30 years ago:
The Snapper (IE,GB)
Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.
1993-04-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/12664
#TheSnapper #StephenFrears #ColmMeaney #TinaKellegher #RuthMcCabe #ClassicFilm

🎬 #SongsOrMoviesAboutDoingLaundry
#HashtagGames

"My Beautiful Launderette" (📣 #StephenFrears, 1985).

▶️ London | A young, white #fascist squatter / punk (#DanielDayLewis) comes to love and make love with a young, connected and knows-he-queer Pakistani guy (#GordonWarnecke) who's expected to succeed and be heterosexual while he does.

There's not one *word of dialogue in these final scenes of the movie, unless "Aaagh!" is a word.

It's sexy. It's brilliant. Watch it. https://youtu.be/33vAzw84p84

Nice.

Deadline: HBO has released the first image of Oscar winner Kate Winslet in The Palace (wt) its upcoming limited series from Succession duo Will Tracy and Frank Rich and The Queen director Stephen Frears. Production is currently underway in Austria and will continue in the United Kingdom.
Character descriptions are being under wraps, but you can see the image below.

#TV #HBO #KateWinslet #StephenFrears

https://deadline.com/2023/02/the-palace-first-look-kate-winslet-hbos-limited-series-will-tracy-stephen-frears-1235247721/

#RIP #SylviaSyms (1934–2023)

Alluring, capable #actress in show business for 65 years.

Notable #film roles include:

She's excellent as #DirkBogarde's initially unsuspecting wife in #BasilDearden's landmark 1961 drama VICTIM, the 1st major #British #movie centered on a modern-day #gay character.

She's just as good as The Queen Mother in #StephenFrears' #Oscar-nominated THE QUEEN (2006).

Her final big-screen role was as 1 of the leads in Paul Duddridge's 2018 #drama TOGETHER.

#cinema #movies

#HanifKureishi is not just another writer.
He is the son of a wealthy #Pakistani man and an Englishwoman and grew up in a suburb of London.
In his books, he explores integration problems caused by not being from one place or the other in a broad sense -he recognized himself as bisexual- in the years of #Thatcherism in the #UnitedKingdom.
He started writing #pornographic stories until #StephenFrears adapted a script of his in "My Beautiful Laundrette" -1985- then
"Sammy and Rosie Get Laid"

#TheLostKing: While a bit dicey in its treatment of both actual history and the subject of #disability, #StephenFrears' return to feature-length productions ultimately shows him doing what he does best.

Full review at Mahan's Media: https://betwixtstarproductions.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-lost-king-2022-movie-review.html #film #movies #filmreview #moviereview #comedy #drama #stevecoogan #sallyhawkins #philippalangley #richardIII #RedRibbonReviewers