Why do I like Iranian films? That different culture, a place I have never been, know little of That open display of emotion, that heated debate, with wild gesticulation. An equal playfulness. Headscarfs. A group of friends 3 couples and a pair being matched, rent a run down villa by the sea. Elly the woman… Continue reading About Elly – film at the Cut (by Asghar Farhadi)
Category: Halesworth – Films/Festivals
Africa to Halesworth
David, who lives south of the equator where Ursula Minor (Polaris at the end of the handle) is upside down, and water drains the other way round the plug hole, came to Halesworth on his bicycle. We drove to the sea, for Tuesdays local lunch at walberswick. We talked of Africa. 'For the first time… Continue reading Africa to Halesworth
Mary Bell – Cries Unheard
Cries Unheard! The Story of Mary Bell! By Gitta Sereny Daily Mail obit - The woman who tried to humanise monsters: Gitta Sereny wrote brilliant books trying to explain the evil of murderers. She also helped create today's cult of victimhood • • • Gitta Sereny tried to claim society was to blame for child murderer Mary… Continue reading Mary Bell – Cries Unheard
Titch’s funeral
Magdalene rings the single bell, calling the faithful to church, a sound and movement timeless, shooting me back to when I was dressed in red, smaller, full of life a ahead. The choir rehearses, Teresa and Moira, their voices clear as water falling from above. The community has gathered, for one of their own. Walking… Continue reading Titch’s funeral
Late Quartet – film Halesworth Cut
Late Quartet, film at the Cut. Unexpectedly beautiful and it’s feeling remaining with me. It was Bob who introduced me to Beethoven’s late quartets. The film opens, quietly observing the internal dynamics of the Fugue String Quartet, an internationally acclaimed musical group founded and based in New York that has been playing around the world… Continue reading Late Quartet – film Halesworth Cut
High Tide in Halesworth
High Tide 2014 High Tide arrived in Halesworth this year accompanied with rumours that this may be the last High Tide festival in Halesworth, that after 8 years they are leaving for the more sexy/prestigious/practical/more younger generation/ richer Aldeburgh or Norwich. Their arrival was immediately noticeable. The high street was no longer dominant with… Continue reading High Tide in Halesworth
Returning Party in Halesworth
The star of the show missing. Kali kidnapped by Barry.
High Tide in Halesworth and Neighbors
The average age of Halesworth changes, young things with drain pipe jeans and booties, bright eyes, grace the Thoroughfare, loiter in coffee bars: HIgh Tide is on. ‘Theatre for adventurous audiences’ when actors and playwrights from London town come into our Suffolk lives, enlivening and challenging with rude words and racial themes, edgy and awakening.… Continue reading High Tide in Halesworth and Neighbors
Coriolanus (Film Cut)
Brilliant, angry Ralph Finnes as Coriolanus, the time set in Serbia or is it Afghanistan, Iraq or Chechnya? Gritty, powerful, so watchable. Jon Snow himself as a newscaster, speaking Shakespeare's blank verse turned into breaking news and interviewing Roman experts on the current events for Fidelis TV. 'Coriolanus becomes a national hero, but he's incapable of… Continue reading Coriolanus (Film Cut)
VIncent and Theo (Film Cut)
The relationship between the obsessive, brilliant painter Vincent Van Gogh and his more practical brother Theo. Directed by Robert Altman. When Theo fails to make a profit from his brother, VIncent's, work, Theo finds himself torn between art and commerce, a conflict deepened by Vincent's increasing emotional neediness. Soon, the situation worsens, and both brothers are forced… Continue reading VIncent and Theo (Film Cut)
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