Quartet

Quartet

BBC Films etc.

9 September 2012

Dramedy

DVD
D+

I think I saw this at the time, which is weird since I don't like classical or opera.  It was probably because of the cast.  Anyway, I didn't remember much about it and all the stuff with Billy Connolly's lecherous character has not aged well.  Dustin Hoffman directed.

45 Years

45 Years

Film4

28 August 2015

Drama

DVD
C-

A long-married couple's anniversary party is spoiled by the defrosting of his old girlfriend in the Swiss Alps, which sounds like a dark comedy but isn't.  This is based on David Constantine's short story "In Another Country" and directed by Andrew Haigh