ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
MOVIES!, 8:00 p.m. ET
I recommend this 1944 comedy a lot. That’s because I watch it a lot, almost every time it’s televised, even though I own a copy on DVD. There’s something about it: Cary Grant’s cartoonishly broad performance in the leading role, and the craziness of every character around him, from his doting but homicidal elderly aunts to another relative who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt. All this, and Peter Lorre, too – but maybe I love it so much because Grant plays a critic. He’s a drama critic, not a TV critic, I Grant you… but still, I identify.