The Banshees of Inisherin

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How to watch The Banshees of Inisherin online (Goldderby)

Written and directed by Martin McDonagh, the dark comedy received nine Oscar nominations on Tuesday — including Best Picture, Best Actor for Farrell, Best ...

Overall, “The Banshees of Inisherin” received nine Oscar nominations. Renting “The Banshees of Inisherin” will cost $3.99. Here’s how to watch “The Banshees of Inisherin” at home now. Yes, “The Banshees of Inisherin” is still playing in select theaters, such as AMC. “The Banshees of Inisherin” is available to rent online through online providers Amazon, Apple YouTube, Vudu, Google Play, and more. It is also available to stream on Amazon and Hulu if you have an HBO Max bundle with the services.

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Geek Review: The Banshees of Inisherin | Geek Culture (Geek Culture)

A tragic comedy, The Banshees of Inisherin follows two best friends, dairy farmer Pádraic (Colin Farrell) and aspiring composer Colm (Brendan Gleeson). Despite ...

It may feel a little thin if you hold it to conventional standards of comedy or drama, but it is worth the small village gossip. It is definitely not a genre or style that masses are used to, but audiences who enjoy indie and niche films will find The Banshees of Inisherin easy and delightful to watch. Pádraic suffers the loss of a best friend and goes through the various stages of grief. Pádraic refuses to believe that this is the end of their friendship and makes multiple childish attempts to renegotiate new terms but ends up being disappointed over and over again. Threats of self-mutilation, murder attempts, sabotage, jealousy and tears, The Banshees of Inisherin is a dramatic, and at some points, comedic exploration of male friendships and male pride at its core. A tragic comedy, The Banshees of Inisherin follows two best friends, dairy farmer Pádraic (Colin Farrell) and aspiring composer Colm (Brendan Gleeson).

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How to Stream Oscar Nominee 'The Banshees of Inisherin' (CNET)

At the Globes, McDonagh won for best screenplay, and Farrell claimed the Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy picture. The movie is nominated for ...

- Elvis: Watch it on HBO Max or rent it for $6 on Apple TV Plus, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube and more. - Top Gun: Maverick: Stream it on Paramount Plus or buy it for $20 on Apple TV Plus, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube and more. The film is written and directed by Martin McDonagh and stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson (both also appeared in McDonagh's debut film, In Bruges).

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How Ireland's violent history haunts The Banshees of Inisherin (New Statesman)

Martin McDonagh's Oscar-nominated film is set during the bloody conflict of 1922, but it is not a neat metaphor for civil war.

This refocusing of attention is welcome, and plays an important role in the tricky business of commemorating, while not celebrating, the centenary of the bitter struggle of 1922-23. The main theme of the film is what constitutes a life well lived, and the decisions this entails. By contrast, the island of the film is called “Inisherin”, which literally means “the island of Ireland”. This seems to encourage us to take events on the island as an allegory of what is going on in the mainland as a whole – an impression strengthened by the character of the island’s repellent policeman, who is corrupt, sexually abusive and happy to take part in an execution for “six bob and a free lunch”, as he puts it. The passion and savagery of the early plays is muted, but omnipresent. The story is bleak and challenging, dealing with the breakdown of an old friendship, against a background of loneliness, cruelty and ominous threat.

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Where to watch The Banshees of Inisherin in the UK (Manchester Evening News)

Oscar-nominated Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson star in the dark comedy.

One such film is Martin McDonagh’s tragicomedy The Banshees of Inisherin, which picked up a whopping [nine nominations](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/oscar-nominations-2023-full-list-26061991) – including for Best Film. The film was also nominated for best original score and best editing. A stunned Padraic attempts to repair their relationship with the help of his sister Siobhan (Kerry Condon) and troubled young islander Dominic (Barry Keoghan). [Prime Video](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/amazon-prime-video), Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube and [Sky Store](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/sky) from £9.99. But Padraic’s repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve, and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate with alarming consequences. [Oscars 2023: When and where is the Academy Awards, who is hosting and how to watch](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/oscars-2023-academy-awards-who-26056004) [Disney+](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/disney). The Banshees of Inisherin is available to stream on [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@curiouslymedia), [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/CuriouslyMedia)and Where to watch The Banshees of Inisherin So, if you want to see what all the fuss is about, here’s where you can watch The Banshees of Inisherin for yourself. [95th Academy Awards](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/oscar-nominations-2023-full-list-26061991) were announced on Tuesday (January 24), and a handful of films have dominated the headlines since.

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At The Movies: In The Banshees Of Inisherin, a quarrel escalates ... (The Straits Times)

The story: In 1923, as the Irish Civil War rages, a smaller conflict breaks out between two men. Friends Colm (Brendan Gleeson) and Padraic (Colin Farrell) have ...

As happens in a McDonagh film, a witchy figure is there to provide creepy-funny moments of foreshadowing. Is Padraic right to feel betrayed after having invested so much in a friendship? Is Colm, in asking to be left alone, being unreasonable?

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The Banshees of Inisherin for the best film? No feckin' chance (The Irish News)

It's been nominated for nine Oscars but John Manley was far from enamoured by The Banshees of Inisherin. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees ...

The basis of disagreement between the two protagonists was unconvincing, while liberally peppering the dialogue with "feckin' this and feckin' that", served only to emphasise the paucity of substance in the writing – unlike the obvious comparison of In Bruges. Brendan Gleeson was adequate in a variation of a role he's played countless times before, with the best performances coming from the supporting cast. Island life of the 1920s, with its afternoons spent in the pub, was romanticised, while allusions to the Civil War, both spoken and allegorical, were so obtuse as to render them pointless.

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The Banshees of Inisherin Defies Hollywood's Fairytale Ireland (Den of Geek)

Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin is one of the most nominated and beloved films of the Oscars season, but is it too subversive and Irish for ...

Despite being separated by 70 years, The Banshees of Inisherin is an answer to the Oscar-winning The Quiet Man. Technically, The Banshees of Inisherin is one of the perceived Best Picture frontrunners at the Oscars, with a total number nine nominations, including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Farrell), Best Supporting Actress (Condon), and two nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Gleeson, Keoghan). So it is in The Banshees of Inisherin that despite being surrounded by the rural, majestic beauty that cinema tends to mythologize, blokes like Pádraic and Colm are completely consumed by their perceived troubles and slights. Even so, whether it’s 1952 or 2022, the Academy tends to favor life-affirming stories over grim or ambiguous portraits of the abyss. Unlike Gleeson’s Colm, she actually knows what century Mozart lived and died in, and is clear-headed enough to see that “you’re all fucking boring!” when Colm laments to her the dullness of her brother. It’s a bitter metaphor for Ireland, and the antithesis of the version which won Ford an Oscar. And by setting The Banshees of Inisherin in roughly the same era as The Quiet Man, McDonagh is offering an authentic counterpoint to wistful American fairy tales. Banshees’ Pádraic was born and raised all his life on Inisherin, and is so isolated on the island that even the Civil War occurring on the mainland almost seems like an abstraction. But he’s also creating a seemingly farcical premise to grapple with the Irish character during times of extreme strife. Like Ford, McDonagh was not born in Ireland; he grew up in London as the son of Irish immigrants, with his father being the one who was raised in Galway. The Banshees of Inisherin does not forget that context. Yet unlike the real-life director, Wayne’s fictional Sean Thornton eschews the fame and fortune of American luxury in the 1920s.

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