robert altman

LGM Film Club, Part 519: California Split

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 15, 2025

I personally loathe gambling for a lot of reasons, but probably my very favorite Robert Altman film is California Split, his 1974 buddy comedy with George Segal and Elliott Gould. They are both utterly degenerate gamblers and the film does a great job of getting...

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LGM Film Club, Part 417: MASH

By Erik Loomis

On September 27, 2024

I watched MASH the other night and it's interesting to compare it to The Graduate. The films both are huge male gaze activities, one more slapstick, the other supposedly more.

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LGM Film Club, Part 179: Secret Honor

By Erik Loomis

On June 23, 2021

While I'm not sure that Robert Altman's 1984 adaptation of the Donald Freed and Arnold Stone play where a drunk Richard Nixon rants into a tape recorder is a great.

The Most Successful Walker Campaign in U.S. Political History

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 22, 2015

I'd like to credit Robert Altman with crafting the most successful political campaign by someone named Walker in American presidential history. Because Scott Walker sure as hell doesn't beat this, not to mention have Lily Tomlin singing with a black choir or have Jeff Goldblum...

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Erik Visits a (Non) American Grave, Part 2,068 · January 27, 2026
justsomeguy05 That's fair. I was referring more to "the cleansing flow of information" & the great educational potential of radio & TV that was trumpeted.
Among the conservative pseudo-pseudo intelligentsia · January 27, 2026
N__B Amy Archer, re the Hula Hoop: "Finally there would be a thingamajig that would bring everyone together, even if it kept them apart spatially." MAGA: re the border: "Only by clamping...
Next Steps in Minneapolis · January 27, 2026
trollhattan Everybody knows Jimmy was a Keds man.
Next Steps in Minneapolis · January 27, 2026
sk7326 One of the CENTRAL theories underpinning Trumpism is that everybody is as big a piece of shit as he is - particularly under pressure. You can see this in the reactions online by many of the...
Next Steps in Minneapolis · January 27, 2026