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Pick of the Indies
Hanif Kureshi’s 1985 film My Beautiful Launderette caused ripples when it was released. Its easy wit tackled serious issues.
And the story, based on the adventures of Omar in London’s Asian community, explores a variety of themes. Omar is gay, and he has issues to overcome to help him confront others’ attitudes towards his sexuality.
Omar’s uncle Nasser is an entrepreneur, a garage owner who owns a launderette. He passes it over to Omar who decides to turn the grim little shop into a swanky venue to wash your smalls.
He is helped by Johnny (Daniel Day Lewis) and the pair resume a love affair which had lapsed.
Nominated for an Oscar when it was first released, it has stood the test of time. Kureishi created an amazing picture of London in the midst of Thatcher’s Britain.
THIS weekend sees the David Cronenberg film Spider hit the screens again, as part of the Hampstead Everyman’s weekend programme.
The cinema is currently featuring films shot with London as their backdrop, with spider following on from Camden Town cult classic Withnail and I.
Ralph Fiennes is Dennis, a man who suffers from schizophrenia and has been living in an institute for 20 years.
Spider follows him as his world begins to dissolve and his grip on reality becomes weaker and weaker.
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