Bluebeard's second try (Patreon)

We came pretty close to seeing our first tied tiebreaker (in which eventuality I've decided that I'll just flip a coin), but Bluebeard's Eighth Wife picked up an additional vote or two toward the end to claim 51%, leaving Gentlemen Prefer Blondes a bridesmaid for the second consecutive week. I think this qualifies as the most notable Lubitsch that I've still yet to watch, along with maybe The Doll. It's conveniently streaming on the Criterion Channel. The blondes, I suspect, will be back. 

And then this month the pseudo-randomizing algorithm rewarded two of y'all's oldest extant requests. I still don't quite know what Flooding With Love for the Kid is, and had to find a copy via the K-site, but it finally appeared atop the list several years after doing the minimum four weeks. Gance's silent Napoleon, which had a healthy 30-week run, dates back even further—so far, in fact, that many of its entries on my master list had become consecutive (because I've already watched/reviewed all of the many films that once separated them). That one's also hard to find online at present, though it's, y'know, out there. I saw it projected at NYU in 1995, can't recall which cut/version that was, though I don't recall sitting there for 5+ hours. Between that epic length, the holidays, and pre-Skandies catchup (which looks like it's gonna potentially involve quite a few films this year), I might not get to it until mid-January-ish. But it's in the queue!

As always, my deepest and most sincere gratitude to each and every one of you for subsidizing what remains of my career. May whichever holiday(s) you celebrate be merry, happy, joyful, or whatever other adjective might apply.