Unlikeable Female Characters - Anna Bogutskaya French A reimagining of Akira Kurosawa's

A reimagining of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru written by Kazuo Ishiguro

The plot involves a psychiatrist

intensely dramatic film which takes an unflinching look at ruthless ambition

The 'dirty protests' progress to hunger strikes in the Maze prison in 1981 as Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) and fellow republican prisoners demand to be recognised as political prisoners

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Unlikeable Female Characters - Anna Bogutskaya French A reimagining of Akira Kurosawa's'Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate' by Anna Bogutskaya (Sourcebooks 340 page paperback) Much praised book that traces the evolution of highly memorable female characters, examining what exactly makes them popular, how audiences have reacted to them, and the ways in which pop culture is finally allowing us to celebrate the complexities of being a woman.