
Fionnuala Halligan
Fionnuala Halligan is Screen International’s executive editor for reviews and new talent, occasional comment writer and compiler of the annual UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow young talent initiative. She started writing for the publication over two decades ago in Hong Kong/China but has been based in the UK over recent years.
A journalism graduate, Fionnuala started work as a film critic for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, where she was based for 12 years. She has retained a long-lasting association with Asia and was a consultant to and international programmer for the Macao International Film Festival for five years (2016-2021).
Now full-time with Screen International, she has served on multiple festival juries from San Sebastian to Jerusalem and has written two books on filmmaking – Filmcraft: Production Design and The Art Of Movie Storyboards.
She is a member of the London Film Critics’ Circle, Bafta and the European Film Academy, and a top-rated critic on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Reviews
‘The Successor’: San Sebastian Review
Marc-Andre Grondin impresses as a lauded fashion designer forced back down to his roots in Xavier Legrand’s twisted art thriller
- Features
The awards contenders from the autumn festivals
Here are the titles our critics think awards pundits are - or should be - looking at right now
- Features
20 stand-out titles from Toronto 2023
There was plenty to be excited about at this year’s festival.
- Reviews
‘Sorry/Not Sorry’: Toronto Review
Louis CK documentary reveals the deadly serious abusive underbelly of the US comedy circuit
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‘Unicorns’: Toronto Review
Sally El Hosaini’s follow-up to ‘The Swimmers’ is set in the world of ‘gaysian’ drag queen cabaret.
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‘Copa 71’: Toronto Review
Topical documentary examines the systemic sexism surrounding the 1971 Women’s World Cup in Mexico
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‘In The Land Of Saints And Sinners’: Venice Review
Liam Neeson’s lone-wolf assassin attempts to atone for his sins in this 1970s Irish drama
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‘Hit Man’: Venice Review
Richard Linklater turns the twisting true story of ‘fake assassin’ Gary Johnson into a funny, confident crowdpleaser
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‘Priscilla’: Venice Review
Sofia Coppola explores the dark heart of Priscilla Presley’s relationship with rock superstar Elvis
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‘The Theory Of Everything’: Venice Review
A conference about quantum physics in 1960s Switzerland plays host to this atmospheric noir debut
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‘Explanation For Everything’: Venice Review
Hungary’s political divisions are manifested by a teenage student facing unrest both at home and school
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‘The Palace’: Venice Review
Roman Polanski’s attempted comedy set in a Swiss luxury hotel proves to be anything but five star
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‘Maestro’: Venice Review
Director/star Bradley Cooper conducts an impressively-mounted, if uneven, portrait of composer Leonard Bernstein
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‘High & Low: John Galliano’: Telluride Review
Kevin Macdonald paints a clear-eyed portrait of fashion’s enfant terrible John Galliano
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‘Baltimore’: Telluride Review
Imogen Poots is commanding as heiress-turned IRA moll Rose Dugdale in Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s measured portrait
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‘Frank Capra: Mr America’: Venice Review
Pacy exploration of the life and legacy of celebrated ’It’s A Wonderful Life’ filmmaker Frank Capra
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‘Saltburn’: Telluride Review
Emerald Fennell follows up ‘Promising Young Woman’ with this spiky portrait of the British upper classes
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‘Ferrari’: Venice Review
Adam Driver gets behind the wheel of Michael Mann’s 1950s Italian period piece which never quite hits top gear
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‘El Conde’: Venice Review
Pablo Larrain’s high-concept Netflix drama featuring Augusto Pinochet as an ageing vampire lacks bite