INTERNATIONAL
Che Guevara and Bobby Sands
The veteran Canadian writer and director Peter Pearson has reviewed ‘Hunger’ on his blog and makes some comparisons between Che Guevara and Bobby Sands. Here is his review in full: Coming out of last night's sneak of Hunger, which 26 of us attended thanks to...
‘Powerful Pangs Of a Political Protest’
‘Washington Post’ Staff Writer Ann Hornaday reviews, 3rd April: "Hunger," the feature debut of director Steve McQueen about the 1981 hunger strike of IRA activist Bobby Sands, defies such run-of-the-mill questions as "Is it a good movie?" or "Should I go see it?"...
‘The anguish of the punished, and the punishers’
Toronto’s ‘Globe and Mail’ film critic Rick Groen reviews, 10th April: Hunger — the disturbing, provocative, brilliant feature debut from British director Steve McQueen — does for modern film what Caravaggio did to Renaissance painting. Centred on the death by...
‘A Look at Hell’
Ty Burr of the Boston Globe has described the film ‘Hunger’ as a “look at hell and the hunger for freedom”. The film was reviewed on March 27th. Here is the review in full. ‘Hunger’ brings us into its central narrative slowly, circling it like a bird afraid to land....
The High Cost of Dignity
New York Times’ review by A.O. Scott, March 20, 2009. With calm, deliberate attention — an approach at once compassionate and dispassionate — “Hunger” explores physical extremity and political extremism. In recreating the atmosphere at the Maze prison in Northern...
‘Hunger’ Available on DVD
'Hunger' now available on DVD from the Sinn Fein bookshop , 58 Parnell Square, Dublin 1, Ireland. Tel. 00 353 18148542. Email: sales@sinnfeinbookshop.com "Imagine how most filmmakers would tell this story and then see ‘Hunger’: the differences are bold and powerful...
HUNGER Wins Again
‘Hunger’, the multi-award winning film about the last days in the life of Bobby Sands, swept the boards at the Irish Film & Television Awards [IFTA] in Dublin last night [14th February] winning in six categories, with Michael Fassbinder who played Bobby Sands...
More Awards for ‘Hunger’
Michael Fassbinder, who plays Bobby Sands in the film ‘Hunger’, has been awarded British Actor of the Year for his portrayal of Bobby. The London Critics’ Circle Awards are judged by more than 100 newspaper and magazine film critics, and raise money for the NSPCC. It...
Gary Mitchell Attacks ‘Hunger’ Film
Gary Mitchell, described by the News Letter as a “local Protestant playwright”, has complained about the attention the award-winning film ‘Hunger’ has received. The film has recently been nominated in several categories for this year’s Irish Film and Television...
Trailer for ‘Hunger’
View the Trailer for ‘Hunger’, the award-winning feature film about Bobby Sands by Steve McQueen, released 2008. 'Hunger' won the prestigious Camera d'Or prize for best first feature film at the Cannes Film Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmVPCX0LxN8
