All articles by Fionnuala Halligan – Page 13
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NewsFive talking points of the 2021 awards season
What are the key impacts and takeaways of this unusual awards season?
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ReviewsBafta awards ceremony review: ‘profound and moving despite tinny applause’
Like lockdown, you could get used to this new kind of awards show.
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Reviews‘Thunder Force’: Review
Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer suit up as superheroes for Netflix
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Reviews‘The Power’: Review
Corinna Faith’s genre debut is set during the UK’s power blackouts of 1974
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Reviews‘Every Breath You Take’: Review
Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan and Sam Claflin star in a domestic invasion drama
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Reviews‘Who We Are: A Chronicle Of Racism In America’: SXSW Review
Jeffery Robinson links the chains of America’s black history
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FeaturesComment: Why buyers should look beyond festival prizes
The journey to the Academy Awards’ shortlist for Quo Vadis, Aida? was not easy, and poses questions.
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Reviews‘Islands’: SXSW Review
Tagalog-language SXSW Jury prize-winner is set inside Canada’s Filipino community
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Reviews‘The Return: Life After Isis’: SXSW Review
In a desolate camp in Northern Syria, stateless ‘Isis Brides’ open up to Alba Sotorra’s sympathetic lens
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Reviews‘The Lost Sons’: SXSW Review
A famous kidnap victim discovered he has never really been found
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FeaturesOscar nominations talking points: more indie, more female, more diverse
The fact that Bafta and Oscar have dramatically diverged this year adds much-needed texture to the final weeks of the awards countdown
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Reviews‘Deadly Cuts’: Dublin Review
Scissors at the ready as stylists at a rundown Dublin hairdressing salon get serious
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Reviews‘Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In’: Glasgow Review
A very human portrait of football’s towering giant
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FeaturesComment: The first online Berlinale has left the industry dazed but delighted
Industry and critics were hungry for the experience the Berlinale could provide.
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Reviews‘Philly D.A.’: Berlin Review (TV)
A reformist District Attorney lands a shock win in a city known for its harsh policies: this riveting PBS eight-parter tracks what happens next
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Features10 films to look out for at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival
This year is an opportunity for Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek to elevate some new talents and spotlight some others.
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Reviews‘Cherry’: Review
The Russo Brothers go straight in this epic tale of a college drop out, war veteran and druggy bank robber starring Tom Holland.
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FeaturesIn profile: the Oscar and Bafta documentary contenders
The roster of documentary features in contention for major awards has narrowed significantly from the bumper crop of submissions this year.