All articles by Fionnuala Halligan – Page 8
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News“Films must give you something to digest, even if it’s difficult,” says Alice Rohrwacher
The Italian director, who will be in Cannes with ‘La Chimera’ hosted a wide-ranging masterclass at Visions du Reel.
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CommentComment: Old and new filmmakers to rub shoulders at appealing Cannes 2023
Exciting voices take their place in Competition alongside familiar names.
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Reviews‘The Pope’s Exorcist’: Review
Russell Crowe will have to exorcise his reputation after this Vatican possession melodrama
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Reviews‘The Deepest Breath’: CPH:DOX Review
Heart-stopping documentary about the exhilarating and dangerous sport of freediving
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Reviews‘Last Stop Larrimah’: SXSW Review
Inriguing HBO documentary about the strange disappearance of one of the 11 inhabitants of an Australian outback town
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Reviews‘The Stroll’: BFI Flare Review
Shunned by society, the Black and Latina trans sex workers of 14th Steet in Manhattan led dangerous lives in Kristen Lovell’s personal testament
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Reviews’65’: Review
Adam Driver fights to survive on prehistoric Earth in this entertaining popcorn movie
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Reviews’Sunlight’: Dublin Review
Barry Ward stars in Claire Dix’s feature debut about assisted dying
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Features15 films that stood out at Berlin 2023
Screen International’s critics pick out some of the breakout titles from this year’s Berlinale.
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CommentComment: Don’t blame Bafta. The entire industry needs to reconsider what is an “awards film”
”Sitting around pointing fingers at Bafta is a comfortable factory setting and it fundamentally changes nothing.”
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Reviews‘Family Time’: Berlin Review
An uncomfortable family Christmas is the setting for this unconventional Finnish debut
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Reviews‘Golda’: Berlin Review
Helen Mirren stars as the Israeli premier during the tense days of 1973’s Yom Kippur War
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FeaturesComment: New-look Bafta ceremony proves a hit with attendees
The Bafta Film Awards took place at the Royal Festival Hall in London’s South Bank last night.
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Reviews‘Kiss The Future’: Berlin Review
Sarajevo under siege and Irish stadium rockers U2 form an unexpected alliance in Nenad Cicin-Sain’s polished doc
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Reviews‘Mutt’: Berlin Review
A day in the life of a New York trans man is both fraught and funny in Vuk Lungulov-Klotz’s debut
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FeaturesRising Stars Ireland: Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair, Katie McNeice talk to ’The Quiet Girl’ team
The Quiet Girl’s director Colm Bairéad and producer Cleona Ní Chrualaoi discuss the long journey towards an Oscar nomination.
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FeaturesComment: Young British Cinema excites at an otherwise creatively cautious Sundance
Films by Charlotte Regan, Ella Glendining, Adura Onashile, Nida Manzoor and Raine Allen-Miller all delivered.
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Features10 films that stood out at Sundance 2023
Screen’s critics have picked out some of the titles to watch from this year’s festival.
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Reviews‘A Little Prayer’: Sundance Review
David Straithairn shines in this North Carolina-set family drama, picked up by Sony at Sundance
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Reviews‘Beyond Utopia’: Sundance Review
The desperate stories of North Koreans trying to defect - and the South Korean pastor who helps them
