Hannah McGill

All articles by Hannah McGill

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Beach Rats review: Eliza Hittman lights a fuse in the closet

Harris Dickinson burns darkly in Hittman’s portrait of queer desire, pain and self-loathing in outer Brooklyn.

By Hannah McGill

Beach Rats review: Eliza Hittman lights a fuse in the closet

2023: the year in British cinema

By Hannah McGill

2023: the year in British cinema

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Return to Seoul: a delicate exploration of what it means to belong

By Hannah McGill

Return to Seoul: a delicate exploration of what it means to belong

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She Is Love: a self-indulgent, undirected ramble

By Hannah McGill

She Is Love: a self-indulgent, undirected ramble

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Sr.: a loving portrait of Robert Downey, père

By Hannah McGill

Sr.: a loving portrait of Robert Downey, père

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Last Flight Home: how to film a good death

By Hannah McGill

Last Flight Home: how to film a good death

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It Snows in Benidorm: an unwieldy, unpersuasive drama

By Hannah McGill

It Snows in Benidorm: an unwieldy, unpersuasive drama

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The North Water takes viewers on a brutal voyage to the Arctic

By Hannah McGill

The North Water takes viewers on a brutal voyage to the Arctic

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Paris Calligrammes takes an autobiographical trip back to 1960s Paris

By Hannah McGill

Paris Calligrammes takes an autobiographical trip back to 1960s Paris

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In the Earth descends into the madness of a haunted forest

By Hannah McGill

In the Earth descends into the madness of a haunted forest

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The Pursuit of Love thinks too much of its selfish star

By Hannah McGill

The Pursuit of Love thinks too much of its selfish star

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The Nevers is a cynical attempt at steampunk fantasy coolness

By Hannah McGill

The Nevers is a cynical attempt at steampunk fantasy coolness

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Sisters with Transistors tells a forgotten history of female electronic composers

By Hannah McGill

Sisters with Transistors tells a forgotten history of female electronic composers

Features

There’s a good girl: Promising Young Woman and the virgin/whore trope

By Hannah McGill

There’s a good girl: Promising Young Woman and the virgin/whore trope

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Framing Britney Spears joins the shame game

By Hannah McGill

Framing Britney Spears joins the shame game

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Can’t Get You out of My Head gets lost in its own thoughts

By Hannah McGill

Can’t Get You out of My Head gets lost in its own thoughts

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Assassins peers into the diplomatic murk and weirdness of a high-profile murder

By Hannah McGill

Assassins peers into the diplomatic murk and weirdness of a high-profile murder

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The Dig lands old treasures on Netflix

By Hannah McGill

The Dig lands old treasures on Netflix

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Bridgerton’s meeting of Regency era and Gossip Girl makes a far from heavenly match

By Hannah McGill

Bridgerton’s meeting of Regency era and Gossip Girl makes a far from heavenly match

From the Sight and Sound archive

Remake/remodel: 45 weird and wonderful alternative film cuts

By James Bell, Tom Charity and others

Remake/remodel: 45 weird and wonderful alternative film cuts

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Black Narcissus successfully rethinks a classic novel and film

By Hannah McGill

Black Narcissus successfully rethinks a classic novel and film

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Red, White and Blue shows the Catch-22 of Black British advancement

By Hannah McGill

Red, White and Blue shows the Catch-22 of Black British advancement

Best of 2020

Shirley doesn’t wholly come together as it picks Shirley Jackson apart

By Hannah McGill

Shirley doesn’t wholly come together as it picks Shirley Jackson apart

Best of 2020

Dick Johnson Is Dead: resurrections beat the blues

By Hannah McGill

Dick Johnson Is Dead: resurrections beat the blues

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I Hate Suzie review: Billie Piper’s tabloid target enters meltdown mode

By Hannah McGill

I Hate Suzie review: Billie Piper’s tabloid target enters meltdown mode

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Ratched review: Ken Kesey’s Big Nurse gets botched surgery

By Hannah McGill

Ratched review: Ken Kesey’s Big Nurse gets botched surgery

Lists

Forgotten treasures of the multiplex

By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others

Forgotten treasures of the multiplex

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Perfect 10 review: expectations are upended in this distinctive British debut

By Hannah McGill

Perfect 10 review: expectations are upended in this distinctive British debut

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Wadjda review

By Hannah McGill

Wadjda review

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The Unknown Girl review: a morally challenging thriller from the Dardenne brothers

By Hannah McGill

The Unknown Girl review: a morally challenging thriller from the Dardenne brothers