The Banshees of Inisherin (15)

Tragedy and comedy are paired in this end-of-friendship movie which is at times funny, horrifying and heartbreaking. Two men meet every lunchtime for a drink on this small remote Irish village in the 1920s – Padraic, a simple soul and dairy farmer, and his best friend Colm, a thinker and a fiddle-player. They lead uneventful lives until one day Colm no longer wants to see Padraic.  Padraic asks his sister why Colm  wouldn’t open the door to him and gets the reply ‘Perhaps he just doesn’t like you no more’ – a joke that soon turns out to be horribly true. This film reunites Brian Gleeson and Colin Farrell of In Bruges fame.

(2022)  114 mins. Golden globe winner.  Drama some violence, strong  language.  English  Director Martin McDonagh (of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri fame).