Photos from The Mandem: The Big Link-Up. March, 2024
This event was focused on dads and male carers in Islington.
The Mandem ‘Link Up’ is our monthly get-together, where we watch a film and then check in with how life is going, over some good food!
I found The Mandem Link-Up’s through a friend of a friend on Insta in 2018. it’s been great to have a space where men can come together and be vulnerable and have real conversations.
So glad to put this together for new dads in Islington, I found it an isolating time as a new dad and although happy and forever grateful for the new addition to the family. It’s also a stressful, sleepless, manic time.
Thanks to the panel that shared their experience working with dads @jigsaw.gc @jossycare @ollie.ade
Thanks to Bright Start Islington & The Mandem founder: @franxisaugusto for the support in making this happen.
Cant forget Everyman Kings X for being gracious hosts.
Oh and we watched NOWHERE SPECIAL. You can watch it on BBC iPlayer now! Great film, emotional. Not a dry eye in sight 😢
Channeling a classic theme of parental devotion, Nowhere Special opts for simplicity and raw emotions instead of sweeping melodrama built to milk your tear ducts for every drop.
Nowhere Special
Synopsis: When John is given only a few months to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for his three-year-old son, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.Stars: James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Eileen O’Higgins, Valerie O’Connor, Valene KaneDirector: Uberto PasoliniRated: NRRunning Length: 96 minutes
Review:
You only have to read the short plot…
Onderstaande de voor mij tien beste films van 2022. Dit keer op volgorde, van nummer tien naar nummer een.
Voor de liefhebbers toch nog een keer #raaddefilmposter(s). Na de klik vind je de goede antwoorden. Tenzij je de filmposters uiteraard al herkent!
In vergelijking met vorig jaar, heb ik ongeveer de helft minder aan films gezien. Een bioscoop zie ik eigenlijk ook nooit meer van binnen. Padellen (ja, ook ik), wielrennen, mijn gezin (nummer twee komt in februari) en vrienden en familie gaven dit jaar de gewenste energie. En mijn bestie en medeprotagonist met wie ik altijd naar de film ging, woont inmiddels op anderhalf uur rijden. Dat neemt…
Nowhere special
John is een 35-jarige glazenwasser die zijn leven heeft gewijd aan de opvoeding van zijn 4-jarige zoon Michael, nadat de moeder van het kind hen kort na de bevalling verliet. Wanneer hij ontdekt dat hij nog maar enkele maanden te leven heeft, probeert hij een nieuw, perfect gezin voor Michael te vinden, vastbesloten hem te beschermen tegen de harde realiteit. Hoewel hij…
Ok this may be nitpicking but my problem with the whole "Father's love" Is that your father Is the reason your sister is death, the whole reason y'all went to war... They casted you away because you didn't want Lilith to die...
The thing Is that Father's love Is not unconditional, If you didn't started the war, your sister would have died anyways, for the crime of loving a human too much, he practially made you choose between your loyalty to him or your love for your sister. Thats why Lucifer whole speech of "All Father did was love me, but I couldn't see It" feels shallow, because It undermines the tragedy of falling from the CR in the first place. Like If Seraph Lucifer had fallen in love with a human, he would probably had the same fate as Lilith. Simeon Is stripped of His own angelhood in S3/S4 for stealing the ring of light to save MC, so it's not like the CR Is better in the future or anything
I think Its unrealistic to expect OBM to put Father/God as this 100% Bad guy (with the whole uniting the three realms and all that) but also I feel like Lucifer should have more complicated feeling about this. I don't doubt Father loved him, but I don't think the conclusion of Lucifer arc should be that "All my Father did was love me but I was too prideful to see it"
smth smth about 'the thing that the character did that you thought was rly rly funny in the moment is actually linked to a terrible trauma that lies within said character.' or wahtever.