Cinemas - West Side Story
50 years into his directorial career Steven Spielberg, finally makes a musical - and perhaps the biggest compliment that you can pay his take on Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's classic is that it gives the 1961 screen version (winner of 10 Oscars) a serious run for its money (Released Dec 10th)
Exhibition: In Trust. In Gratitude. In Hope at the Laois Arthouse
Laois County Council and The Laois Arthouse, of Stradbally County Laois, celebrate their 10th anniversary with is an exhibition featuring the work of over 60 artists all over Ireland who were asked to create artworks in response to a specially commissioned poem, The Window Seat, by poet Pat Boran. (Running until March 2022 - find out more here)
Podcast: Bittersweet Symphony
Welcome to a new podcast about the bitter, the sweet, and the bittersweet experience of life for classical musicians during a global pandemic. Each episode, host and violinist Cliodhna Ryan chats to a fellow musician about what happened when the concert halls shut their doors, and the music stopped. Many put down their instruments for the first time since they were children, some out of grief, some out of relief. So what did they discover about what matters to them? What about their sense of identity, value and self-worth? And what do they choose to never forget? Listen to the first episode below...
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Television: And Just Like That...
The Sex and the City gang are back, 18 years on (not counting two questionable movies). Samantha is notably absent, but Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda and joined by plenty of old faves rejoining – as they try to figure (Now showing on Sky Comedy)
Streaming: Voir
From Executive Producer David Fincher comes a short but sweet series of visual essays featuring film critics dissecting the movies that made them, from Jaws to Lawrence Of Arabia. Our favourite has to be David Chow's personal take on cop-buddy classic 48 Hours, as a powerful look at race relations in America. (Netflix, now streaming)
