Rob Christopher
@randomcha.bsky.social
Sporadic filmmaker. ROY'S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD'S CHICAGO is streaming! (Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor.) New film: MY LAST MARTINI. Some stuff I scribe: #Chicago, #movies, #cocktails, #music, #books. And yup: I'm #gay. https://linktr.ee/randomcha
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Rob Christopher
@randomcha.bsky.social
· Nov 25
David Lynch: "Barry Gifford is a killer f**kin' writer...ROY'S WORLD captures his childhood and that time in Chicago, and many other places. I really enjoyed watching it and then contemplating what goes on inside a person with this history." My film is streaming! letterboxd.com/film/roys-wo...
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The doc had a sweet hi-fi and fishtank.
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The doc had a sweet hi-fi and fishtank.
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I recently spent some time in the hospital, which caused me to reflect on how we watch the type of retro garbage in hospitals and hotel rooms and on planes that we'd never watch at home: www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I recently spent some time in the hospital, which caused me to reflect on how we watch the type of retro garbage in hospitals and hotel rooms and on planes that we'd never watch at home: www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
Love it.
This commercial for French's Mustard from 1987 is equal parts charming and also kinda unsettling, but what strikes me is the work that went into the absolutely delightful puppetry and practical effects for a *mustard commercial*!! Imagine that today??
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Love it.
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Good morning Chicago! Interesting how the snow cover changes the pre-dawn ambient light.
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Good morning Chicago! Interesting how the snow cover changes the pre-dawn ambient light.
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
Rewatched THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T and it's such a mind-blowing delight. That's how you make a fantasy musical, folks.
two men are fighting in front of a bed with a purple curtain
ALT: two men are fighting in front of a bed with a purple curtain
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December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Rewatched THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T and it's such a mind-blowing delight. That's how you make a fantasy musical, folks.
If you see this repost with your positive model of masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If you see this repost with your positive model of masculinity.
Made it all the way through. Blech. My friend Logan really nails how I feel: boxd.it/7VebN1
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Made it all the way through. Blech. My friend Logan really nails how I feel: boxd.it/7VebN1
A lot of Peter Falk on my timeline this morning, and I'm 100% here for it.
December 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A lot of Peter Falk on my timeline this morning, and I'm 100% here for it.
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Columbo is representation for disheveled bleary eyed Italians muttering and looking for coffee
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Columbo is representation for disheveled bleary eyed Italians muttering and looking for coffee
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Doing interviews today for my Frank Gehry's obituary, one of his friends told me the architect was good friends with actor Peter Falk. I ran out of time before I could include that. But imagine the conversations those two must've had.
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Doing interviews today for my Frank Gehry's obituary, one of his friends told me the architect was good friends with actor Peter Falk. I ran out of time before I could include that. But imagine the conversations those two must've had.
Giving WICKED a chance. Halfway through. What a profoundly artificial, depressing experience.
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Giving WICKED a chance. Halfway through. What a profoundly artificial, depressing experience.
Heck yes!
See a 35MM print of the never-before-seen 1965 Director’s Cut of Joseph Cates’ WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR?, starring Sal Mineo in a virtual smorgasbord of Hollywood taboos.
**All screenings are FREE for Music Box Members to attend**
December 8th-10th
Get Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
**All screenings are FREE for Music Box Members to attend**
December 8th-10th
Get Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Heck yes!
It's Bandcamp Friday! If you like gnarly 80s synths, shimmery gongs, and disquieting horror movie vibes, might I suggest Soft Focus? softfive.bandcamp.com/album/domest...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday! If you like gnarly 80s synths, shimmery gongs, and disquieting horror movie vibes, might I suggest Soft Focus? softfive.bandcamp.com/album/domest...
Corporations are not going to save cinema. We, all of us who care about movies, have to save cinema.
It’s hard to not see the Netflix/WB news as a sort of doomsday scenario. The constant mergers and large scale absorptions of brands might be good for business, in theory, but they are bad for art; they are bad for creators; they are bad for preservation. Which makes it bad for us.
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Corporations are not going to save cinema. We, all of us who care about movies, have to save cinema.
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For @letterboxd.social Journal’s list of Underseen Winter Holiday Favorites, I wrote about THE SILENT PARTNER, a nasty, horny little Hitch-shocker of Canadian arthouse-grindhouse and icy unpredictability.
To honor the winter break on the horizon, Letterboxd crew and contributors share twenty underseen holiday favorites: where Christmas and Hanukkah deep cuts and surprisingly festive noir and stop-motion delights all have a seat at the table. boxd.it/2QQ
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
For @letterboxd.social Journal’s list of Underseen Winter Holiday Favorites, I wrote about THE SILENT PARTNER, a nasty, horny little Hitch-shocker of Canadian arthouse-grindhouse and icy unpredictability.
So I started making a new documentary today. Do you like Chicago tavern-style pizza?
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
So I started making a new documentary today. Do you like Chicago tavern-style pizza?
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Hannah reminds us why we have a cabinet with "talents" like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFKJr and Pam Bondi...
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hannah reminds us why we have a cabinet with "talents" like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFKJr and Pam Bondi...
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okay this sounds dumb but if you only have shredded cheese and want to make mac and cheese, can you WASH the added starch off the the cheese to get less graininess?
i need a cheese scientist
i need a cheese scientist
December 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
okay this sounds dumb but if you only have shredded cheese and want to make mac and cheese, can you WASH the added starch off the the cheese to get less graininess?
i need a cheese scientist
i need a cheese scientist
MELLOW XMAS GROOVES
Sorta lounge, sorta soul, sorta cool, sorta chill. Culled from the catalog of Chess, Cadet, Blue Note, and others.
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#tidal #playlists
Sorta lounge, sorta soul, sorta cool, sorta chill. Culled from the catalog of Chess, Cadet, Blue Note, and others.
tidal.com/playlist/fe4...
#tidal #playlists
Mellow Xmas Grooves
Playlist - Mellow Xmas Grooves - 242 items
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December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
MELLOW XMAS GROOVES
Sorta lounge, sorta soul, sorta cool, sorta chill. Culled from the catalog of Chess, Cadet, Blue Note, and others.
tidal.com/playlist/fe4...
#tidal #playlists
Sorta lounge, sorta soul, sorta cool, sorta chill. Culled from the catalog of Chess, Cadet, Blue Note, and others.
tidal.com/playlist/fe4...
#tidal #playlists
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🎞️35MM Frames from REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE🎞️
James Dean, Natalie Wood & Sal Mineo star in Nicholas Ray's still powerful coming-of-age melodrama.
Playing Tuesday December 9th at 7pm
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
James Dean, Natalie Wood & Sal Mineo star in Nicholas Ray's still powerful coming-of-age melodrama.
Playing Tuesday December 9th at 7pm
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🎞️35MM Frames from REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE🎞️
James Dean, Natalie Wood & Sal Mineo star in Nicholas Ray's still powerful coming-of-age melodrama.
Playing Tuesday December 9th at 7pm
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
James Dean, Natalie Wood & Sal Mineo star in Nicholas Ray's still powerful coming-of-age melodrama.
Playing Tuesday December 9th at 7pm
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...