We talk about what was happening around film in 1931.
And then we dissect one film we both loved and one Paul hated...
MATA HARI
released 12.26.1931 in the United States
directed by George Fitzmaurice
starring our girl Greta Garbo + Ramon Novarro
LE MILLION
released 04.15.1931 in France
directed by René Clair
with cinematography by Georges Périnal (who also worked with Jean Cocteau, see more of his work with our 1932 pick BLOOD OF A POET)
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1932

Telling the history of film year by year starting in 1924. 
We curate and dissect 2 emblematic films every other week 
- with unwieldy mini episodes in between.