For this Friday Movie Night, we’re continuing our run through this year’s Oscar nominees with the French legal thriller/mystery Anatomy of a Fall (2023), one of the best-reviewed movies of last year. It is by far the most popular and best-reviewed work of director Justine Triet to date. What happens when a lady is accused of murdering her husband, and the only characters who can possibly acquit her are her blind son and a dog? I guess we’ll find out. This is currently one of the highest-rated French films on Letterboxd. After that, since Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) was a hit last week, we’ll watch Boy (2010), another satirical comedy from renowned auteur Taika Waititi. A boy living on a New Zealand farm in the 80s with his pet goat has a rude awakening when his dad drops by and is nothing like he had imagined. They go on a hunt for a bag of buried money. Excellent reviews everywhere for this one, so let’s give it a whirl.
We’ll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here:
https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies
Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Anatomy of a Fall: https://letterboxd.com/film/anatomy-of-a-fall/
- Boy: https://letterboxd.com/film/boy-2010/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Anatomy of a Fall: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1024885
- Boy: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/20131
CWs for Anatomy of a Fall:
- Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
- Child abandonment.
- Parental neglect.
- Domestic violence.
- Gaslighting.
- Alcohol abuse.
- Animal abuse.
- Sick dog.
- Someone is drugged.
- Broken bones.
- Finger mutilation.
- Unconsciousness.
- Death by falling.
- A sighted actor plays a blind person.
- Suicide references.
- Death of parent.
- Cheating.
- Natural bodies of water.
- Shower scene.
- Mannequins.
- Vomit.
- Bisexual cheating.
- PTSD.
- Mental illness.
- Unstable reality.
- Someone has a meltdown.
- Shaky cam.
- Obscene language.
- Blood and gore.
CWs for Boy:
- Domestic violence.
- Child abuse.
- Drug use.
- Alcohol abuse.
- Deaths of animals.
- Someone is hit by a car.
- Death of pet.
- Snakes.
- Haircut.
- A boy mentions that girls his age have showed him their underwear.
- Death of parent.
- Bath scene.
- Spitting.
- Needles.
- Violent mentally-ill person.
- Suicide attempt.
- Misophonia.
- Flashing lights.
- Michael Jackson and his music are prominently featured.
- Childbirth.
- Death of pregnant woman.
- Homophobic slurs.
- Swastika.
- Ableism.
- Screeching tires.
- Blood and gore.
Links to movies:
- Anatomy of a Fall: https://vimeo.com/911734313
- Boy: https://vimeo.com/911737510
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