Dr Ignaz Semmelweiss (1818-1865), the Hungarian surgeon, physicist, scientist, now recognised as a pioneer of antiseptic policy, was unacknowledged in his lifetime and died in a lunatic asylum. In 184 ...
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Joyce Glasser reviews My Extinction (June 29, 2023) Cert PG, 80 mins. In cinemas. Josh Appignanesi (The Infidel, Song of Songs), the hands-on filmmaker and protagonist of My Extinction is the reason t ...
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THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Searchlight Pictures). On a remote, bleak and lonely island in 1923, where people lead boring mundane lives, a lifelong friendship abruptly ends. Colm (Brendan Gleeson) thre ...
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THELMA AND LOUISE (BBC iPlayer). Men behave really badly to women in this famous 1991 feminist road movie and it is men’s behaviour which goads two women to independence and excess. Excellently acted ...
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