Article: The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Laughably low in concept, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin is, on the surface, about a simple man living on a small Irish isle when his lifelong best friend abruptly and inexplicably decides he doesn’t want to be friends with him anymore. From a writer-director who has yet to make a bad movie, McDonagh’s fourth feature is, as expected, much deeper than its pretext.