Sunday, February 8, 2026

 






I think the Mostly British Film Festival is better than every this year, and I'm grateful to Maxine Einhorn!  This weekend the stand-out films for me were "Tina," which I chose both because a friend drew it to my attention and because I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tonga, and Tongans and Samoans are very similar in many ways including in their a cappella singing, sometimes featured in this film.  Edna O'Brien was as much "her own person" as the self-sacrificing son in "Four Mothers" was not.  I loved the film in spite of not believe that a son could be that self-sacrificing or a mother that selfish and clueless --unless she was demented, which apparently she was not supposed to be.  It shows a lot about the demands of caregiving.  May we all managed to be grateful for whoever helps us when we can't help ourselves--and may that time not come until after death!


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  I think the Mostly British Film Festival is better than every this year, and I'm grateful to Maxine Einhorn!  This weekend the stand-o...