One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942, UK) – Best war movie yet, by far. A group of English airmen crash in Holland, and are smuggled out through an underground railway. Best scene: On their way to bomb Stuttgart, the airmen casually discuss girls they used to know there. Best line, by a Dutch woman during an English air raid: “You see. That’s what you’re doing for us. Can you hear them running for shelter? Can you understand what that means to all the occupied countries? To enslaved people, having it drummed into their ears that the Germans are masters of the Earth. Seeing these masters running for shelter. Seeing them crouching under tables.” Watched it all.

Cat People (1942, USA) – Some guy meets a Serbian girl. All the animals fear her, and she tells strange tales from her home village. That’s rarely a good sign. Watched: 14 minutes, then fast forwarded to see the cat monster, a lovesick panther.

Bambi (1942, USA) – There’s not much story or dialogue here. This is a meditative movie, like an extended segment from Fantasia. It’s less sentimental than I expected. The dark parts give purpose to the cute and silly, which I think is also the philosophy of life the movie is meant to convey. Watched it all.

In Which We Serve (1942, UK) – A British ship goes down with stiff upper lips. While they’re sinking, the sailors remember their earlier lives. Watched: 17 minutes.