"There's so much comfort in darkness. But not for one of you."

"And then, of course, there’s Tatiana Maslany. After months of telling
people how good she is, I watched this premiere and realized that she’s
easily ten times better."

Not anymore. Partially because 99% of the great theatre work is done off-Broadway/London/everywhere not Broadway, but also just cultural shifts.

Terrific movie - perhaps Fassbinder's finest.

The scenes with Oleg were superb. I'm loving how thoroughly he's challenged the dynamics of Arkady, Nina, and even Stan. The final scene with Arkady was so beautifully written and directed. Referring to Arkady with his patronymic; the contrast between certitude and shades of grey; that final acknowledgement…..

manipulate, blackmail, threaten, comitt any filthy sexual act necessary and murder to get what they need.

a) I think shifting away from urgent plot matters to character has given the middle part of the season a richness that I love. Elizabeth's unmooring ("How are we going to live like this?"), Philip's inner turmoil ("I like the cold."), Nina's fearful pragmatism… all of it's bouncing around quite effectively.

Five at most, but that really depends on which kind of story they want to tell.

Fairly representative.

I'm pretending it's a 2000 film due to it's American release, but it would make either decade's top 50 for me.

I think at this point we should just make gun ownership mandatory for anyone over the age of eight.