Also: I didn’t plan it, but this weekend’s movie theme was “women sex workers dealing with unusual situations.”
MaXXXine
I skipped this when it came out- I’m not a huge horror/slasher fan, and I didn’t see the first two movies in the trilogy- but I had a couple of hours to kill in my hotel room and it was on, so I gave it a shot. Very watchable, campy fun that doesn’t hide its love of the eighties in general, and eighties slasher movies in particular. Also reminded me how good Frankie Goes To Hollywood could be.
Anora
Fantastic. A three act story, deftly switch genres as it goes, driven by Mikey Madison’s unstoppable energy. Constantly went in ways I did not expect but that made total sense. Hilarious, touching, crushing. One of the best films I’ve seen this year.
Also: my second film at the San Francisco Alamo Drafthouse, and the first one in the big theater. A great space (much better than the little screen upstairs where I saw a very pixelated version of Furiosa), and a crowd that was fully engaged with (and responding to) the movie.