A couple of several years back, the gently charming Brit pic The Dig explained to the “true-life” tale of autodidactic archaeologist Basil Brown (performed with very low-crucial aplomb by Ralph Fiennes) becoming sidelined from the unearthing of the Sutton Hoo treasures by a snobby establishment making an attempt to take […]
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Sentiment and understatement meet in this wonderfully melancholy (finish-of-) everyday living drama, primarily based on Akira Kurosawa’s reduced-important 1952 gem, Ikiru. Elegantly directed by South African film-maker Oliver Hermanus (who helmed the 2019 adaptation of André Carl van der Merwe’s autobiographical Moffie) and boasting deeply impacting performances from nationwide treasure […]
Pick of the week The Wonder In 1862, English nurse Lib (Florence Pugh) comes to rural Ireland to spend two weeks monitoring Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy), an 11-year-old girl who hasn’t eaten for four months but remains fit and well. Anna claims she lives on “manna from heaven” but is […]