Happy Birthday

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Across
  1. 2. Czech director who loved chaos
  2. 4. Ponyo's favorite food
  3. 6. Spielberg’s go-to cinematographer
  4. 7. Horror movie that stays bright the whole time
  5. 8. Thing Winston steals
  6. 9. Bow to it
  7. 10. Director with intense chess habit
  8. 14. Plant disease caused by overwatering or poor drainage
  9. 15. Plant light measurement
  10. 16. Almost 50 acres of breathtaking fields
  11. 18. Formula One Race
  12. 20. Our special month
  13. 23. Director whose 2025 binge included mafia, monks, and way too many Catholic guilt issues
  14. 27. Billy Wilder's movie staring Jack Lemmon
  15. 28. Our favorite game
  16. 29. Jackson’s longest cut
  17. 30. Best Sandwich in the world
  18. 32. Eastwood-as-Huston (abb.)
  19. 34. camera movements can give a sense of urgency or confusion to a scene.
  20. 36. Family of color motion picture process
  21. 38. Timber's chant
  22. 39. Eastwood’s 1992 Oscar film
Down
  1. 1. Voyeuristic Hitchcock classic
  2. 3. Woody Allen city he won Oscars for
  3. 5. Lean’s desert epic
  4. 11. Winston's third favorite time of day
  5. 12. physically moving the camera forward or backward on a track
  6. 13. Water
  7. 17. Jaws” + dad-era sci-fi + childhood trauma done nicely
  8. 18. Yell when get home
  9. 19. Coppola’s wine region
  10. 21. Stinky
  11. 22. Loves you with all her heart
  12. 24. Yada Yada Yada
  13. 25. Hitchcock’s MacGuffin obsession
  14. 26. Winston's help with the plants
  15. 31. Welles forgotten classic
  16. 33. Camera movement that creates a disorienting effect
  17. 35. Spielberg war-epic standout
  18. 37. De Niro in aging-hitman mode