All articles by Fionnuala Halligan – Page 5 6re5s
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Kevin Macdonald paints a clear-eyed portrait of fashion’s enfant terrible John Galliano
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‘Baltimore’: Telluride Review 5l5c27
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 1n1b2b
Pacy exploration of the life and legacy of celebrated ’It’s A Wonderful Life’ filmmaker Frank Capra
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‘Saltburn’: Telluride Review 101ac
Emerald Fennell follows up ‘Promising Young Woman’ with this spiky portrait of the British upper classes
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‘Ferrari’: Venice Review c5m24
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 1o3f46
Pablo Larrain’s high-concept Netflix drama featuring Augusto Pinochet as an ageing vampire lacks bite
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’Choose Irvine Welsh’: Edinburgh Review 8205t
Rambling exploration of the life and lurid times of Scottish author Irvine Welsh
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‘Kill’: Edinburgh Review 394j5x
A forest hunting trip takes a dark turn in this effective Scottish genre debut
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‘Blue Beetle’: Review 1e1g4z
A young man struggles with his newfound powers in this DC adaptation which benefits from its Latino culture setting
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‘The Hypnosis’: Karlovy Vary Review 3j3u3f
A professional woman undergoes hypnotherapy to surprising results in this Karlovy Vary prizewinner
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Comment: Venice line-up - ‘AI couldn’t make this up’ 1h5215
There’s a lot of baggage for one single festival to carry this year.
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‘Lies We Tell’: Galway Review 194d3q
Star Agnes O’Casey brings a modern edge to this adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Uncle Silas’
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‘Apocalypse Clown’: Galway Review 4y515r
George Kane’s anarchic comedy follows a troupe of clowns travelling across Ireland in the aftermath of a electrical blackout
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‘In The Shadow Of Beirut’: Galway Review 5v4425
Backed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, this Lebanon-set documentary presents a troubling portrait of life in Sabra and Shatila
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‘WHAM!’: Sheffield Review 5i1v3r
George Michael and Andrew Ridgley recount their proto boy-band days in peppy Netflix doc
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‘The Gullspång Miracle’: Sheffield Review 1q3i3r
Twisting Swedish documentary about a quirky family and their ever-evolving history
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‘The Lesson’: Review 6j653f
Richard E. Grant relishes his role as an domineering novelist in Alice Troughton’s twisty debut
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Comment: Cannes' 2023 selection was inspired but festival struggled with logistics 6l1j5r
You can be too successful, as Cannes discovered in its 76th edition.
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‘Anita’: Cannes Review 1l613q
The life and times of notorious rock chick Anita Pallenberg, as executive produced by her son, Marlon Richards
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‘Kennedy’: Cannes Review 476v2u
The latest from veteran filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is the murky tale of police corruption in lockdown-era Mumbai