Stagger Lee

Stagger Lee

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Just drinking margaritas at the mall

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Stagger Lee
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When you don't get much sleep, forget to eat and then do Lazy Sunday on 3 pints of Guinness, two Bloody Marys and a packet of peanuts and seriously question your life choices.

Stagger Lee
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First film you saw at the cinema. The real first one, not the pretend one you tell people! Mine: Charlotte's Web, the Grand (Westbourne, Dorset), 1973 (I was 5) Dad took me. I got so incredibly upset about Wilbur the pig's imminent demise I became loudly inconsolable and I had to be taken home 1/2

Mark Thompson@markreckons.bsky.social

First film you saw at the cinema. The real first one, not the pretend one you tell people! Mine: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980, Wigan. We were near the front and I can still remember how massive the AT-ATs looked, looming over us out of the snow :) Film, year, where, and whatever stuck with you.

Stagger Lee
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Some years later I found out the pig lived so I happily went to a screening at school. Of course, no fucker had warned me about the fucking spider. 2/2

Stagger Lee
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Not long till the first Lazy Sunday With Stagger Lee of the winter. Remember, we revert to the 4pm start time from now until May. Join us for a few hours of soothing sounds for troubled times

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254. Fjord (Tyneside, 2026 - Cristian Mungiu) This was dour and perplexing but plays out in quite a low-key register, very well performed by all the cast, not just Stan and Reinsve (although I wish she'd had more to do). 1/2

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Christian conservativism vs liberal social services in a small Norwegian town, although perhaps it's about the EU too. Mungiu doesn't give any easy answers. It's long and chewy but rewarding too 2/2

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Jeremy Deller's Bouncy Stonehenge (if he'll sell it)

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question for the audience: if you were ultra rich (let’s say $25M), what completely frivolous thing are you buying?

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253. Extra Geography (Tyneside, 2026 - Molly Manners) A little bit Booksmart, a lot Heavenly Creatures transplanted to a northern boarding school, a touch of Ghost World in the central dynamic. Sweet, sharply observed. Probably needed to be about 10% funnier I guess, but plenty to enjoy.

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252. Fatherland (Tyneside, 2026 - Pawel Pawlikowski) Beautiful but austere, easier to admire than to love. But enough about me. The ending is quietly heartbreaking and Huller is just tremendous. She can subtly cycle through a dozen emotions in a minute and you always believe her.

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251. The Weight (Tyneside, 2026 - Padraic McKinley) Solid but unremarkable and with some weirdly sloppy flaws. Hawke does well with a limited, archetypal character (his face is perfectly suited to a rawboned Depression era guy), it looks decent and the sound design is often excellent. 1/2

Stagger Lee
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But there's less jeopardy than you'd expect, most of the characters are just cardboard cutouts and there's some daft narrative choices. To be honest, I most enjoyed the 1933 triple-denim chain gang uniforms. 2/2