All articles by Fionnuala Halligan – Page 5 l3k1r

  • High & Low: John Galliano
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    2023-09-02T04:41:00Z 21u1s

    Kevin Macdonald paints a clear-eyed portrait of fashion’s enfant terrible John Galliano

  • Baltimore
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    ‘Baltimore’: Telluride Review 432h49

    2023-09-01T18:10:00Z

    Imogen Poots is commanding as heiress-turned IRA moll Rose Dugdale in Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s measured portrait

  • Frank Capra: Mr America
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    ‘Frank Capra: Mr America’: Venice Review 4rs6m

    2023-09-01T15:00:00Z

    Pacy exploration of the life and legacy of celebrated ’It’s A Wonderful Life’ filmmaker Frank Capra

  • Saltburn
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    ‘Saltburn’: Telluride Review 6c4t7

    2023-09-01T05:59:00Z

    Emerald Fennell follows up ‘Promising Young Woman’ with this spiky portrait of the British upper classes

  • Ferrari
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    ‘Ferrari’: Venice Review 6g1r6

    2023-08-31T17:00:00Z

    Adam Driver gets behind the wheel of Michael Mann’s 1950s Italian period piece which never quite hits top gear

  • El Conde
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    ‘El Conde’: Venice Review 6f4l5r

    2023-08-31T14:30:00Z

    Pablo Larrain’s high-concept Netflix drama featuring Augusto Pinochet as an ageing vampire lacks bite

  • Choose Irvine Welsh
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    ’Choose Irvine Welsh’: Edinburgh Review 512c9

    2023-08-23T18:31:00Z

    Rambling exploration of the life and lurid times of Scottish author Irvine Welsh

  • Kill
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    ‘Kill’: Edinburgh Review 6z5f3y

    2023-08-22T18:30:00Z

    A forest hunting trip takes a dark turn in this effective Scottish genre debut

  • Blue Beetle
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    ‘Blue Beetle’: Review 5vr6m

    2023-08-16T17:00:00Z

    A young man struggles with his newfound powers in this DC adaptation which benefits from its Latino culture setting

  • The Hypnosis
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    ‘The Hypnosis’: Karlovy Vary Review 1b262d

    2023-08-01T08:40:00Z

    A professional woman undergoes hypnotherapy to surprising results in this Karlovy Vary prizewinner

  • Venice Film Festival generic
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    Comment: Venice line-up - ‘AI couldn’t make this up’ 2o1f2x

    2023-07-27T08:00:00Z

    There’s a lot of baggage for one single festival to carry this year.

  • Lies We Tell
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    ‘Lies We Tell’: Galway Review 621s3

    2023-07-15T22:00:00Z

    Star Agnes O’Casey brings a modern edge to this adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Uncle Silas’

  • Apocalypse Clown
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    ‘Apocalypse Clown’: Galway Review 4s1j3w

    2023-07-14T22:59:00Z

    George Kane’s anarchic comedy follows a troupe of clowns travelling across Ireland in the aftermath of a electrical blackout

  • In The Shadow Of Beirut
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    ‘In The Shadow Of Beirut’: Galway Review 4org

    2023-07-14T14:32:00Z

    Backed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, this Lebanon-set documentary presents a troubling portrait of life in Sabra and Shatila

  • WHAM!
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    ‘WHAM!’: Sheffield Review 2j2d1x

    2023-06-17T20:00:00Z

    George Michael and Andrew Ridgley recount their proto boy-band days in peppy Netflix doc

  • The Gullspång Miracle
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    ‘The Gullspång Miracle’: Sheffield Review 3j28k

    2023-06-15T13:28:00Z

    Twisting Swedish documentary about a quirky family and their ever-evolving history 

  • The Lesson
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    ‘The Lesson’: Review q5c3u

    2023-06-13T15:20:00Z

    Richard E. Grant relishes his role as an domineering novelist in Alice Troughton’s twisty debut

  • Justine Triet_Palme D'Or Award_Anatomy of a Fall_13936716bv_Credit SYSPEO-SIPA-Shutterstock
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    Comment: Cannes' 2023 selection was inspired but festival struggled with logistics 6h721l

    2023-05-30T11:02:00Z

    You can be too successful, as Cannes discovered in its 76th edition.

  • Anita
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    ‘Anita’: Cannes Review 3a664r

    2023-05-27T11:16:00Z

    The life and times of notorious rock chick Anita Pallenberg, as executive produced by her son, Marlon Richards

  • Kennedy
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    ‘Kennedy’: Cannes Review 3t4q20

    2023-05-25T00:37:00Z

    The latest from veteran filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is the murky tale of police corruption in lockdown-era Mumbai