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‘Shrinking’ Season 2 series review: Tears of laughter rain down on the sophomore season of the Jason Segel, Harrison Ford tragicomedy

Season 1 of Shrinking, which follows the life of therapist Jimmy Laird, ended with one of his patients, Grace, pushing her toxic, abusive husband, Donny off a cliff. Jimmy feels responsible, as after his wife, Tia’s death in an accident, he spiralled out of control and told his patients exactly what he felt, including telling Grace to “boop” Donny. One …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ movie review: A sweet, funny, and heartwarming tragicomedy

The Hindu

There is nothing radically different about How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies for anyone bought up on a steady diet of Indian films of a certain vintage, from 1976’s Zindagi to 2003’s Baghban. How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies Director: Pat Boonnitipat Cast: Putthipong Assaratanakul, Usha Seamkhum, Sarinrat Thomas, Sanya Kunakorn, Pongsatorn Jongwilas, Tontawan Tantivejakul, Duangporn Oapirat, Himawari …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Waiting for Godot review: Ben Whishaw brings Paddington-esque wistfulness to Samuel Beckett’s tragicomedy

The Independent

A brooding cloud of torpor hangs thickly above Samuel Beckett’s revolutionary 1953 classic, one that’s famous for its frustrating pauses and pin-drop silences. Yet although it has its fair share of waiting, director James Macdonald’s new West End staging is a comparative breeze – its starry central duo Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati swap hats and tumble across the stage, …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more

Associated Press

The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood,” a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary tragicomedy “Hard Truths” will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall. And Hugh Grant leads the eerie Scott Beck and Bryan Woods-directed A24 pic “Heretic.” One year after TIFF went on through the actors strikes, the star power has …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Going for broke: the tragicomedy of Trussonomics

The Independent

Having never been to the downstairs loo of Liz Truss, it’s impossible to vouch for what covers the walls. Having spent the summer campaigning for the Tory leadership and highlighting her “true blue” credentials versus the rival Rishi Sunak, Truss swept to power on 6 September. Whitehall, the Treasury, left-leaning academics and commentators – the “anti-growth coalition” – had imposed …

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1 year, 10 months ago

First Day First Show | Reviews of ‘Selfiee’ and ’Cocaine Bear’

The Hindu

Around Tinsel Town >> BAFTA The British Academy Film Awards was held at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, where German-language antiwar drama ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ led the pack of nominees and won seven prizes, including best picture. Meanwhile, Indian docu-filmmaker Shaunak Sen’s climate change documentary ‘All That Breathes’ lost the Best Documentary award to Daniel Roher’s …

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1 year, 10 months ago

BAFTA 2023: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ sweeps 7 awards

The Hindu

Hollywood stars and U.K. royalty converged on London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday for the British Academy Film Awards, where German-language antiwar drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” led the pack of nominees. “All Quiet on the Western Front” won seven prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards. Irish tragicomedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” took four …

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1 year, 10 months ago

'All Quiet' leads as stars, royalty attend UK film awards

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ leads race for BAFTA awards

Associated Press

LONDON — Visceral German-language war drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” got a field-leading 14 nominations on Thursday for the British Academy Film Awards, with genre-bending comedies “The Banshees of Inisherin“ and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” each nominated in 10 categories. “What stays the same, like 100 years ago, is the horror and the brutality.” Martin McDonagh’s Irish …

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1 year, 11 months ago

BAFTA 2023: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ leads nominations

The Hindu

Visceral World War I German-language drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” got a field-leading 14 nominations on Thursday for the British Academy Film Awards, with genre-bending comedies “The Banshees of Inisherin“ and “Everything Everywhere All At Once” each nominated in 10 categories. “All Quiet on the Western Front,” an unflinching adaptation of a classic antiwar novel about life and …

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1 year, 11 months ago

'All Quiet on the Western Front' leads race for BAFTA awards

The Independent

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2 years, 3 months ago

Emmys 2022: Jason Sudeikis and Zendaya bag top honours

Firstpost

Jason Sudeikis and Jean Smart collected back-to-back acting trophies, while Zendaya picked up her second drama actress prize for “Euphoria.” The HBO drama “ Succession ” and comedy “ Ted Lasso ” took top honours at the Emmy Awards in a ceremony that spread its awards between repeat winners and also honoured several first-timers. Jason Sudeikis and Jean Smart collected …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Venice Film Festival round-up: From a tangled and pretentious Don’t Worry Darling to the effective tearjerker The Whale

The Independent

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2 years, 7 months ago

Fleabag to Jane The Virgin, soothing shows that will definitely leave you laughing!

India TV News

Brooklyn Nine-Nine has represented the kind of soothing shows people sometimes want, despite the fact that much of the excitement in the world of television is reserved for the somber flagship dramas. Detroiters S1-2 Comedy Central India The show follows 2 best friends and next door neighbors Sam Duvet and Tim Cramblin, who work together as creatives at Tim's family's …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Wayne Thiebaud, artist who painted Americana ranging from ice-cream cones to portraits and California cityscapes – obituary

The Telegraph

Wayne Thiebaud, who has died aged 101, was an American painter best known for his luscious representations of American diner food – such as cherry sundaes, slices of pie and rows of perfectly mounted cakes. Rather, his paintings had a direct sensory appeal, their thick layers of oils like piped icing and their exaggerated colours seeming to vibrate off the …

3 years, 7 months ago

Screen play reflects new reality

China Daily

Henri Emond from New York, who plays a singer, interacts with Forbes Masson from the United Kingdom, who plays a doctor, in the play. As the book is about Oran's quarantine, his original thought was to set the backdrop in Wuhan, which was placed under a 76-day lockdown between Jan 23 and April 8 last year. In April 2020, a …

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4 years, 7 months ago

'El Presidente' Amazon makes 'FIFA Gate' a soccer 'mafia' satire

LA Times

The late Argentine soccer executive Julio Grondona shouldered much of the blame for the corruption scandal that engulfed the sport’s governing body, FIFA, after 14 current and former officials and associates were indicted in May 2015 after an FBI investigation. But “El Presidente,” Amazon Prime Video’s new series about “FIFA Gate,” focuses on another character. “He is a guy who, …

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5 years ago

2019年豆瓣评分最高的十部BBC推荐电影

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5 years ago

2019年豆瓣评分最高的十部BBC推荐电影

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5 years, 1 month ago

Here are the five biggest losers of the Maharashtra Tragicomedy

Op India

The Maharashtra Tragicomedy finally appears to have come to a close today. Sanjay Raut A prominent part of Sanjay Raut’s daily routine was to remind everyone through the media or social media that the next Chief Minister would be from Shiv Sena. And it’s unclear by the way whether the Shiv Sena still remains a Hindutva party or has turned …

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5 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra Tragicomedy: Shiv Sena digs itself a hole and jumps right in

Op India

A tragicomedy has ensued in Maharashtra. After Shiv Sena failed to show the requisite letters of support to the Governor, the third largest party, Sharad Pawar’s NCP, has been invited to form the government in the state. The NCP will likely receive support from the Congress if it chooses to make an attempt, however, the pre-poll alliance will need support …

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5 years, 3 months ago

’Succession’: The best show on television

Live Mint

The other afternoon, I listened to the Succession theme by Nicholas Britell on my way to a meeting. “A pusillanimous piece of fool’s gold.” That’s what a former friend calls Kendall Roy, the chief successor to the empire. “Does he even know what a jail is?” “He literally only knows it from Monopoly.” That is the kind of maddeningly sharp …

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5 years, 4 months ago

New world disorder: From the rainforest to Hong Kong, the globe is aflame

Salon

There’s no specific point of connection between the summer-long street protests in Hong Kong, the uncontrolled wildfires in the Amazon rainforest and the slow-motion collapse of the United Kingdom into the bottomless bog of Brexit. This video is from the Guardian: Although the Hong Kong protests began in response to an extradition treaty that was seen as violating the former …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Bong Joon-ho's Parasite wins Sydney Film Festival official competition prize

ABC

Korean tragicomedy Parasite has won Sydney Film Festival's main award, the $60,000 Sydney Film Prize, against 11 other films in this year's official competition. Sydney Film Festival's other major prize, the Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary went to Erica Glynn for She Who Must Be Obeyed Loved, about her mother: pioneering Indigenous filmmaker Alfreda Glynn. SFF Official Competition …

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‘Shrinking’ Season 2 series review: Tears of laughter rain down on the sophomore season of the Jason Segel, Harrison Ford tragicomedy

‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ movie review: A sweet, funny, and heartwarming tragicomedy

Waiting for Godot review: Ben Whishaw brings Paddington-esque wistfulness to Samuel Beckett’s tragicomedy

Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more

Going for broke: the tragicomedy of Trussonomics

First Day First Show | Reviews of ‘Selfiee’ and ’Cocaine Bear’

BAFTA 2023: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ sweeps 7 awards

'All Quiet' leads as stars, royalty attend UK film awards

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ leads race for BAFTA awards

BAFTA 2023: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ leads nominations

'All Quiet on the Western Front' leads race for BAFTA awards

Emmys 2022: Jason Sudeikis and Zendaya bag top honours

Venice Film Festival round-up: From a tangled and pretentious Don’t Worry Darling to the effective tearjerker The Whale

Fleabag to Jane The Virgin, soothing shows that will definitely leave you laughing!

Wayne Thiebaud, artist who painted Americana ranging from ice-cream cones to portraits and California cityscapes – obituary

Screen play reflects new reality

'El Presidente' Amazon makes 'FIFA Gate' a soccer 'mafia' satire

2019年豆瓣评分最高的十部BBC推荐电影

2019年豆瓣评分最高的十部BBC推荐电影

Here are the five biggest losers of the Maharashtra Tragicomedy

Maharashtra Tragicomedy: Shiv Sena digs itself a hole and jumps right in

’Succession’: The best show on television

New world disorder: From the rainforest to Hong Kong, the globe is aflame

Bong Joon-ho's Parasite wins Sydney Film Festival official competition prize