All articles by Fionnuala Halligan – Page 6
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Reviews‘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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Reviews‘Copa 71’: Toronto Review
Topical documentary examines the systemic sexism surrounding the 1971 Women’s World Cup in Mexico
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Reviews‘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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Reviews‘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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Reviews‘Priscilla’: Venice Review
Sofia Coppola explores the dark heart of Priscilla Presley’s relationship with rock superstar Elvis
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Reviews‘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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Reviews‘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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Reviews‘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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Reviews‘Maestro’: Venice Review
Director/star Bradley Cooper conducts an impressively-mounted, if uneven, portrait of composer Leonard Bernstein
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Reviews‘High & Low: John Galliano’: Telluride Review
Kevin Macdonald paints a clear-eyed portrait of fashion’s enfant terrible John Galliano
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Reviews‘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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Reviews‘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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Reviews‘Saltburn’: Telluride Review
Emerald Fennell follows up ‘Promising Young Woman’ with this spiky portrait of the British upper classes
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Reviews‘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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Reviews‘El Conde’: Venice Review
Pablo Larrain’s high-concept Netflix drama featuring Augusto Pinochet as an ageing vampire lacks bite
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Reviews’Choose Irvine Welsh’: Edinburgh Review
Rambling exploration of the life and lurid times of Scottish author Irvine Welsh
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Reviews‘Kill’: Edinburgh Review
A forest hunting trip takes a dark turn in this effective Scottish genre debut
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Reviews‘Blue Beetle’: Review
A young man struggles with his newfound powers in this DC adaptation which benefits from its Latino culture setting
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Reviews‘The Hypnosis’: Karlovy Vary Review
A professional woman undergoes hypnotherapy to surprising results in this Karlovy Vary prizewinner
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CommentComment: Venice line-up - ‘AI couldn’t make this up’
There’s a lot of baggage for one single festival to carry this year.