All articles by Fionnuala Halligan, Chief Film Critic – Page 9
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Reviews'Zama': Venice Review
After a nine-year absence, Lucrecia Martel returns to the screen with an uncompromising Amazonian epic.
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Reviews'The Shape Of Water': Venice Review
Guillermo del Toro crafts a poignant creature fable starring Sally Hawkins
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Reviews'Dragonfly Eyes': Locarno Review
Dir. Xu Bing. China, 2017, 79 mins. Celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing turns his mind to cinema in Dragonfly Eyes, loading his 79-minute film with thoughts, sounds and images gleaned entirely from surveillance cameras and live streaming sites in China. He’s grafted a narrative onto the footage, ...
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Reviews'Williams': Review
An in-depth and honest look at the Formula One icon from director Morgan Matthews
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Reviews'MAZE': Galway Review
The largest prison escape in the UK is detailed in Stephen Burke’s period drama starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Barry Ward
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Reviews'Dunkirk': Review
Christopher Nolan’s first film to be anchored in real events is a soaring war epic which impresses on every level
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Reviews'The Drummer And The Keeper': Galway Review
Dir/scr. Nick Kelly. Ireland, 2017. 92 mins.The first film from Irish former musician and commercials director Nick Kelly, The Drummer And The Keeper is a Rain Man-like comedy/drama in which both protagonists suffer from mental illness – a young man with bipolar disorder who embarks on ...
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Reviews'Michael Inside': Galway Review
Frank Berry’s prison drama won Best Irish Film at Galway’s Fleadh, with newcomer Dafhyd Flynn also picking up an award
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Reviews'War For The Planet Of The Apes': Review
It’s a grim fight to survive for Caesar and his crew in the smart and noble conclusion to the ‘Apes’ trilogy
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Reviews'Julius Caesar': Edinburgh Review
Shot live and set in a prison, this rough, all-female Shakesperean production is urgent, diverse and relevant
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Reviews'The Chinese Widow': Shanghai Review
Bille August travels east for this misfire about a bomber pilot shot down behind enemy lines
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Reviews'Our Time Will Come': Shanghai Review
Ann Hui’s wartime drama set in Hong Kong was withdrawn from its opening slot at the Shanghai Film Festival
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Reviews'The Mummy': Review
Is it time for Universal to read the hieroglyphics after its latest Mummy reboot?
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Reviews'My Cousin Rachel': Review
Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin excel in Roger Michel’s Du Maurier adaptation
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Reviews'The Rider': Cannes Review
Chloe Zhao impresses with her follow up to Songs My Brothers Taught Me, also set in South Dakota’s largest reservation
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Reviews'A Prayer Before Dawn': Cannes Review
Jean Stephane Sauvaire follows up Johnny Mad Dog with a tough Thai prison drama starring a knockout Joe Cole
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Reviews'A Better Man': Hot Docs Review
Raw and honest first-person documentary about domestic abuse
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Reviews'Playing God': Hot Docs Review
Doc tracks the ‘Master of Disaster’ Ken Feinberg as he assigns compensation to the victims of 9/11 and other tragedies
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Reviews'Alien: Covenant': Review
A sequel to the prequel, this Alien instalment sees the return of Michael Fassbender in dual roles.
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Reviews'Ask The Sexpert': Hot Docs Review
At 93, the straight-talking Dr Mahinder Watsa tackes sexual ignorance in his daily Mumbai Mirror column