92 minutes of a woman “who insults people, who grins when she does it, and people like it”

Or, a professional human being

There’s a sort of magic when you watch an 83-year-old movie and it feels like it was made yesterday. Not in the argot, clothing, or even the palette — this is a black-and-white classic we’re talking about here — but in the general urgency of the thing. These people are in a hurry because life is happening!

That brillant timeless film is of course revealed after the jump.