The big relevant-to-us news yesterday (we had a half-day off, which is sort of like a full day off, except you can't actually relax during it) is that the excellent 1963 movie Charade is bumping around in its entirety on the Internet Archive. We're really fond of this movie; Charade features a cool story idea that has been borrowed from in one way or another by dozens of "romantic thrillers", clever, snappy, and occasional hilarious dialogue, Audrey Hepburn was never more appealing, and it's got one o' them ever-cool Maurice Binder opening title sequences (Binder being the architect of the James Bond opening titles). All of this is complimented with a Henri Mancni score that drives it all like a team of horses. A copyright goof has this film out in the netherworld of rights freedom endured by a classic of nearly equal footing Night Of the Living Dead, which is why you can find these movies on the Internet Archive for the low low price of nothing, and on DVD in many dollar stores for, Haliburtonly, about $1.25.

Charade [Internet Archive]