Another Year

— "Another Year" is a wonderful, subtle, psychological look at the lives of the less youthful. Lynch may hit too close to home as we all think of our disappointments, lost dreams, and despair in the face of growing isolation. Made me yearn for the disappointments of youth.

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[2010. 129 min. Directed Mike Leigh. Starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, and Lesley Manville.]

The Arbor

— “The Arbor” was really interesting/different. The director had spent a couple of years gather audio interviews to use British playwright Andrea Dunbar, who died young and of one of her now adult daughters. Scenes with actors lip-syncing the edited audio interviews were separated by scenes for Dunbar’s play, “The Arbor.” Really a fascinating technique that worked.

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[2010. 94 min. Directed Clio Barnard. Starring Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley, Natalie Gavin, Parvani Lingiah, and Danny Webb.]