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The Banshees of Inisherin

Dir: Martin McDonagh

Martin McDonagh’s new film is a macabre black comedy of toxic male pride and wounded male feelings, set on an imaginary island called Inisherin off the Irish coast. It’s set in 1923 during the civil war.

As with so many of McDonagh’s works, the glint of the

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