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As in previous years this list of the best films of the year is presented in alphabetical order. (2007 titles which got a UK release during 2008 can be found in last year’s updated list). THE BEST FILMS OF 2008 Che (Dir. Steven Soderbergh) This long gestating biopic of Che Guevara from director Steven Soderbergh [...]
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I have to admit that I missed David Cox’s article about Hunger on the Guardian’s film blog, which was published on November 3rd, and only discovered it retrospectively after seeing the reader’s editor piece on it. For those not familiar with the film, it deals with the 1981 IRA hunger strikes inside the Maze prison. [...]
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Liam Cunningham is one of the actors in the new film Hunger, which deals with the 1981 IRA hunger strike and marks the feature film debut for director Steve McQueen. Although he only appears in one scene, it is an extraordinary unbroken sequence in which plays a priest who questions Sands about the wisdom of his actions. The film [...]
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Today was one of those days when you realise you can’t be everywhere at once. With so many films on, you have to choose between making a screening, doing an interview or just catching up with stuff. So instead of going the press show of Michael Winterbottom‘s new film Genova, I spoke with actor Liam Cunningham [...]
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Today there was a Time Out gala screening of Hunger which is one of the highlights of this year’s London Film Festival. It is the debut feature film of artist Steve McQueen and explores the 1981 IRA hunger strike, one of the key episodes of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. This involved a group of IRA prisoners in the Maze led by Bobby Sands go on a protracted hunger strike in [...]
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