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Brendan Gleeson, Swedish drama and a plate of potted crab bring us all the way back to the rugged west of Ireland

'Martin [McDonagh] throws you into some very dark corners'

Director, playwright, screenwriter and four-time Academy Award nominee, Irishman Martin McDonagh is back after the Oscar-nominated triumph that was “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017) with the Ireland-set, pitch-black comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin.” The film reunites actors Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, whose performances helped make his acclaimed 2008…

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'Martin (McDonagh) throws you into some very dark corners'

In this week’s newsletter: Martin McDonagh’s sad, funny Banshees of Inisherin has unexpected moments of true gruesomeness – just like every other hit these days

The black comedy-drama received rave reviews after it premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival

Filmed in the late summer of 2021 on Achill in Co Mayo and Inis Mór in County Galway, the movie has already received a 15-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival and has been credited as one of Brendan's greatest performances

The 46-year-old plays Pádraig, a simple man who is left utterly devastated and confused when friend Colm – played by Brendan Gleeson – dumps him for no apparent reason

Martin, Kerry Condon, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are rumoured to be headed for Oscar glory next year

It's hardly an original insight to note that "The Banshees of Inisherin," Martin McDonagh's caustic and mournful new movie, is also his latest work to give its location top billing. Longtime admirers of this British-Irish writer-director's stage work know his fondness for regionally specific titles like "The Cripple of Inishmaan"…