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...
White Claw is indefensible, I mean grow a pair and just order a Zima.
White Claws are cocktails for people who don't understand beer and are afraid of being emasculated for ordering a delicious cocktail and I am sub-skeeting the guy next to me at the bar.
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
White Claw is indefensible, I mean grow a pair and just order a Zima.
Tough one! I'll go with SILENCE by John Cage and TWO SERIOUS LADIES by Jane Bowles.
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Tough one! I'll go with SILENCE by John Cage and TWO SERIOUS LADIES by Jane Bowles.
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It's almost like for all these years, rich and powerful people have been lying to us about what happens when they have to pay their fair share of taxes.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It's almost like for all these years, rich and powerful people have been lying to us about what happens when they have to pay their fair share of taxes.
Abolish ICE.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Abolish ICE.
Sigh. Reading Orwell, THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER, and it's startling to see what hasn't changed since the 1930s.
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Sigh. Reading Orwell, THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER, and it's startling to see what hasn't changed since the 1930s.
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Getting so close to my year end goal of 100 subscribers. If you haven’t already, do this poor Monacan filmmaker a solid, open your YouTube app (we all have the YouTube app downloaded, don’t play), and hit that subscribe button! It will help tremendously down the road when I’m trying to find funding.
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Getting so close to my year end goal of 100 subscribers. If you haven’t already, do this poor Monacan filmmaker a solid, open your YouTube app (we all have the YouTube app downloaded, don’t play), and hit that subscribe button! It will help tremendously down the road when I’m trying to find funding.
Still hilarious.
jooting and jollering
joots and jeels
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Still hilarious.
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This is fun!
Hannity: When did you notice Biden’s cognitive decline?
Miller: I think it was through all of the times that Trump has fallen asleep in public and talked about magnets getting wet.
Miller: I think it was through all of the times that Trump has fallen asleep in public and talked about magnets getting wet.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is fun!
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Just for laughs...
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just for laughs...
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Man oh man, in body, face, voice, and gesture, she is not giving him a thing. Impressive.
REPORTER: Why'd it take so long to get sworn in?
GRIJALVA: *gestures at Johnson* That would not be my question!
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I really like this lady
GRIJALVA: *gestures at Johnson* That would not be my question!
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I really like this lady
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Man oh man, in body, face, voice, and gesture, she is not giving him a thing. Impressive.
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Illinois needs a progressive income tax. It should be on the ballot every year until it passes.
Almost every other funding idea they come up with is just bullshit nibbling around the edges in ways that still predominantly tax working people instead of those with real wealth.
Almost every other funding idea they come up with is just bullshit nibbling around the edges in ways that still predominantly tax working people instead of those with real wealth.
A corporate head tax will be paid out of a personnel/staffing budget.
Which means less money for workers in Chicago compared to other places.
Corporations don’t pay the head tax.
You do.
Which means less money for workers in Chicago compared to other places.
Corporations don’t pay the head tax.
You do.
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Illinois needs a progressive income tax. It should be on the ballot every year until it passes.
Almost every other funding idea they come up with is just bullshit nibbling around the edges in ways that still predominantly tax working people instead of those with real wealth.
Almost every other funding idea they come up with is just bullshit nibbling around the edges in ways that still predominantly tax working people instead of those with real wealth.
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A favorite of Guillermo del Toro, Él is a thrilling/upsetting marital drama from Mexico's Golden Age that starts at emotional abuse and spirals into madness. My Criterion column this month on the new 4K restoration of this Luis Buñuel classic: www.avclub.com/cult-of-crit...
Cult Of Criterion: Él
Luis Buñuel injected his masterful Mexican melodrama Él with just enough uncanniness to poison its lead's mind.
www.avclub.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A favorite of Guillermo del Toro, Él is a thrilling/upsetting marital drama from Mexico's Golden Age that starts at emotional abuse and spirals into madness. My Criterion column this month on the new 4K restoration of this Luis Buñuel classic: www.avclub.com/cult-of-crit...
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Another banger for the Michael Shannon file: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Another banger for the Michael Shannon file: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Tonight in 1990 — Laura Palmer’s killer was revealed on TWIN PEAKS.
ABC insisted, and David Lynch + Mark Frost delivered a chilling episode.
But Lynch hated closure, and he got his payback with a finale cliffhanger it took 25 years to resolve. And even then, he still left us wondering. #TwinPeaks
ABC insisted, and David Lynch + Mark Frost delivered a chilling episode.
But Lynch hated closure, and he got his payback with a finale cliffhanger it took 25 years to resolve. And even then, he still left us wondering. #TwinPeaks
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Tonight in 1990 — Laura Palmer’s killer was revealed on TWIN PEAKS.
ABC insisted, and David Lynch + Mark Frost delivered a chilling episode.
But Lynch hated closure, and he got his payback with a finale cliffhanger it took 25 years to resolve. And even then, he still left us wondering. #TwinPeaks
ABC insisted, and David Lynch + Mark Frost delivered a chilling episode.
But Lynch hated closure, and he got his payback with a finale cliffhanger it took 25 years to resolve. And even then, he still left us wondering. #TwinPeaks
I'm thrilled to announce that MY LAST MARTINI will screen at the Borrego Springs Film Festival in January--more details soon! www.borregospringsfilmfestival.org
#mylastmartini #twinpeaks #filmfestivals #borregosprings #filmsky
#mylastmartini #twinpeaks #filmfestivals #borregosprings #filmsky
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that MY LAST MARTINI will screen at the Borrego Springs Film Festival in January--more details soon! www.borregospringsfilmfestival.org
#mylastmartini #twinpeaks #filmfestivals #borregosprings #filmsky
#mylastmartini #twinpeaks #filmfestivals #borregosprings #filmsky
Love this!
Thom Eberhardt’s counter-culture classic from 1984 is a poem to doomed youth.
lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
What Night of the Comet Taught Me About the End of the World
Thom Eberhardt’s counter-culture classic from 1984 is a poem to doomed youth.
lwlies.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Love this!
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Coffee and Duke Ellington.
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Coffee and Duke Ellington.
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It’s indigenous history month. For this month only, you get to feel doubly good about yourself for subscribing to my film channel and watching/liking/commenting on all my short films. Think of it as digital landback, helping this Monacan beat the colonizing algorithm.
youtube.com/@dklawhorn?s...
youtube.com/@dklawhorn?s...
D.K. Lawhorn
An award-winning filmmaker out of central Virginia. Member of the Monacan Indian Nation. Lover of stories in all their forms.
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It’s indigenous history month. For this month only, you get to feel doubly good about yourself for subscribing to my film channel and watching/liking/commenting on all my short films. Think of it as digital landback, helping this Monacan beat the colonizing algorithm.
youtube.com/@dklawhorn?s...
youtube.com/@dklawhorn?s...
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The most interesting person you will "meet" today, or this week, or this year, is Jun Fujita, poet and photographer of many of the city's most famous events (Eastland disaster, St. Valentines Day murders) and notable people (Al Capone). www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The most interesting person you will "meet" today, or this week, or this year, is Jun Fujita, poet and photographer of many of the city's most famous events (Eastland disaster, St. Valentines Day murders) and notable people (Al Capone). www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/c...
Aspirational Brain: Man, it's Friday night--so many awesome new movies to watch, can't wait to watch something fresh and exciting!
Actual Brain: Know what sounds perfect, leftover pizza and CASINO ROYALE for the tenth time, lets do it!
Actual Brain: Know what sounds perfect, leftover pizza and CASINO ROYALE for the tenth time, lets do it!
November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Aspirational Brain: Man, it's Friday night--so many awesome new movies to watch, can't wait to watch something fresh and exciting!
Actual Brain: Know what sounds perfect, leftover pizza and CASINO ROYALE for the tenth time, lets do it!
Actual Brain: Know what sounds perfect, leftover pizza and CASINO ROYALE for the tenth time, lets do it!
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Now's the time to chip in at your local food bank. If you're in Chicago, Nourishing Hope is doing really good work. Give today: give.nourishinghopechi.org/donate
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November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Now's the time to chip in at your local food bank. If you're in Chicago, Nourishing Hope is doing really good work. Give today: give.nourishinghopechi.org/donate
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My 90-second breakdown repost from IG on the SNAP benefits SCOTUS stay
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
My 90-second breakdown repost from IG on the SNAP benefits SCOTUS stay
On Wednesday I went to see Jill Lapore talk about her new book about the Constitution. It was, needlessly to say, fantastic. The #1 takeaway for me was when she said (and I'm paraphrasing here): "I often tell people that I don't have a policy bone but I will say this ...
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
On Wednesday I went to see Jill Lapore talk about her new book about the Constitution. It was, needlessly to say, fantastic. The #1 takeaway for me was when she said (and I'm paraphrasing here): "I often tell people that I don't have a policy bone but I will say this ...
Poor widdle boy needs his nappy time blankie.
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Poor widdle boy needs his nappy time blankie.