The Tragedy of Macbeth is very good, but I'll tell you what: It ain't gonna be winning any awards for Best Original Screenplay!

Rear Window

Clean & Sober. Some of the sobriety stuff is distilled and hammy but Keaton is a monster, just chewing up every frame.

Wanted to catch it before it leaves Criterion at the end of the month. So good.

shocking

though not really because it's old

What's shocking?

"so good"

though not really because it's old

I'm really not following here: you're surprised I think Rear Window, a near-universally acclaimed movie, is "so good," but then you're less surprised because it's an older movie?

I am also lost

Nevermind I just figured it out--Joe has recently convinced himself that we have diametrically opposed tastes, despite a wealth of evidence to the contrary. He loves Rear Window, so he thinks I should hate it, but with the caveat that our tastes are more aligned the further you recede into the past.

Anyway it looks like a ton of Hitchcocks are leaving Criterion next Monday. I've shamefully never spent any serious time with him so I'm going to try to blow through the hits in the next week.

Oh that should be fun. Read Window is maybe my favorite though.

yeah, close enough

Top 3 for sure

Though, there are plenty I haven't seen so that's a hollow claim.

What am I missing??

I don't imagine our tastes are more aligned the further you recede into the past. You just seem to like old movies and cut them a lot of slack.

The Worst Person In The World

Loving it so far.