristopher

Marty [1955] 1. Splurging on a taxi home. 2. “I dunno, what do you wanna do?” 3. Two Irish-American ladies having a beer together at the bar.

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3 things about Boaz Yakin’s FRESH

Posted on August 6, 2024 by robchristopher

Fresh [1994] 1. She quietly squeezes her throat. 2. A trailer home in a vacant lot. 3. Textbooks.

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3 things about Julian Schnabel’s BASQUIAT

Posted on June 7, 2024 by robchristopher

Basquiat [1996] 1. He stares at the empty room and then a stack of tires materializes.2. “Are you a black painter?”“I use a lot of colors, not only black.”3. Deciding he’d like the entire tin of caviar he asks Andy … Continue reading →

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3 things about William Friedkin’s CRUISING

Posted on April 3, 2024 by robchristopher

Cruising [1980] 1. Dilated anus. 2. Hips or lips. 3. “Let me just get this stuff off my face.” 3 other things.

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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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3 things about Griffin Dunne’s JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD

Posted on March 5, 2024 by robchristopher

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold [2017] 1. During a party at their house, she walks into her child’s bedroom and finds drug paraphernalia 2. Ice-cold Coke in the fridge at all times. 3. Collecting the latest gossip during … Continue reading →

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3 things about Nicole Holofcener’s YOU HURT MY FEELINGS

Posted on February 17, 2024 by robchristopher

You Hurt My Feelings [2023] 1. “Shut up and keep talking!” 2. He’s disgusted by the spectacle of his parents sharing an ice cream cone. 3. She awkwardly holds the phallic light fixture at hip-level.

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3 things about Celine Song’s PAST LIVES

Posted on December 28, 2023 by robchristopher

Past Lives [2023] 1. Written on the wall near the front door: WALLET PHONE KEYS 2. “That’s just something Koreans say to seduce someone.” 3. Pasta.

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3 things about Alfred L. Werker’s REPEAT PERFORMANCE

Posted on December 24, 2023 by robchristopher

Repeat Performance [1947] 1. “Dear William. You’ve had a bad year too, haven’t you? A terrible year.” “It hasn’t been good.” 2. Giant rainshadows across the wall in the asylum’s visiting room. 3. Alone in bed in the dark, tensely … Continue reading →

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