I was already a huge fan of Meadows' work (A Room for Romeo Brass, 24/7) before going to watch this film and had extremely high hopes for it. Another reviewer hit the nail on the head when he said he was manipulated from the off with deep anxiety and anticipation. It recently came...
He saw it again, the small front room where they had used to gather; the terrible plastic tree that Nan brought down from the attic every year, its increasingly tattered baubles and tinsel still in place from the year before; the drinks trolley stocked with the yellow and green bottles that...