Don’t you love those late nights when you’re flipping around and manage to catch a movie at the very beginning? I got really lucky this week.

Cabaret - No I’d never seen this in its entirety and it was much better than I expected. But I’m a sucker for Bob Fosse stuff. Like ANYthing by Bob Fosse. So I shouldn’t have had such low expectations for it. But I tend to do that with musicals. The political foreshadowing was really interesting. And I was surprised that I didn’t sit there the whole time feeling creeped out by how prophetic this was for Liza Minnelli’s marriages. The women entertainers in this were not all tiny dancer pixies either. In fact at some point I was wondering if a few were men in drag but, no, they were just curvy. There were a few men in drag but I don’t think there were any in the line dances. How incredibly cool.

Looking for Mr. Goodbar - a woman gets the ultimate punishment for being promiscuous. I’m really disappointed by this movie I was expecting something a lot better. The scenes were a bit jumpy for me. Possibly a reflection on her completely different lifestyles (teacher for deaf schoolchildren by day and bar woman sleeping around with lots of guys by night) but it just struck me as wrong in lots of different ways. Surely there can be something between a woman getting violently punished for promiscuity as in this movie and women being frighteningly promiscuous in shows like Sex and the City with little to no consequences. Neither seem very realistic to me.

(The original) Alfie - Speaking of sleeping around with consequences… I’m really hoping they’ve updated the recent remake, like a LOT because this was very..unfriendly. This guy was not charming. He was manipulative and sad. I’m sure it was supposed to be but, damn, I’d had a completely different impression of this movie from interviews with Caine and previews. This is not lighthearted flirty movie fare. Hmm maybe in a way I’m hoping the new one is a bit gritty as well. Sort of the realities of being a playboy.

Wait Until Dark - Actually made me jump once. Alan Arkin was a great villain. The little girl was creepy and I’m not sure she was supposed to be. Audrey Hepburn was overacting a wee bit.

The only one of these I’d watch again is Cabaret. But I’m glad I finally saw them all. Hooray for Direct Tv.