Gaslight
Learned that it was a <PERSON> feature after being intrigued by its title, given its new found relevance after the term became a staple within Western culture. It totally tracks, as the feminist filmmaking on display is ahead of its time by about seven decades. <PERSON> being one of the great actresses of cinema was enough for me to expect nothing but a frighteningly convincing performance of a woman pushed to the brink of her sanity by a gaslighting, power-hungry man (which <PERSON> nails in how matter-of-fact he is with his manipulative gaslighting, almost making you go along with the sweet-talking mansplaining). 132
<PERSON> is a Golden Age badass, but what aged worst about the film is how it took a man to explain to a woman how she was being taken advantage of, while implying that he would pursued romantically by the end of it. It’s absolutely forgivable for a film from 1944 though, as my issues was mainly with its leisurely forgettable first half. Good stuff. 306