#Ruth Sheen

[marrissacooper]

‘You!’ said Pat, astounded. ‘I thought the pair of you were keen on each other!’

‘No. I didn’t like him. Apart from anything else, he sent me a picture of his erect penis at Christmas.’

Pat’s deeply lined face registered an almost comical dismay.

‘In...in the post?’

Robin laughed.

‘What, tucked inside a Christmas card? No. By text.’

TROUBLED BLOOD, Chapter 60

#bbc strike #strike #strikeedit #cb strike #userpinckertons #chrissiewatts #robin ellacott #pat chauncey #holliday grainger #ruth sheen #troubled blood #tvedit #mine

[cinematicmasterpiece]

another year (2010)

#another year #film #movie #cinema #art #edit #screencaps #photography #cinematography #2010s #indie #mike leigh #lesley manville #ruth sheen

[k-wame]

reαlly ɢood qυeѕтιoɴ: "ιғ yoυ dιdɴ'т ĸɴow нe wαѕ ɢαy αll тнoѕe yeαrѕ, wнαт dιd yoυ ѕee?...wнαт were yoυ looĸιɴ' αт" ιт'ѕ α ѕιɴ (2021) - ѕ01e05

#ɢoт нer rιɢнт ιɴ тнe ɢoɴαdѕ 👏👏👏👏 #queer #lgbt #parenting #gay #it's a sin #keely hawes #lydia west #ruth sheen #lgbtq+ #heteronormality #lgbtedit #compulsory heterosexuality #queer media

[local-blog-for-local-people]

Inside No. 9

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge

#Inside No 9 #IN9 #The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge #Reece Shearsmith #Steve Pemberton #Ruth Sheen #David Warner #Jim Howick #Sinéad Matthews #Trevor Cooper #Paul Kaye #My Gifs

[annoyingthemesong]

SUBLIME CINEMA #662 - ANOTHER YEAR

'Nothing changes', claims Imelda Staunton's character at the outset of Mike Leigh's Another Year, and then we are taken through each passing season of a year in which everything changes, though maybe not quite in the same way for everyone.

Mike Leigh is a master who prefers to throw you into the midst of his characters lives and ply you with empathy rather than twist you into a plot of a typical film. The plot derives solely from the characters natural responses to their personal situations, and our fascination is unabated because of how extraordinary Leigh and his cast can fasten something out of the ordinary.

#cinema #film #movie #movies #another year #mike leigh #jim broadbent #imelda staunton #lesley manville #Oliver maltman #ruth sheen #Peter wight #David bradley #karina Fernandez #Martin savage #Michele austin #Phil davis #filmmaker #filmmaking #film stills #british #British cinema #uk #uk cinema #london #cinematography #cinephile #sublime #sublime cinema

[ulrichgebert]

Peter Dinklage spielt Cyrano, zwar ist seine Nase nicht zu groß, dafür ist er zu klein, um vom Roxane geliebt zu werden. Funktioniert eigentlich schön. Es ist, eigentlich auch eine schöne Idee, ein Musical. Das funktioniert leider nicht so gut, weil alle Lieder uninteressant ähnlich klingen.

#Cyrano #Peter Dinklage #Haley Bennett #Kelvin Harrison Jr. #Ben Mendelsohn #Ruth Sheen #Glen Hansard #Film gesehen #Joe Wright #Musical #Aaron Dessner #Bryce Dressner #Erica Schmidt

[byneddiedingo]

Ruth Sheen and Phil Davis in High Hopes (Mike Leigh, 1988)

Cast: Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Heather Tobias, Philip Jackson, Lesley Manville, David Bamber, Jason Watkins. Screenplay: Mike Leigh. Cinematography: Roger Pratt. Production design: Diana Charnley. Music: Andrew Dickson.

Mike Leigh's excoriating satire of Thatcherite Britain, High Hopes, ranges from shrill to droll, from gratingly silly to quietly touching. A film like it from any other director might have been said to be out of control, but as usual Leigh knows exactly what he's doing, and he does it brilliantly if annoyingly. Annoyance is, in fact, part of the process: If we object that his characters are unreal, over the top, his response would have to be yes, but you know who they are, don't you? And we do, from the shabby socialists, Cyril (Phil Davis) and Shirley (Ruth Sheen), to the working-class strivers who can't rise above their bad taste, Valerie (Heather Tobias) and Martin (Philip Jackson), to the parvenu Tories, Laetitia (Lesley Manville) and Rupert (David Bamb er). We've all seen their likes, even in the United States -- perhaps they became even more noticeable in Trumpian America. Fortunately, Leigh knows to ground his satire in people we can sympathize with, namely, Cyril and Shirley. They are menial cogs in the capitalist machine, he's a motorcycle courier, she works for a landscape gardener, and they rage against the system, especially Cyril, who drags Shirley to Highgate Cemetery to worship at the grave of Karl Marx. She's more interested in the foliage -- "That ivy could use a pruning," she notes -- than in the moribund class struggle, but she loves her man, even if he doesn't want to have children because he doesn't want to bring anyone else into an overpopulated world in which socialism has failed. Poor as they are, they have good hearts, taking in the mentally challenged stray Wayne (Jsson Watkins) for a night and putting him up in their "spare room," which is a large closet with a mattress and sleeping bag. But they have to contend with family: Cyril's aging mum (Edna Doré), who precipitates a crisis by locking herself out of her house, and his giddy sister, Valerie, whose husband runs a used-car lot and is a thorough cad. The crisis introduces us to mum's gentrifying next-door neighbors, Laetitia and Rupert, who have bought one of the row houses in a council estate and are renovating it to the height of yuppie chic. Rupert proclaims his mantra: "What made this country great was a place for everyone and everyone in his place." Then he adds, "And this is my place." The scenes from the lives of Laetitia and Rupert and from those of Valerie and Martin are hysterically funny, but Leigh knows that a little of them goes a long way -- a little of Valerie's manic giggle goes a very long way indeed -- so he wisely turns back to the more identifiably human (and humane) Cyril and Shirley to put things into perspective. The film concludes with Cyril and Shirley taking his mum up to the roof of the building in which they live to admire the rather drab view of the St. Pancras railway yards and the gasworks, with just a peek at St. Paul's. For once in the film, mum, who is usually sunk in senile confusion and depression, brightens a little: "This is the top of the world," she says. God help us, but it probably is.

#High Hopes #Mike Leigh #Ruth Sheen #Phil Davis

[dannyreviews]

High Hopes (1988)

If you’re a frequent visitor to my page, you would know that one of my favorite directors of all time is Mike Leigh. His unconventional manner of working without a script and crafting the actor’s performances through workshops creates an actual slice of life printed on film. 1988 was the year that Leigh broke away from being a national figure of the arts and branched off internationally. “High Hopes” is Leigh’s introduction to a wider audience of cinema lovers and 35 years later, he’s viewed as one of Britain’s greatest auteurs.

The film focuses on a slew of characters that couldn’t be more different in economic classes and personalities. We’re introduced to Cyril and Shirley (Phil Davis and Ruth Sheen), ex-hippies that love Karl Marx, hate Margaret Thatcher, smoke marijuana and take in strangers. Cyril’s elderly mother Mrs. Bender (Edna Dore), a widow losing grip on her life. Cyril’s unstable sister Valerie (Heather Tobias) who is married to a self made businessman and adulterer Martin (Philip Jackson) and finally, Mrs. Bender’s rich neighbors Laeticia and Rupert (Lesley Manville and David Bamber). Over the course of a few days, these characters will clash in the most ironic, humorous and tragic ways.

50 years earlier, William Wyler’s “Dead End” gleaned on the topic of gentrification (a term not coined at the time). In that film, a slum on the East Side of Manhattan was gradually being transitioned into a high end neighborhood where the upper crust were more appealed by the status of living in such a place rather than fitting in. Mike Leigh took this topic to a whole new satirical level. Mrs. Bender is the last pensioner on a block that is being bought up by condo developers and transformed into prime real estate. When Mrs. Bender locks herself out of her home, Laetita is hesitant to help her, but begrudgingly does so as to not appear too cold. It is inside where both Laetita and Rupert treat her more as an inconvenience rather than someone they are willing to help, much like how they view all poor and working class people with contempt. Leigh doesn’t hide the rich neighbors’ almost-hatred of this poor woman, a savage dig at the upper crust Thatcher-loving milieu destroying the backbone of English society.

“High Hopes” shows us that both the rich and the poor and left-wing and right-wing are both warped in their everyday lives. Cyril and Shirley talk about revolution, but know that its unrealistic to carry out. Instead, they prefer their current lifestyle because anything else would be a detriment. Out of all the characters, they are the happiest, yet the most idle. Valerie and Martin are the most miserable, even though they are economically stable. Laetita and Rupert want to be seen as generous, whether its helping old ladies or going to homeless charity dinners, but don’t want to lift a finger. If anything, they are hippies masquerading in fancy dress up. Mrs. Bender is the only character that is really salt of the earth, a symbol of a patriotic Britain far gone. And yet, Leigh doesn’t turn these characters into status symbols, but actually living, breathing creations. 

Leigh’s usual revolving door of actors have never disappointed in 50 years of film, television and theater. “High Hopes” is no exception. Every performance emulates the natural dialect of both the neighborhood and the economic class so you get a feel of the rift between the characters. But I would like to highlight one particular scene that shows not only the amazing cast, but the cinematic ambiance of capturing a moment in real time. When the family gathers for Mrs. Bender’s 70th birthday, they are in complete shambles. As the candle is blown out, Valerie insists that her mother has a piece of the cake, but is completely shot down. This leads into a fight in which the camera is solely on Mrs. Bender with the saddest expression imaginable. If this was a Hollywood film, the mother would’ve screamed at them for being rude, but instead you have a much more down to earth reaction. That is a credit to Edna Dore, who I believe should have won every acting accolade in the book for that scene alone. Classic Mike Leigh moment.

“High Hopes” was a big hit on the film festival circuit, winning an award at the Venice Film Festival as well as winning acting prizes at the European Film Awards for Sheen and Dore. As the last 35 years have shown, Mike Leigh has revolutionized the way in which characters are molded and turned into regular human beings. I have yet to see another director come this close in taking on Leigh’s unadulterated substance.

9/10

#dannyreviews #high hopes #mike leigh #phil davis #ruth sheen #edna dore #heather tobias #philip jackson #lesley manville #david bamber #karl marx #margaret thatcher #gentrification

[moviemosaics]

Another Year

directed by Mike Leigh, 2010

#Another Year #Mike Leigh #movie mosaics #Ruth Sheen #Jim Broadbent #Lesley Manville #David Bradley #Imelda Staunton

[beautifilms]

Another Year (2010) dir. Mike Leigh

#another year #mike leigh #jim broadbent #lesley manville #david bradley #oliver maltman #ruth sheen #imelda staunton #film #cinematography

[mandoreviews]

📽️ Cyrano (2021)

I was so excited for this movie! The trailers made it look awesome, and I like the version of Cyrano de Bergerac that I have read. Unfortunately, the movie itself was a letdown. Peter Dinklage’s singing was not great, and it really bothered me that they didn’t make Cyrano have a giant nose like he does in the original stories. I didn’t realize that it was a musical going into it, which is fine; I love musicals. I did not love this one. Honestly, all of the singing was just average. There were some good parts, but overall one word can sum this up: disappointing.

Sex/nudity: 2\10 (kissing, some suggestive comments/lyrics)

Language: 1/10 (I don’t remember any; if there was any, it was mild)

Violence: 2/10 (several fights with some blood shown, nothing too graphic)

Overall rating: 5/10

#review #movie #movie review #cyrano #cyrano de bergerac #drama #romance #musical #peter dinklage #haley bennett #Roxanne #kelvin harrison jr. #ben mendelsohn #monica dolan #bashir salahuddin #joshua james #anjana vasan #ruth sheen #glen hansard #mark benton

[10andahalf]

Film frames from Mike’s Leigh “Another Day”

#film frames #mike leigh #dailypainting #quick painting #procreate #jim broadbent #ruth sheen #lesley manville #david bradley

[brusiocostante]

Another Year - trailer italiano

Il dolore che avvolge come un’aura gli amici della coppia presentati nel film non è loro estraneo, poiché lo percepiscono, lo affrontano e lo assecondano, ma riescono a mantenersene lucidamente distanti, essendo consapevoli del fatto che solo chi ne è afflitto può liberarsene.

Commedia molto amara e triste ma molto reale e ben fatta.  

#another year #mike leigh #lesley manville #ruth sheen #jim broadbent #imelda staunton

[105nt]

Well, hello!

#strike alumni #renee bentley #ruth sheen #prime suspect 1973 #is it pat?

[invisibleicewands]

AMC’s Quiz: Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Sheen and Sian Clifford in Conversation with Entertainment Weekly’s Ruth Kinane   - 31/05/2020 #28

#Michael Sheen #Ruth Kinane #Quiz #AMC

[sunshineram]

btw i promise im working on art!!! its a slow process since ive been off my adderall but!! have some wips in the meantime :)

some really cool SM artists oc's (G.L and Ruth!)

this fuckin guy (for a pinned post on twitter telling people that im more active here, since both artists up above are on twitter)

#sheep scribbles #poor ruth doesnt even have hands yet #can you tell im dreading drawing them #its so funny the g.l sketch was made like. 3 months ago #its almost like you can tell when i went off my meds #but!! im (hopefully) getting back on them soon :) #good i have shit to do #........ is it bad that i assigned houseplants to these ocs #ruth: purple passion vine(gynura aurantiaca) the whole plant is covered in really fine purple-magenta hairs #its a flowering plant‚ and grows small orange flowers in fall :) its grown in zones 10a to 12b #g.l: peperomia frost(peperomia caperata) a small‚ hardy little plant. their leaves are green with a silver sheen :) #also flowering! has stalks of itty bitty white/cream flowers that you need a magnifying glass to see #i like plants #anyways uh if either of them see this no you dont!