Some Like It Hot

(Billy Wilder, US 1959, 121 min., 35mm)

Happy New Year | Holidays. Often considered the pinnacle of Billy Wilder’s career for its subversively sexual cleverness and outrageous slapstick, this delightful romp features the inexorable blond bombshell Marilyn Monroe as a love-seeking alcoholic singer. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon provide memorable performances as a duo of jazz musicians who, after witnessing a gangland murder, eagerly seek shelter by dressing in drag and joining an all-girl band.