Meatball And A Movie

Lasagna. I'm pretty lasagna'd out. Rain, 1932, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Joan Crawford. Based on a short story written by W. Somerset Maugham. The film has been nicely restored and preserved by the Library of Congress. The restored film is currently streaming on Kanopy. A double feature holiday weekend spectacular MAAM: This Changes Everything, 2019, a documentary directed by Tom Donahue and created in association with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. This film is currently streaming on Netflix, Kanopy and Hoopla. Two great movies streaming for free.

Spaghetti and meatballs. The return of the classic. Memory: The Origins of Alien, 2019, a documentary directed by Alexandre O. Philippe. If you're a fan of Alien, I'm sure you'll enjoy this documentary. Currently, it's streaming on Kanopy.

Lasagna - not the lasagna from two weeks ago or the lasagna from three or four weeks ago. This was different lasagna. La Piscine (The Swimming Pool), 1969, directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, and Jane Birkin. This is an extremely slow burn thriller. While you're waiting for the plot to advance, you can watch good looking people walking around in swimwear. Since the lead actors spoke French and English, the director shot a French version and an English version.

Pasta with basil pesto. Eating Raoul, 1982, written and directed by Paul Bartel, starring Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr., and Buck Henry. Bartel and Woronov also had roles in Rock 'n' Roll High School. Bartel is credited with suggesting the Ramones play the renegade band in that film. And Woronov plays the most intimidating principal, Miss Togar. You could fall down a rabbit hole tracing the careers of these two. Mary Woronov first appeared at Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable, dancing in front of the Velvet Underground. Wikipedia shows her as still active.