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...The three adult children of the Lafayette clan converge on their deceased father’s hoardy homestead to sort out the inheritance. Per theatrical convention, they rub salt into old wounds instead....
...The narrator revisits her mother’s favourite haunts — part of the charged “afterworld” the deceased can no longer enjoy....
...Despite what one might surmise from the brothers’ raucous YouTube origins, Talk to Me has a keenly felt emotional core: Mia (rising star Sophie Wilde) fixates on reaching her deceased mother, risking her...
...The next, after you’ve established that you are talking about a living media personality and not a deceased sensual soul maestro, tends to be disappointment, and then disdain....
...In “Janis Joe” (1971) the singer (by then already deceased) appears, replicating herself, at the centre of an overtly religious canvas....
...Denise’s seldom-mentioned husband, now deceased, was abusive, and she chooses to ignore her son’s cruel treatment of Marianne. “For her, it’s all about keeping up appearances,” says van Lonkhuyzen....
...(Her character, though deceased, returns late on for a ghostly, touching warble.)...
...Hereditary could almost be a pseudo-sequel, with Annie a matured and hardened update of Mia Farrow’s Rosemary....
...One critical sector championed Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre, another Todd Haynes’s Carol. I loved China’s Mountains May Depart....
...Jane Bertish is excellent as the candid housekeeper Darya (alias La Poncia in the original), and Mia Soteriou has the opening minutes sewn up as an irreverent maid....
...Aside from giving fans the chance to “see” performers who are either deceased or disbanded, tribute shows and catalogue musicals can also introduce audiences to the musical genre....
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