All articles by Allan Hunter
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Reviews‘Low Expectations’ review: Understated Norwegian depression drama stars singer Marie Ulven
Ulven, aka Girl in Red, impresses in Eivind Landsvik’s debut of burnout and recovery
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Reviews‘Six Months In A Pink And Blue Building’ review: Intimate, precise portrait of childhood, memory and sexuality in Mexico City
Bruno Santamaría Razo’s Cannes Critics Week title effectively blends documentary and fiction
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Reviews‘Tin Castle’ review: Affectionate, unsentimental doc follows an Irish traveller family
Alexander Murphy’s follow-up to ‘Goodbye Sisters’ debuts in Cannes Critics’ Week
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Reviews‘Avedon’ review: Ron Howard documentary puts master photographer Richard Avedon in the frame
An authorised documentary offers a comprehensive look at Avedon’s artistry and drive
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Reviews‘Marie Madeleine’ review: Haiti-set drama finds grace in the tension between sexuality and faith
Gessica Geneus follows debut Freda with a sensual, socially-grounded tale of belief, repression and change
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Reviews‘Magilligan’ review: Empathetic Northern Irish doc explores the reality of life after prison
Ross McClean’s observational film should attract attention following its Visions du Reel premiere
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Reviews‘Out Laws’ review: Thoughtful doc explores the impact of colonial anti-gay laws in Namibia and beyond
The debut feature of filmmakers Lexi Powner and James Lewis premieres in BFI Flare
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Reviews‘Psalms Of The People’ review: Affectionate portrait of Gaelic psalm singer Rob MacNeacail
Jack Archer’s film premieres at Glasgow Film Festival
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Reviews‘Effi o Blaenau’ review: Leisa Gwenllian shines in Marc Evans’ somber Welsh-language drama
The adaptation of Gary Owen’s one-woman play ’Iphigenia In Splott’ premieres in Glasgow ahead of a UK release in June
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Reviews‘Molly Vs The Machines’ review: Emotional docu-drama explores the insidious threat posed by social media
Marc Silver’s film premieres at Glasgow before a UK theatrical run and broadcast on Channel 4
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Reviews‘Samanta Nobody’ review: A homeless girl struggles to make her way in muted Irish drama
Ciaran Creagh’s Dublin title stars newcomer Ruby Jean Lennon as the down-on-her-luck protagonist
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Reviews‘Once Upon A Time In A Cinema’ review: Dublin opener is nostalgic drama set in 1980s Limerick
David Gleeson bases his feature on his own experiences growing up in a family of Irish cinema owners
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Reviews‘Arru’ review: A reindeer herder fights to save her ancestral lands in bracing Indigenous debut
Elle Sofe Sara’s Sami Berlin Panorama drama is rooted in land, music and memory
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Reviews‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ review: Fascinating doc re-examines 1985 assassination of Palestinian-American activist
Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans’ film plays as a Berlin Special Screening after its Sundance premiere
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Reviews‘Shame And Money’ review: Visar Morina follows ‘Exile’ with striking Kosovan social realist drama
A rural couple struggle with a move to the city in Morina’s Sundance World Cinema Dramatic title
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Reviews‘All About The Money’ review: Astute study of wealth, ideology and influence in modern America
Sinead O’Shea follows ‘The Edna O’Brien Story’ with impactful portrait of radical US communist James ‘Fergie’ Chambers
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Reviews‘One In A Million’ review: Compelling doc follows a Syrian refugee to a new life in Germany
Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes followed Syrian adolescent Israa over 10 tumultuous years
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Reviews‘Bedford Park’ review: Slow-burn, hopeful tale set in New Jersey’s Korean-American community
Stephanie Ahn’s poignant debut stars Moon Choi and Son Sukku
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Reviews‘Hanging By A Wire’ review: Gripping docudrama follows real-life Himalayan cable car ordeal
Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi uses archive footage, interviews and dramatisations to tell remarkable true story of survival
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FeaturesFilms of the year 2025: Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter has worked for Screen since 1990. He is based in Edinburgh and recently retired as co-director of Glasgow Film Festival