Lubitsch-lite in the city of sin - Paris - as a penniless showgirl finds real amour among the ersatz.
Did Mitchell Leisen make a career of directing scripts from up-and-coming greats? (Script co-written by Billy Wilder.)
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A New Leaf 1971
My umpteenth re-watch, but my wife had never seen it so...
Elaine May's first film is a dark romantic comedy that could have been a maybe too dark comedy without studio interference.
Still, it's probably the most wry rom-com ever made. Walter Matheau is brilliant - his every look and reaction is amazing - and Elaine May underplays it like a champ.
The only negatives are the rather abrupt ending (most likely due to re-editing) and the grotesque 60's pop…
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Argylle 2024
A fun spy caper with shifting allegiances, multiple identities and ambivalent feelings for cats.
A popular writer of spy novels is somehow foretelling actual events in the world of espionage, and the intelligence agencies of the world want to know how - and maybe even put a stop to it.
There are a lot of actors in the film, but everyone has something fun to do. Sam Rockwell is great as usual, Samuel L. Jackson sits in a chair, and Bryce Dallas Howard is a forty-two year-old actress who gets to shoot guns and kick ass - that's pretty rare in movies.
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