Manchester by the Sea (2016 Kenneth Lonergan)

Lonnergan wrote Analyze This and the sequel, You Can Count On Me  (Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo), contributed to Gangs of New York and a new version of Howard's End. This screenplay won an Oscar along with Best leading man.

Very well acted by all - not just Casey Affleck but also Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, C.J. Wilson and especially Lucas Hedges as the nephew.

A rather good film about the way lives can be messed up and relationships fractured - and sometimes tentatively repaired. Great moments include long flashbacks which occur as Affleck is sat in the lawyers's office, his admission to nephew - 'I just can't beat it'.

Good choice of music too, especially the classical stuff - the Albinoni - 'Adagio per Archi e Organo in Sol Minore' - makes for a great scene.