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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Another Year (2010), a British slice-of-life drama from Mike Leigh, who is best-known for Naked (1993) and Secrets &n Lies (1996), neither of which we have watched. It centers on a happily-married old bougie couple whose happiness is interrupted by the incursions of their shitty family and friends, all of whom are determined to bring their drama into the couple’s lives. This is just what life is like in the UK. A lot of critical acclaim for this, and we’ve never watched any of Leigh’s stuff, so let’s check it out.

After that is Kneecap (2024), the first rap musical film made entirely in the Irish language. Follow the fictionalized real-life tale of a trio of staunchly republican, working-class Belfast dudes who start a rap group to save their native tongue and decolonize their country from the Br*tish. This is the debut feature of director Rich Peppiatt, and has already been receiving some awards buzz. Currently the highest-rated Irish-language film on Letterboxd. We’ll give it a try.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Another Year: https://letterboxd.com/film/another-year/
• Kneecap: https://letterboxd.com/film/kneecap/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Another Year: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1431181/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Kneecap: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1055911

CWs for Another Year:

• British people.
• Kissing.
• References to sex.
• Profanity.
• Alcoholism.
• Dysfunctional family.

CWs for Kneecap:

• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Child abandoned by parent.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Bullying.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Bullying.
• Torture.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Kidnapping.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Incarceration.
• Unstable reality.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Hate speech.
• Discussion of religion.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• BDSM .
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.
• Honking horns.

Links to movies:

• Another Year: https://tankie.tube/w/pDxJHdKWCaQQiXbELdmRpu
• Kneecap: https://tankie.tube/w/pDuDZcM3vzc1S9FQM4G2Dx