All articles by Fionnuala Halligan – Page 9 4o461v
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‘Bardo’: Venice Review 633a1u
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s latest is a sprawling, indulgent and deeply personal portrait of an ageing Mexican filmmaker
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‘Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy’: Venice Review 1v6r49
The landmark 1969 Oscar-winner is celebrated in Nancy Buirski’s revealing documentary
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‘La Sagrada Familia’: Edinburgh Review 4c4560
A fractious family goes on a road trip across Peru in Borja Alcalde’s beautifully-shot doc
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‘Nude Tuesday’: Edinburgh Review 6e5556
Plenty to understand - and laugh at - in this all-gibberish comedy from New Zealand
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‘The Narrow Road’: Edinburgh Review c5p21
Lam Sum’s moving tribute to the hard-working people of Hong Kong is set during the Covid-19 pandemic
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‘Winners’: Edinburgh Review 4y7059
Hassan Nazer crafts a ionate, meta tribute to the cinema of his native Iran
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‘LOLA’: Locarno Review 5r162s
A machine is able to hear broadcasts from the future in Andrew Legge’s imaginative found-footage feature debut
- Features
Eight talking points from the Venice 2022 line-up 2x5f2t
Talking points include the powerhouse competition line-up, the heavy presence of streamers, and the ”modest but mighty” UK showing.
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‘Lakelands’: Galway Review 6l3e12
Small town Irish drama brings a fresh feel to the familiar narrative of a young man facing an uncertain future
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‘Tarrac’: Galway Review 3f172
Decklan Recks puts some wind in the sails of the sporting underdog tale with this all-female rowing drama
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‘Persuasion’: Review i73p
Netflix’s attempt to update Jane Austen’s novel for the Instagram generation is less than persuasive
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‘Vesper’: Karlovy Vary Review 5m5u5r
Ecological fragility fuels this dystopian sci-fi from Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper
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‘Paloma’: Munich Review 654m23
Kika Sena puts in an exceptional performance as a Brazilian trans woman desperate for a church wedding
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‘The Pool’: Munich Review 5hk5f
Doris Dorrie takes a dive into culture war comedy with this well-observed poolside drama
- Comment
Comment: our chief film critic’s five key takeaways from Cannes 75 6o3r53
Screen reviewed every title in Official Selection, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week.
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‘The Natural History Of Destruction’: Cannes Review 1j5jv
Sergei Loznitsa’s seventh archival doc is an intense, conscience-stirring work
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‘Moonage Daydream’: Cannes Review 3r1m5d
Brett Morgen takes a sensory voyage through David Bowie’s estate in this dizzying doc
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‘Crimes Of The Future’: Cannes Review 5t2v25
Blending body horror and climate change, this future of body alteration is ‘pure, essential Cronenberg’
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‘Holy Spider’: Cannes Review 5y3n3
A spate of murders in the holy city of Mashhad is at the heart of Ali Abbasi’s arresting Iranian noir
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‘Pamfir’: Cannes Review 734f40
A bold and brave story of a family man at the mercy of small town corruption