You did good, Jonesy

Wasn't supposed to be a movie night, but when the rain gods spoke out against Mavis Staples's Festival of Arts and Ideas concert, I decided that a superclassic was called for:

The Big Sleep

(1946)

OK, I'm pretty sure Joe Brody is telling the truth when he says he didn't kill the chauffeur, but then who did? I think that was the question Chandler himself was unable to answer when Faulkner et al. asked him.

In the unlikely event that anyone reading this has never seen the film and thinks I've just spoiled something, don't worry: you're going to be confused by lots more important things than that the first time you see it, but that's why God invented DVD.