Real talk: I’ve never actually sat down and watched Sophie’s Choice. I know, I know, it’s a classic and Meryl Streep won one of her three Oscars for the role. If it makes a difference, I read the William Styron novel and it’s incredibly dark, so dark that I never really wanted to watch the movie. In any case, this is the 40th anniversary of the film, and MoMA hosted an anniversary screening. Meryl, Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol all attended, as did many of Meryl’s favorite people and costars.

My first thought was… are they going to do a glamorous anniversary screening about such a sad film? But you know what, they did big anniversary events for all of the dark and violent “classic films” involving men, so let Sophie’s Choice have a moment. Let Meryl have a moment as well – since we learned that Meryl and Don Gummer split, Meryl has been turning up to lots of events, including the Golden Globes and Grammys. She went to the Grammys with her son-in-law Mark Ronson (he’s married to Grace Gummer) and she looked like she was having a great time (and she got a bit too close to Beyonce).

Also in attendance at this MoMA screening… Uma Thurman, Cate Blanchett, Louisa Jacobson (one of Meryl’s daughters), Ethan Hawke, Sarita Choudhury and Claire Danes (one of Meryl’s on-screen daughters). Cate’s ombre denim suit is bonkers.

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