Wow! Who knew that this many folks would turn out to see an old, black and white, Soviet wartime melodrama? You people impress the heck out of me sometimes! You love a beautiful movie!

Also surprising? There were only two Ruskies in the crowd… maybe this is a time they would rather not think about (clearly not something that any of our MovieNight guests would remember… we don’t get many octogenarians here on a Thursday night!). Our apologies to the folks who couldn’t find a place to sit, and ended up leaving. : (

The Cranes are Flying moved Bob one notch higher up in the Successful Suggesters ratings. Her lead seems unassailable at this time! I could watch this beautiful film over and over. As a matter of fact, since we had to turn so many away last night (!), Cranes will be flying back to MovieNight again soon! Hopefully those of you who were here this time will skip the next screening so that everyone else can see it. Jeez… I never thought I’d be asking people to stay away!  Looks like 2013 is gonna be a good year. Yay!

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As the first few scenes of Body Double roll by, one finds oneself feeling duped into watching something so obviously “B”, and yet there is something fascinating,  some nice visual treats (not talking about her… she doesn’t make her entrance until over twenty minutes have elapsed!), and enough quirkiness to keep you watching. Now that you’re watching, Body Double gets louder and more preposterous with every turn (“What?” you find yourself crying). Everything does get tied up in the end, even if you are a bit exhausted. Those of you who know Acacia (AKA The Loud One) may be aware of her enthusiasm for this kind of thing, but her blurting out “This is the best film I’ve ever seen!” seemed pretty heartfelt.

Maybe not “the best”, but certainly well worth the price of admission. Oh yeah…

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The Condor finally landed at MovieNight this week! Since we began almost ten years ago, (how much longer can this go on?) our friend Andy, the conceiver and enabler of MovieNight , has been, like, “Dude! Three Days of the Condor! What are you waiting for?” I don’t know, frankly. I guess I thought it might be too complicated for a room full of tipsy moviegoers. Sorry about that, people! The upside of this foot-dragging: a beautiful Blu-ray transfer.

Andy had given up on this “project” years ago,  but a prompt from Norris (a MovieNight regular and noted movie critic, who admitted to never having seen Condor on a big screen!) caused us to consider it again. They will each receive a point on the Successful Suggesters page. Thanks, guys.

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