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Film review: The Banshees of Inisherin starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson
Nov 09 2022- Madeleine
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The Banshees of Inisherin starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson is a black comedy about a very badly managed falling out. When BFF (Best Friends Forever) becomes BFNM (No More), it is painful for all concerned.
It doesn’t help that the story takes place on the suffocating little fictional Irish isle of Inisherin where the only privacy is to be found by escaping to The Mainland – Ireland in this case. Great grey sea vistas are juxtaposed with dim-lit cottage interiors, to give a feeling of the beauty and harshness of life, where pulling together is the only option. Until Callum starts pushing back.
THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Good’ by C.P. Taylor at the Harold Pinter Theatre until 24 December 2022
Nov 08 2022- Madeleine
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Good by C.P. Taylor is at the Harold Pinter Theatre until 24 December 2022. A deceptively simple title. It’s the journey of one lecturer from being pretty decent to becoming a holocaust supporter. His personal rationale, torn between disbelief and herd instinct, is an exploration of how Germany allowed it, collectively.
We’ve all looked at end-stage Alzheimer’s sufferers and thought, ‘We wouldn’t let that happen to our pets.’ It’s inhumane. My own mother used to say, ‘If I get like that, honey, shoot me.’ Surely it would be kinder for the sufferer and their family. That’s how it started.
FREE HOBBIES: Learn to ‘ring’ (church bells) at Putney
Nov 07 2022- Madeleine
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Quirky, totally, but think:
Do you love music, uplifting music, but can’t play an instrument and would love to be part of a small group which teaches you how to ring a welcome peal for a bride, a babe or a dearly departed one ? Ringers have also been faithfully celebrating and commemorating every great event since the WW1 Armistice, including more recently, the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the Accession of King Charles III.
Royal Opera House: ‘La Boheme’ at a cinema near you
Nov 06 2022- Madeleine
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La Boheme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and in a cinema near you.
God not opera you’re thinking… All mountainous women and no action. Well, not any more, it isn’t. Rather, it’s young singers, who act properly, in edgy sets with humour thrown in.
Baltic Film Festival review: Sisters by Linda Olte at Riverside Studios
Nov 03 2022- Madeleine
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Isn’t London the richest place to be for culture? If you know where to look, you can find anything. Last weekend a stream of films from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were on the menu at the Baltic Film Festival at Riverside Studios. Next week, who knows what delights. London Mums‘ editor Monica Costa and I caught the final screening in this festival.
