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17 films on TV this week to help keep lockdown boredom at bay Reporter: Stronger   Saturday   20/3   BBC2 @ 11.25pm 2013. Boston. Two brothers set off bombs at the city marathon and the day becomes a bloody mess. A woman called Erin, who was running sees it all happen and finds her boyfriend Jeff in the wreckage. A tough watch about the human cost of violence and the resilience needed to come back from it. Superb acting from Tatiana Maslany & Jake Gyllenhaal will keep you going through t...

Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci are convincing as a middle-aged gay couple dealing with dementia – it's too bad about the astronomy stuff

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) turns his directing skills towards his debut documentary by exploring every single one of the albums made by the offbeat band Sparks. Why you must know this before heading into this musical epic is that these two tempestuous brothers, Ron and Russell Mael, have made 25 albums over a 50-year period. While Wright sets things up as their ultimate super-fan, he follows through two-fold by placing the countless interviews over numerous live performances. After hear...

This year marks 60 years since Holly Golightly stepped on to Fifth Avenue in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) in her iconic LBD with its pearl back. It’s a two-hour treat and I always pull my chair closer to the screen for a better view of Hubert de Givenchy’s costumes, especially those awesome funnel-neck coats. I don’t even notice Grace Kelly’s voice anymore when watching High Society (1956). All I see are those achingly gorgeous costumes designed by MGM’s Helen Rose, who went on to...

This year marks 60 years since Holly Golightly stepped on to Fifth Avenue in Breakfast at Tiffanys (1961) in her iconic LBD with its pearl back. Its a two-hour treat and I always pull my chair closer to the screen for a better view of Hubert de Givenchys costumes, especially those awesome funnel-neck coats. I dont even notice Grace Kellys voice anymore when watching High Society (1956). All I see are those achingly gorgeous costumes, designed by MGMs Helen Rose, who went on to design Kellys wed...

MASTERPIECE At 50: Our Favorite Stars Advertisement GBH 89.7 Boston Public Radio 99.5 WCRB Classical Classical Music with Cathy Fuller 10:00 AM A Celtic Sojourn A Celtic Sojourn CAI 1A Jazz 24/7 The Jazz Gallery with Tessil Collins 9:00 AM 3:00 PM 6:00 AM 12:00 PM 6:00 PM This year, MASTERPIECE is marking 50 years of dazzling British television. To commemorate the royal occasion, the GBH Drama Club is celebrating some of our favorite stars who went on to leave a big mark on the wor...

Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth in Supernova (Twitter/BFI) Colin Firth has said he was “undecided” at first on whether he should play a gay role in  Colin Firth stars opposite Stanley Tucci in the critically-acclaimed film, which follows a gay couple as they journey around England in a camper van visiting friends, family and places from their past after Tusker (Tucci) is diagnosed with early-onset dementia. Both actors have won praise for their performances, generating awards buzz in the pro...

Real Estate Bathurst is facing backlash after posting a "sexist" and "misogynistic" article giving advice to "single ladies" looking to purchase a home.

Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play Black women in 1920s New York, navigating the "color line" from opposite sides in Rebecca Halls adaptation of the Harlem Renaissance novel. Exquisite performances from Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga provide the pulsing, emotionally heightened center to Passing, Rebecca Halls assured move behind the camera, adapted with great sensitivity from the 1929 novel by Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen. "Were all of us passing for something or other, arent we?" mus...

Introducing our 10 best debut novelists of 2021 The Observer It’s a tough time to be a debut novelist, with so many of the usual channels for promoting new writing suspended or curtailed. The Observer’s pick of this year’s first novels will be published in a country whose bookshops are closed, and whose literary festivals have been postponed or made virtual. It therefore feels particularly important to celebrate these books, to make sure that they receive the profile and ...