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Hal Hashby's masterpiece, Harold and Maude is one of the best movies ever made. It would never have gotten approval in our dark 21st century.

Filmed mostly in northern California, the cinematography really captures the 70's. Amazing script by Colin Higgins who sadly died young. Fantastic performances by all especially Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Charles Tyner and Vivian Pickles. Wonderful set design that evokes the 70's and earlier decades (Maude's home is full of character and memorabilia.)

The film touches on so many subjects (being a misfit, youth, old age, war, politics, life and death) but for me the main theme is to enjoy life - even the bad stuff. That life is worth living. And that maybe for some of us the only way to understand the precious joy of life is to engage with those who are closer to death.

Probably the finest soundtrack of any film entirely by Cat Stevens.

This is seriously a trashy film without any redeeming qualities. It's a perfect example of why Hollywood and movie-making globally needs more women producers, directors, writers and cinematographers.

This movie badly masquerades as high art when it's nothing more than violent porn. It's so vile it's absolutely shocking to see how highly rated it is here on IMDb.

The story is as absurd as a porn plot. The acting is bad except for (surprisingly) Mila Kunis. The cinematography is pathetic and simply makes the viewer more keenly aware that the choreography is bad and the dancing even worse.

It's not Gothic horror. Nor is it a psychological thriller. It's nothing more than the narcissistic violent'male gaze' exploiting, degrading, raping and murdering women.

For dance films, I recommend The Red Shoes, Swing Time, Turning Point, The Band Wagon, Top Hat, 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, Go Into Your Dance, An American in Paris, Singing in the Rain, Born to Dance, Broadway Melody of 1938, All That Jazz, Strictly Ballroom, Step Up, Cabaret, Dirty Dancing and the documentaries Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance & Mad Hot Ballroom.

Sarah Paulsen (Clark), Sterling Brown (Darden) and Courtney Vance (Cochran) are absolute stand-outs in this excellent TV series. Great writing and terrific acting. The one criticism I have is Cuba Gooding, Jr, although a wonderful actor, doesn't have the physicality required to convincingly portray O.J. Simpson. Other than that poor judgment in casting, excellent direction and production make this a series worth watching. Even if you believe you know everything about the case, you'll gain a deeper sense of the sorrow the families (and still are) lived through. And a greater respect for the district attorneys, who by no fault of their own, found themselves under the microscope while working inside a circus ring. Like Nicole and Ron - the LA District Attorney never had a chance.