"... but I'd cringe at Bertilak's / Waving his curtal axe ..."

Wait, so this spring we're going to see Dev Patel as David Copperfield and Sir Gawain?  And Anya Taylor-Joy (the self-possessed girl in The Witch) as Emma?  Not sure what all of this says about the cultural moment, but hey, I'm there.  As far as I'm concerned, the only truly authentic Arthurian film ever made is Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but the trailer for The Green Knight does not look appalling.  As for David Copperfield?  Tilda Swinton as Betsey Trotwood.  'Nuf said.  And Emma?  They had me at Bill Nighy.  Who else could be Mr. Woodhouse?

Holy mackerel!  Blithe Spirit!  With Judy Dench taking my greatest-ever part, Madame Arcati!  (High school.  I did her in my mother's Chinese-red, New Look evening dress, and unbuckled galoshes.  I never did exorcise those salami sandwiches haunting my handbag.)

Anything else that isn't on my radar?

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