Several potent modern phenomena have cross-pollinated to create this lavish, messy fantasy series. Few individuals have stamped their own style and taste on English-language pop culture so deeply as the creator and original showrunner of The Nevers, Joss Whedon, here once again dispensing the sort of clever-clever gags and cartoonified violence that helped to make his previous shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996-2003), Angel (1999-2004) and Firefly (2002-03) some of the most beloved, analysed and imitated television of all time.
The concept is also familiar, from Marvel’s X-Men franchise (to the comic-book manifestation of which Whedon contributed) and from recent similarly themed endeavours such as The Umbrella Academy and Doom Patrol (both 2019): a group of individuals with special gifts support one another while society spurns them as freaks.
A Space in Time is In cinemas and streaming via bohemiamedia.co.uk from 17 May.
Nick Taussig and his wife Klara, an artist, were blindsided five years ago when their toddler sons Theodor and Oskar were diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and at first the couple felt as if their universe was collapsing.
A Space in Time, directed by Nick (a producer whose notable credits include the 2018 documentary biopic McQueen and Andrew Kötting’s Lek and the Dogs, 2017) and Riccardo Servini, tells how the family have carried out the slow and demanding day-to-day work of adapting their world. They hired architects to create a purpose-built home, and have revolutionised their own preconceived ideas about what constitutes a well-lived life. Intimate and candid, this awareness-raising documentary does not skirt around the tough realities of Duchenne or fall back on easy sentiment, as it shows that disability need not be synonymous with tragedy.
The iconic Spanish director talks directing in English for the first time, his symbiotic relationship with Tilda Swinton, and a dog who wouldn’t sit still.
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This film revolving around a closeted gay policeman previously won the Best Actor Award (for the fabulous
Conrad Mericoffer) at the most recent Gijón and Turin Film Festivals, after it was first shown at Tallinn Black Nights. The same DâA 2021 jury handed a Special Mention to the Italian flick
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Dine and Drink Deals
Here are a few options from restaurants and bars as we work our way back toward normal.
Casa Vega in Sherman Oaks teams with The Chainsmokers for two new menu items available through the end of May a sparkling grapefruit margarita with JaJa Reposado ($13) and a Crispy Papas Tacos entree ($16.50) with potatoes, spinach-jalapeño pesto and crema served with Spanish rice and refried beans
. Profits from these items, which will be sold through the month, benefit back-of-house restaurant workers through
Filipino restaurant Sisig opened last month in Westlake, offering lumpia, BBQ pork, crisp pata (pork skin attached to tender meat) and, of course, sisig a dish made from pig’s head and chicken liver.