Visited Ithaca, NY (my undergraduate college town, and Madame's) for our 10th anniversary, so took the opportunity to see our first big screen movie in months at Ithaca's Cinemapolis. Options were DUNE 2, LOVE LIES BLEEDING, Anthony Hopkins in ONE LIFE (which didn't look like an anniversary movie), something endorsed by Guy Maddin called HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS which looked awesome to me but I couldn't sell my partner on it, and finally the one we watched:
PROBLEMISTA (2024):
You probably should have pulled the trigger on BEAVERS (although I can't speak for Madame, maybe she doesn't like comedies). I've heard nothing but raves (although I confess I haven't seen it all the way through myself). I did host an interview with the director and star:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW0_OpbbSEELOL, thanks! I will watch the interview. Madame 10rda likes modern absurdist sitcoms, she likes smart character-driven comedy, she likes terrible rom-coms, and she likes British humor. What she doesn't go in for is anything sophomoric and puerile that was made after say 1990. I couldn't possibly sell her on a Jerky Boys album, for instance. She saw that poster and even her freckles went white. Then we watched the trailer and she remained unconvinced. I'm all in for it, though!