Well, I never. I mean, I never expected this many people to come to our screening of Noah Baumbach’s beautifully realized Frances Ha. I figured that everyone in New York had already seen it, or that most would rather stream it on fucking Netflix*, in the relative safety of their homes, than venture out to MovieNight. I also thought all the macho guys who come here would probably think it a “chick flick”.

Whatever the reason(s), it was frustrating that so few (what I meant by “this many”) of you came this week. Is it something I said/did/didn’t say/didn’t do? I considered taking drastic measures; cutting people off the list, showing martial arts films, giving away free drinks**, even shaving. In the end, I decided that I love MovieNight the way it is. After all, the nine of us who were here for Frances Ha clapped at the end. Enough said.

*I say “fucking Netflix” because even though I love them dearly, I had cleared my entire DVD queue in order to get this Blu-ray on its release date, only to find that they started streaming it right away too. Welcome to the future, Richard.
**Wait a minute… doing that quite a bit already!

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