This will be a hard act to follow, on a few levels. A beautifully visual, smart, quirky movie that pretty much ended director Michael Powell’s career – people were just not ready for his departure from the role of beloved director of what became British classics. Guess what… this one became another.

On top of that, we had a great audience tonight: our most faithful guests were joined by people we haven’t seen in a while, and everything just, um, clicked (reference to the shutter of Mark’s ever-present film camera).

And… even the opening short was wonderful. Check it out: Mette / Mama’s Eyes

Apparently the banana bread was “best ever” as well. Should I just quit now, while I’m ahead? Joking.