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3 things about Dan Curtis’s EXPRESS TO TERROR, aka SUPERTRAIN

Posted on January 15, 2024 by robchristopher

Supertrain [1979] 1. Pointless elevator. 2. Donna Summer soundalike. 3. His idea of helping a man who’s hanging from the outside of the train: ordering the engineer to “redline” it. Just as bad as I’d expected. Possibly worse.

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3 things about Morgan Neville’s WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

Posted on July 4, 2018 by robchristopher

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? [2018] 1. King Friday doesn’t want things to change. So he builds a wall. 2. The number 143. 3. “Television doesn’t have room for a nice person today.”

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The end of the return of TWIN PEAKS.

Posted on September 4, 2017 by robchristopher

I’m still digesting what I saw last night; I will probably be digesting what I saw last night for a long, time time. I’m deeply shaken in a way that feels both frightening and wondrous. In a day and age … Continue reading →

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My review of THE SECRET HISTORY OF TWIN PEAKS.

Posted on November 7, 2016 by robchristopher

I had the great privilege to review Mark Frost’s new novel for Booklist. Check out my spolier-free review!

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3 things about Michael Haneke’s 71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE

Posted on August 6, 2010 by robchristopher

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance [1994] 1. He hesitates. Then he cuts the lock, quietly removes every handgun from the rack. He puts them in a gym bag. 2. After he slaps her she almost leaves the table. … Continue reading →

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3 things about Esteban Sapir’s THE AERIAL

Posted on October 8, 2007 by robchristopher

The Aerial [2007] 1. Snow as a beautiful visual shorthand for film grain. 2. Spirals, electricity, shadows, eyes, mouths. 3. As if I needed more proof: along with The Science of Sleep, more concrete evidence that the best of imaginations … Continue reading →

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