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Your Weekly Roundup of New Movies: “Limbo’s” Unforced Comedy Is Remarkably Shrewd Yet Innocent What to see and skip while streaming at home or going to the theater. (TIFF)
Limbo Syrian refugee Omar won’t pluck his oud (an 11-stringed Middle Eastern lute) outside his home country. It doesn’t sound right on Scottish soil, he says. Given the natural acoustics, who could blame him? Omnipresent in U.K. director Ben Sharrock’s spare comedy are the oppressive gusts and rumbling waves of this Scottish isle, creating a sensorial conundrum for asylum seekers like Omar awaiting their papers. The wild, whistling remoteness all around is a prison of freedom. All the while, Omar (Amir El-Masry) hauls his encased oud around “like a coffin for [his] soul,” teases flatmate Farhad (Vikash Bhai), exemplifying
TRIBUTES have been paid to Father Ted star Rynagh O Grady who has sadly died.
The Dublin actress was best known for her iconic role as Mary Leary from Craggy Island.
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Rynagh O Grady and Patrick Drury. in their iconic Father Ted role as Mary and John
Alongside Patrick Drury, who played her husband John, the pair formed one of the most hilarious couples in television history.
Ryanagh, who was in her late 60s, also appeared in numerous productions in the Abbey Theatre throughout her lengthy career.
Paying tribute, the Abbey Theatre said in a statement: We were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden passing of our beloved friend and colleague Rynagh O’Grady. We are thinking of her family and all who loved her.