All articles by Fionnuala Halligan, Chief Film Critic
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Reviews‘Hamilton’: TV Review
Disney+ scores a coup for its subscribers with the long-awaited ‘Hamilfilm’
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Reviews‘Farewell Amor’: Cannes Market Review
Ekwa Msangi’s impressive debut tells the story of three immigrants who haltingly attempt to rebuild a family and a home in Brooklyn
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Reviews‘Athlete A’: Review
Disturbing Netflix doc about the the sport of gymnastics and how it treats the young girls who fall in love with it
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Reviews‘The German Lesson’: Review
Christian Schwochow probes small-town dynamics in post-war northern Germany
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Reviews‘The King Of Staten Island’: Review
Comedian Pete Davidson stars in the latest from Judd Apatow based on his own life story
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Reviews‘Noughts And Crosses’: TV Review
This six-part BBC series flips the racial power structure in an alternative UK
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Reviews‘Misbehaviour’: Review
Entertaining, timely film about the targeting of the 1970 Miss World contest by feminist activists
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Reviews‘Call Of The Wild’: Review
This over-produced version of Jack London’s classic novel is bowled over by a slobber of CGI
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Reviews‘The Rhythm Section’: Review
Blake Lively plays a prostitute/assassin in this underwhelming adaptation of Mark Burnell’s novel
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Reviews‘The Reason I Jump’: Sundance Review
Jerry Rothwell’s groundbreaking documentary tunes into the autistic spectrum
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Reviews‘Amulet’: Sundance Review
Actress-turned-filmmaker Romola Garai delivers a powerful feminist horror
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Reviews‘Downhill’: Review
Inspired by ’Force Majeure’, this ski resort comedy fails to pack a punch
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Reviews‘Surge’: Sundance Review
Ben Whishaw is an airport worker on the verge of a breakdown in Aneil Karia’s fractured feature debut
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Reviews‘On The Record’: Sundance Review
Powerful portrait of music producer Drew Dixon and her fight to bring her abuser to justice
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Reviews‘Crip Camp’: Sundance Review
Inspirational, moving documentary about a revolutionary 1970s summer camp for children with disabilities
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Reviews‘Herself’: Review
An Irish single mother determines to build a house for herself after she escapes an abusive marriage
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Reviews‘Truth And Justice’: Review
Estonian production is a suprise entry in the 10-film international Oscar shortlist