ACROSS

  1. Racounteurs’ “Steady ___ Goes”      
  2. Settled a bill               
  3. Incredibles director who worked with Disney and Pixar           
  4. DNA shape                    
  5. A pirate’s favourite letter?                
  6. Currency exchange fee                
  7. Sci-fi director known for an Alien concept and well-written leads who are women   
  8. Director that has a Jurassic Park load of classic movies             
  9. Whispered words                      
  10. It often comes before pie                 
  11. Prosciutto, eg.                    
  12. Some windows operating systems               
  13. NYC radio station with conservative talk shows           
  14. They’re usually not hits                      
  15. Pull behind, with a truck                 
  16. “Get ___ !”                              
  17. He started as an Inglourious Basterds in indie films but is now widely known      
  18. Milan opera house             
  19. Panting dog, eg.                
  20. My favourite — known for his lackadaisical, Slacker — style movies                
  21. Medieval architecture style                   
  22. Abbreviation for English Language Services                  
  23. Sheen               
  24. Millennials, informally             
  25. K-O connector              
  26. Triumphant cry                  
  27. Educate again        
  28. Wildly influential director known for Citizen Kane                
  29. Main character trait in 4D’s 1958 classic is being an ___                
  30. Bounds like gazelles, or ante-___               
  31. Directing duo that puts the western in midwest with a True Grit
  32. Coup d’ ____                    
  33. The middle layers of your eye, which contains 8D               
  34. It’s connected to the thigh bone                       
  35. Actor John ___- Davies           
  36. Modern thriller director who ‘got out’ from comedy   

DOWN

  1. Common dentist sounds           
  2. After 60 of these in Africa, a minute passes            
  3. Plum-like fruit         
  4. Thriller director who brought many Psychos to life              
  5. Expendable actor            
  6. It’s behind you            
  7. Jean ___           
  8. Pupil’s prop       
  9. Approached swiftly, like a slasher           
  10. “___ in Toyland”               
  11. “___ that’s a lot”              
  12. Rihanna, to fans     
  13. Elon Musk’s cryptocurrency meme            
  14. Phrase that’s frustratingly sparse in horror movies            
  15. Diplomat’s res.                   
  16. “Paper Planes singer”          
  17. Titular robot of a 2008 Pixar film           
  18. One serving of cocaine       
  19. Could be shorthand for boatswains or Bostonians        
  20. Data science major                            
  21. 2001 was his comeback                     
  22. ~  ~  ~   ~                       
  23. A ___ base can lead to a two-run homer                 
  24. “What, me ___?”  (Alfred E. Neuman)                 
  25. Eaton directory, eg.                  
  26. Strict but a caring parenting approach                 
  27. Device that propels rockets or grenades                  
  28. When you’ll arrive, Abbr.                     
  29. “The Catcher in the ___”              
  30. Italian director that only made a Fistful of Dollars off of their westerns                 
  31. “It’s __ to you”                        
  32. Spice holder                      
  33. Money major                     
  34. Former sapling                  
  35. Ice planet of another famous director                  
  36. Dampens                  
  37. Fencing blade                     
  38. Flippered mammal                  
  39. Explosive Bad Boys director known for over-the-top mayhem        
  40. Opposite of North by Northwest