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3 things about Azazel Jacobs’ HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

Posted on January 18, 2025 by robchristopher

His Three Daughters [2024] 1. Sometimes someone doesn’t call 9-1-1 right away. 2. A variation on Ozu’s bottle shots. 3. Even afterwards, she still goes outside to smoke up.

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3 things about Alan Arkin’s LITTLE MURDERS

Posted on November 19, 2024 by robchristopher

Little Murders [1971] 1. As he ascends the subway stairs, he crosses paths with a man bleeding from a head wound. 2. Carol deftly opens the breech. 3. “I married you because I wanted to mold you. I love the … Continue reading →

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3 things about Louis Malle’s MY DINNER WITH ANDRE

Posted on November 9, 2024 by robchristopher

My Dinner with Andre [1981] 1. References to “my girlfriend Debbie”: writer Deborah Eisenberg. 2. Borrowing Richard Avedon’s place. 3. The man in the fortune cookie factory. 3 other things.

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RIP Gary Indiana

Posted on October 24, 2024 by robchristopher

RIP Gary Indiana, the matchless novelist, essayist, and author. I was fortunate enough to have dinner with him one night in June 2022. His publisher Dan Simon set it up after I had expressed my love of his writing. Over … Continue reading →

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3 things about Slava Tsukerman’s LIQUID SKY

Posted on October 13, 2024 by robchristopher

Liquid Sky [1982] 1. “Cocteau was Cocteau before he did drugs.”2. Shrimp everything.3. Blacklight facepaint.

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3 things about Julio Torres’s PROBLEMISTA

Posted on September 28, 2024 by robchristopher

Problemista [2023] 1. Take off the pants, take off the backpack. 2. Uncooperative Slinky. 3. She accurately points out his own insistence on complication.

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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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