Anniversary (now on Hulu) takes place in absolute Hell: a Thanksgiving dinner table populated by conservatives and progressives. But this being The Movies, it’s not just any conservative, it’s the leader of a new totalitarian movement, and not just any progressive, but a high-profile university professor who participates in both-sides shouting matches on TV news programs. Such is the film’s aurora-borealis-localized-entirely-in-your-kitchen scenario, designed to provoke and scare us – and it might, if it didn’t seem so calculated to be a Modern Parable About Our Times, that is.
ANNIVERSARY: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
The Gist: Anniversary drops in on the Taylor family every so often, to show how shitty everything gets for them. It doesn’t start out shitty, though. It’s Ellen (Diane Lane) and Paul Taylor’s (Kyle Chandler) 25th wedding anniversary and they’re hosting a big backyard luncheon in the big backyard of their big lakeside house. All their
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