Set in 1969 during the height of the conflicts between Protestants and Catholics, the feature mainly steers clear of politics to focus on family drama instead.įilmed in black-and-white with a few bursts of color, the picture opens with a quiet domestic tableau that suddenly explodes in violence. With Belfast, Kenneth Branagh shifts gears rewardingly from his Agatha Christie adaptations to a far more personal film about his childhood in Northern Ireland. TOP AWARDS AND NOMS TIFF audience award, National Board of Review top film and best supporting actor (Hinds) BELFASTĬAST Jude Hill, Jamie Dornan, Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds I just wish there was more of a sense of the director serving the subject rather than making the subject serve him. Anyone curious about the mechanics of a pioneering sitcom will be entertained by Being the Ricardos, and there’s no denying that the performances offer much to savor. All four do standout work, with sturdy backup from Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat and Jake Lacy as the three writers room fixtures struggling to pull together an episode amid constant disruptions.īeing the Ricardos feels like a project Sorkin has shaped to fit his interests rather than one organically rooted there, and that assiduous molding drains its emotional charge. Simmons and Nina Arianda as actors William Frawley and Vivian Vance, who played the Ricardos’ best friends and neighbors, Fred and Ethel Mertz, on TV.
The Making of the "Sweet and Sour" 'White Lotus' Opening Titlesįavoring deep-dive characterization over physical resemblance or mimicry, the performances of Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem as golden-age TV’s best-loved couple can’t be faulted.
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