While the kind natured Marion enjoys singing choral renditions of pop songs in the local community centre alongside her fellow OAPs, her husband Arthur smokes and moans outside. But when Marion succumbs to cancer, Arthur is forced to reflect on his personality and relationship with others, including his estranged son. With its cantankerous protagonist and ordinary setting, Song for Marion lacks the colour, warmth and humour of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel or other British retirement comedy dramas. Indeed, the…

Game changer

There's a poignant scene early in this brilliant Covid-19 era documentary where despairing out-of-work actor Sam Crane vents to wife Pinny Grylls about a UK government advert proudly showcasing a fictional ballet dancer called Fatima who has retrained in tech.

"I just see that and it just is a knife through my heart. Because that's me. I'm Fatima. And my dreams and Fatima's dreams have been ripped away".

Thankfully, Sam abandons his own coding course in favour of…