saunters

While the story opens with a classic Almodóvar flourish — a young woman flamboyantly dressed like Marlene Dietrich saunters through a small town before stopping at a Catholic school where she forces a showdown with the headmaster — and finishes with a dramatic plot twist, the film, with its multilayered meta examination of storytelling, is far more ambitious.

In 2023’s strength of schedule rankings, Alabama was near the top at No. 3, while USC saunters far below at No. 48.

Jane saunters back and forth, bobbing up and down, and gives guests a quizzical, skeptical look.

With a bright gaze that calls to mind Gram’s International Submarine Band song “Blue Eyes,” from 1968, the year after she was born, Polly surveys the scene around her, which is still about as rock ’n’ roll as it gets in 2023: Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood is at a table nearby, and actor Casey Affleck soon saunters by.

Jane saunters back and forth, bobbing up and down, and gives guests a quizzical, skeptical look.