Something to watch tonight: Thursday 1 February

Sound of Metal (Marder, 2019)

Going back through previous RNZ pieces, I was pleased to alight upon this January 2021 review of the brilliant and thrilling drama Sound of Metal.

Nominated for six Oscars and winning two (in the Covid-delayed 2021 ceremony where Nomadland won Best Picture), the film is about the drummer in a hardscrabble punk two-piece band who finds himself going deaf …