All articles by Fionnuala Halligan – Page 8
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Reviews‘Riverbed’: Cairo Review
A mother and daughter struggle to reconnect in Bassem Breche’s imagery-led feature debut
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Reviews‘19B’: Cairo Review
An elderly caretaker tends to a crumbling Cairo villa in Ahmad Abdalla’s engaging third feature
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Reviews‘Alam’: Cairo Review
A Palestinian-Israeli teenager struggles to shake off the weight of history in Firas Khoury’s feature debut
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Reviews‘I Don’t Want To Be Dust’: Cairo Review
An older woman confronts the end of the world in Ivan Lowenberg’s second feature
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Reviews‘Far From The Nile’: Cairo Review
Sherief Elkatsha captures the harmonious sound of The Nile Project, a musical collaborative of 11 African countries
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Reviews‘All You See’: IDFA Review
IDFA opens with a Dutch debut which speaks eloquently about what it’s like to never be truly at home
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Features50 films to watch this awards season: 2023 edition
Screen presents its essential guide to the titles likely to dominate conversation across the key categories.
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CommentComment: Edinburgh’s collapse shows why a long-term strategy is vital - and no festival is safe
The demise of Scotland’s leading cinemagoing body, the CMI, taking with it a festival and two cinemas, tells us good governance matters.
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Reviews‘She Said’: London Review
Maria Schrader deftly brings Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s Weinstein investigation to the screen
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Reviews‘Pretty Red Dress’: London Review
An ex-con explores his true self in Dionne Edwards’ exhilarating feature debut
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CommentAwards race comes into sharp focus as the dust settles on Venice and Toronto
With just a few high-profile releases left to come, some sure-fire contenders for best picture have made their presence felt.
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Reviews‘Forever’: San Sebastian Review
A family in South Jutland reels after the loss of a beloved son and brother in Frelle Petersen’s drama
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Reviews‘Prison 77’: San Sebastian Review
Alberto Rodriguez opens San Sebastian with a brutal 1970s-set Spanish prison drama
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Reviews‘Ticket To Paradise’: Review
George Clooney and Julia Roberts try their hand at an old-fashioned studio romcom for Universal
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Reviews‘All Quiet On The Western Front’: Toronto Review
Edward Berger explores the enduring horrors of war in his adpatation of the classic WWI novel
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Reviews‘Empire Of Light’: Toronto Review
Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward shine in Sam Mendes’ sentimental ode to the power of cinema
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Reviews‘Causeway’: Toronto Review
Jennifer Lawrence returns to the big screen with a small, deliberate story
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Reviews‘Blonde’: Venice Review
Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ fictional novel paints a voyeuristic portrait of Marilyn Monroe
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Reviews‘The Eternal Daughter’: Venice Review
Joanna Hogg and Tilda Swinton reteam for another resonant, personal work
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Reviews‘Other People’s Children’: Venice Review
Rebecca Zlotowski draws from her own life for this portrait of a woman at the crossroads