Cabaret

Liza Minnelli stars in one of the most gripping and narratively distinct musical films ever released with its deplorable and unscrupulous nature on full display. The rapid deterioration of the faint facade of glamour present in Minnelli’s extravagant performance and the film's musical brilliance is enrapturing in its willingness to deny the pursuit of such a life at all costs is majestically tragic. The film's historical context of the downfall of the Weimar Republic is integrated brilliantly as the film’s lack of emphasis on the reality of poverty at the time only enhances its self-serving nature. It stands as one of the most thought-provoking musicals and as one of the many highlights of Minnelli’s talent.

Dan Watson