The anxious sleep poorly. (Patreon)

Well, let's hope Tuesday turns out to be as much of a blowout as was this week's request poll. After three consecutive Halloween-themed choices, my actual Halloween viewing will be...Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well, which clobbered An American Werewolf in London 59% to 40%. It's currently streaming on the Criterion Channel. Never seen it, don't know a thing about it apart from Kurosawa's name and the year of release. I think Mifune stars? [Quickly checks] Okay, and I vaguely remembered that. Anyway, pretty stoked for this, even if it doesn't appear to be anyone's favorite.

As a bonus for someone (don't recall who), tonight I'll also be revisiting The Sting, which was briefly a poll option long ago, logging four weeks before being retired. It just turned out to be a good choice for next week's A.V. Club "Watch This" feature, but I can now also remove it from the random drawing pool.