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FILMS TO WATCH AT HOME – Robert Tanitch reviews 5 films

THE MAURITANIAN (STXfilms) is a legal thriller directed by Kevin Macdonald which describes what went on in Gutanemo Bay in Cuba. Mohamedou Ould Slahi (played by Tamar Rahim) is imprisoned and tortured ...

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Bruce Dern and the wonderful Lena Olin grapple with family, fame, art and Alzheimer’s

The Artist’s Wife (from April 30, on digital flatforms). Cert TBC, 96 mins. It is a terrible irony that, dementia, the cruellest disease inflicted on older people, has spawned a sub-genre in cinema an ...

andrew 238 views 0 likes Apr 30, 2021

A promising thriller about a film actress-turned- writer loses the plot.

Black Bear (April 30, 2021) Available on BFI i-Player, and other UK and Irish digital platforms. Cert 15, 104 mins. In Tahir Shah’s In Search of King Solomon’s Mines, a Western explorer receives his E ...

andrew 245 views 0 likes Apr 29, 2021

An absorbing and revelatory look at the intersecting lives of the two great Southern writers.

Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (April 30th on Dogwood on Demand and other digital platforms) Cert. TBC, 86 mins. According to Truman Capote, he was 16 and Tennessee Williams was 29 whe ...

andrew 262 views 0 likes Apr 27, 2021