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Post by Jon on Apr 29, 2020 22:24:13 GMT
I'm currently watching Normal People and Your Home Made Perfect.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 29, 2020 22:59:23 GMT
Not something to watch but to listen to...
I have been binge listening to The Corrupted on BBC Sounds. 50 episodes about an East End crime family from the 50s onwards. Toby Jones in the lead and lots of other familiar voices
Violent at times but always gripping.
Annoyed I didn't find it years ago. But am enjoying each 45 minute episode.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2020 18:52:51 GMT
Just watched last night's "Isolation Stories" on ITV - short dramas written and filmed during lockdown. Last night's starred Sheridan Smith. All the dramas have been filmed at the cast's homes, with cameras operated by their families / partners. Surprisingly elaborately filmed given the restrictions their working under.
Well worth a look.
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Post by alece10 on May 5, 2020 19:03:42 GMT
Just watched last night's "Isolation Stories" on ITV - short dramas written and filmed during lockdown. Last night's starred Sheridan Smith. All the dramas have been filmed at the cast's homes, with cameras operated by their families / partners. Surprisingly elaborately filmed given the restrictions their working under. Well worth a look. I thought she was rather good as well. Plus gives us a chance to have a snoop around their houses. |
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Post by crowblack on May 5, 2020 19:09:12 GMT
Calm with Horses - really excellent new film now available to stream online, and with a Q&A tomorrow at 6pm.
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Post by theatremadness on May 5, 2020 22:04:55 GMT
Re: Isolation Stories, I wasn't sure whether I really wanted to watch drama about what we're going through while we're going through it but I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's ep with Robert Glenister and co. Quite moving and some funny parts.
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Post by Stephen on May 6, 2020 10:37:09 GMT
My mate Tom and his dad were in last night's Isolation Stories. I felt the second episode was superior to the first however considering all of the filming constraints at the moment and the length of each episode that's to be expected. Any new programming is welcomed from me!
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 20:42:23 GMT
Yes, just watched the second one and really enjoyed it. As theatremadness says potentially difficult viewing as the series reflects circumstances we're all going through but quite an achievement in managing to be entertaining, and very well put together - the restrictions they must have faced while filming weren't apparent in the finished product. First saw Stephen's mate Tom's dad in "Sink or Swim" when he was about Tom's age and they don't half look similar! |
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Post by crowblack on May 6, 2020 21:09:57 GMT
The MOON, outside, right now!
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Post by CG on the loose on May 6, 2020 21:15:51 GMT
The MOON, outside, right now! Popped outside to see, but can only glimpse fragments beaming through the foliage of the trees in the paddock yonder - very bright, must be wonderful in a clear sky! |
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Post by crowblack on May 6, 2020 21:24:51 GMT
must be wonderful in a clear sky! The air is so clean now it looks fantastic, and if you have binoculars it's well worth going out again as it rises higher in the sky - you can see so much detail. |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 21:30:35 GMT
Just finished watching Frankenstein and all I can say is thank god that’s over. Not my thing at all. Great physical acting from BC but I suspect JLM is better as the creature... but am I hell sitting through it again to find out!
The cut was annoying but fairly obvious what happened... I think it would have worked better with a fade added to make it look like an actual scene transition but if I’m honest I was past caring about the whole thing at that point.
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Post by impossibleprincess73 on May 6, 2020 22:56:35 GMT
The MOON, outside, right now! I was doing the same. I had came back my dog walk and was in the garden dancing my heart out to Kylie's 'All The Lovers' whilst staring at the moon and stars. It was just beautiful tonight. Luckily my garden isn't overlooked or my neighbours would have thought I was nuts. |
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Post by londonpostie on May 6, 2020 23:29:56 GMT
I've been getting up unusually early and caught the moon this morning at almost before first light, perhaps just after 5. It was outside my window - in the west, very low, and almost pink. It almost startled me, like a cat unexpectedly sitting on a windowsill or something.
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Post by londonpostie on May 6, 2020 23:39:04 GMT
I'm currently watching Normal People ... Two hours into this. This girl could be my granddaughter. I'm actually going through what they call an assessment atm (not a diagnosis!) so I am aware and can see what I think ... I can see. Very unusual for me to so emotionally invested in a character, it's very raw. Having said that it's perfect and beautiful, as well. Continuing with considerable trepidation ... |
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2020 7:55:52 GMT
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Post by crowblack on May 7, 2020 14:25:16 GMT
Calm with Horses - really excellent new film now available to stream online, and with a Q&A tomorrow at 6pm. Great Q&A too, which I think they said they'd be putting online in audio form. Don't be put off by the 'crime drama' tag or the trailer - this is a superb film, feels more in Arthur Miller / On The Waterfront / classic Western territory, but try to avoid synopses first. |
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Post by crowblack on May 14, 2020 8:21:51 GMT
Another great new British indie, Bait, is now online too. This was a word-of-mouth hit in cinemas a few months ago and one of Mark Kermode's films of the year. It was filmed on Kodak 16mm on a vintage camera and dubbed afterwards which gives the film an extraordinary visual and aural texture, and made us yearn for beaches, boats and sea salt.
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Post by alece10 on May 14, 2020 11:27:28 GMT
Another great new British indie, Bait, is now online too. This was a word-of-mouth hit in cinemas a few months ago and one of Mark Kermode's films of the year. It was filmed on Kodak 16mm on a vintage camera and dubbed afterwards which gives the film an extraordinary visual and aural texture, and made us yearn for beaches, boats and sea salt. Is this the one about the Cornish fishermen and the tourists and 2nd homeowners? |
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Post by crowblack on May 14, 2020 11:45:56 GMT
Is this the one about the Cornish fishermen and the tourists and 2nd homeowners? Yes. It's free-to-view if you have a BFI player subscription, and I presume pay-to-view elsewhere. A short film by the same director, Hard Cracked the Wind, is streaming on Saturday evening as part of an online film festival though it's pay-to-view for the festival. |
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Post by crowblack on May 18, 2020 14:04:52 GMT
Not a show, but nice interview with Russell Tovey on Radio 5 this afternoon (Nihal from 2pm).
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Post by talkingheads on May 18, 2020 21:12:06 GMT
I've been binging Jimmy McGovern's Cracker for the first time and it is the best drama I've seen in a long time, astonishingly good scripts.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 8:44:30 GMT
New play from a former board member
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Post by talkingheads on May 21, 2020 22:23:06 GMT
I cannot stress enough what an astonishing piece of television 'What's The Matter With Tony Slattery' is. I've never seen such stark scenes, and incredible bravery on his part, to let us be privy to such private revelations and the beginning of the healing process.
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 25, 2020 9:06:41 GMT
I cannot stress enough what an astonishing piece of television 'What's The Matter With Tony Slattery' is. I've never seen such stark scenes, and incredible bravery on his part, to let us be privy to such private revelations and the beginning of the healing process. Thanks for the recommendation. I thought this was fascinating and I have recommended it to a lot of friends. As a teenager watching him on telly I used to have a massive crush on... |
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