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This is our first newsletter of 2021, and it has already been quite a year. The events of this past week surpass any thoughts on movies at the moment. I feel I have likely said this before, but there is no one better at sorting through the cultural confusion of a moment like Wednesday than Times TV critic Lorraine Ali. As she wrote, “Wednesday’s violent attack cannot be seen as yet another preparatory ‘stress test’ for democracy. It was the real thing. We, as a nation, are not immune to...

‘Herself’ review: A spirited drama of abuse and resilience

Jake Coyle This image released by Amazon Studios shows Molly McCann, left, and Ruby Rose OHara in a scene from "Herself." (Pat Redmond/Amazon Studios via AP) January 07, 2021 - 11:20 AM Phyllida Lloyds “Herself,” an Irish drama of spousal abuse set against Dublins housing crisis, has some narrative weak spots but its foundation of resilience and heart is strong. Previous forays into film by Lloyd, a veteran theatre director, have been more elaborate, starri...

Phyllida Lloyd’s “Herself,” an Irish drama of spousal abuse set against Dublin’s housing crisis, has some narrative weak spots but its foundation of resilience and heart is strong. Previous forays into film by Lloyd, a veteran theater director, have been more elaborate, starrier affairs (“Mamma Mia!” “The Iron Lady”). But “Herself” is a smaller, neo-realistic and often stirring story about Sandra (Clare Dunne, who co-wrote the script with Malcolm Campbell), a mother of two ...

Focus Daily News “Herself” is an Inspirational Irish film about Sandra (Clare Dunne), a loving mother to two young daughters who’s also a badly abused wife. Sandra finally flees with the girls, but they struggle to find a home outside of temporary shelters while she holds down two minimum wage jobs. Their government’s housing assistance programs are so badly overloaded that Sandra and her girls must wait three years for a hearing. A bedtime story by her daughter inspires Sandra to searc...

As we begin to pack away the holiday decorations and head back to the mall for the inevitable returns, this new release reminds us of those unfortunate families that aren’t lucky enough to tackle such minor inconveniences. In fact, the mother at the center of this story is completely left to her own devices, without a family aside from a violently abusive ex. She’s now part of the “system”, relying on the government to aide her with the housing of her two grade-school aged tots. In orde...

The last thread to snap before one is homeless is typically a lost job or a cruel landlord, but for all too many women, it’s the urgent need to get out of one living situation before another can be secured. A young Dublin mother’s escape from an abusive household with her two children is what sets off the rootlessness at the center of the Phyllida Lloyd-directed Irish drama “Herself.” But it is this embattled character’s insistent drive to break ground on a better existence — in th...

Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Starring Clare Dunne, Molly McCann, Ruby Rose O’Hara, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Cathy Belton, Art Kearns, Sarah J. Kinlen, Ericka Roe, Anita Petry, Lorcan Cranitch, Tina Kellegher, Donking Rongavilla, Sean Duggan, and Conleth Hill. SYNOPSIS: This is the story of young mother Sandra who escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and re-discovers herself. There is a re...

Advertisement Domestic violence extends, for many, far beyond the physical and into a brutal system not built with the survivor in mind. To leave an abusive household is an uphill battle in many advanced societies, where the courts and laws can put victims at a heavy disadvantage. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd ( The Iron Lady), from a script by Malcom Campbell and star Clare Dunne, Herself approaches the subject gracefully, and with an unexpected degree of hope. In an era when neighbors often tur...

With most events, concerts and festivals canceled or pivoting online , please consider contributing to your local arts organizations or to individual artists and performers. L.A. Countys new "safer at home" order went into effect on Nov. 30. Check the status of any drive-through events listed before heading out as the new safety measures only allow occupants in each car from the same household. Watch a modern retelling of A Christmas Carol. Catch livestream concerts from Fleet Foxes Robin Peck...