Academy Award-nominee Stephen Daldry’s new comedy, “Together,” opens at Nebraska’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center on Aug. 27. Continuing to show is “Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over.”
“Together” is the British comedy-drama of a family that — like so many — finds a way to survive together through the reality of lockdown.
“She” (played by Sharon Horgan) is a charity worker, a coordinator for all of Europe at a refugee charity. She’s also the daughter of a dentist father and an “old socialist” mother — the only grandparent still around.
“He” (played by James McAvoy) is a self-employed, self-made man who runs a boutique computing consultancy. He was forced to furlough his staff and has (proudly) turned to growing vegetables.
The family is rounded out by Artie, their 10-year-old son and the glue that kept his parents’ relationship together — until lockdown.
“Together,” which is rated R for language throughout, shows through Sept. 9 at the Ross.
Also showing is “Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over,” a documentary spanning the career of Lunch, New York City’s No Wave musician and underground performer.
Directed by Beth B, “Lydia Lunch” follows the boundary-pushing artist on her most recent tour. It includes interviews with Lunch and her collaborators, examining the qualities that have fueled her provocative and powerful art since its beginning.
Lunch has forged a lifetime of music and spoken word performance devoted to the utter right of any woman to indulge, seek pleasure, and to raise voice in a rage as loud as any man. The film frames Lunch’s work through the lens of the various philosophical themes that have obsessed her for years to enlighten and empower women to voice the unheard and to break the cycle of violence toward women throughout the world.
“Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over,” which is not rated, shows through Sept. 2 at the Ross.
