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The Banshees of Inisherin

British-Irish filmmaker Martin McDonagh delivers his best film to date with this simple but resonant and raucously funny tale of feuding friends, produced by the UK’s Film4 and Blueprint Pictures. Rural Ireland’s rugged landscapes provide reprieve from the melancholy and menace that ripples throughout, while actors Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are surely bound for awards season.

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On a small island off the Irish coast and against the backdrop of the Civil War, where the days rumble on with little variation, lifelong pals Padraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson) suddenly find themselves at odds with one another when Colm decides he no longer wants to be friends. But Padraic won’t take no for an answer…