Review of Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Art S — 20 Apr 2013

A perennial favorite and one of those films that you wish you could go back and watch for the very first time again. Polanski provides just enough ambiguity (but not too much) for us to feel that Mia Farrow is, perhaps, going insane -- after all the odds would seem to suggest that outcome is more certain.

But most audiences will know too much and the thrill is in hoping that Satan is real. You know the story: actor John Cassavetes and wife move into NYC apartment building (where John Lennon was shot) and meet vivacious older couple (Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer in astonishing performances).

Have they seduced the husband into joining their witches' coven? The evidence mounts. One of the great ones.