Hunger (2009)
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- Synopsis
- The final months of Bobby Sands, the Irish Republican Army activist who protested his treatment at the hands of British prison guards with a hunger strike, are chronicled in this historical drama, the first feature film from artist-turned-filmmaker ......
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- Director(s)
- Steve McQueen
- Distributor(s)
- IFC
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 96 min.
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Critic Reviews
Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites
McQueen has taken the raw materials of filmmaking and committed an act of great art.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Reyhan HarmanciAdd Critic to Favorites
Artful, beautiful in parts and unbelievably brutal in others, and no less honest for its stagecraft.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
A disturbingly avid re-creation of the last six weeks in the life and slow, self-imposed wasting of Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands.Read the full review
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10/29/09 Please discuss how the idea for "Skin" came about and evolved. | indieWIRE -
'Hunger' wins at Cinemanila
10/25/09 British prison drama "Hunger" won the Lino Brocka Grand Prize at the Philippines' Cinemanila festival which wrapped on Sunday. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Beth Swofford places accent on prestige
09/23/09 Possessing a client list with a decidedly foreign accent, CAA motion picture agent Beth Swofford continually demonstrates a knack for luring filmmakers to Hollywood from across the Pond. | Variety -
Zoran Stankovic - MCF MegaCom Film
09/16/09 At 26, Zoran Stankovic is one of the younger independent distributors in Europe. | Variety -
Boal locks up Gucci honor in 'Locker'
09/07/09 U.S. journo-scribe Mark Boal, who penned the screenplay for Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker," has nabbed the fourth Gucci Group Award, given in tandem with the Venice Film Festival to artists generally outside the movie milieu who have recently made a significant contribution to film. | Variety -
IFC upgrades Criterion deal
09/02/09 Several titles from the IFC Films library will be getting the full bells-and-whistles treatment on Blu-ray and DVD, thanks to a deal between IFC and top-shelf homevid distrib the Criterion Collection. | Variety -
IFC, Criterion pact for homevid
09/01/09 Several titles from the IFC Films library will be getting the full bells-and-whistles treatment on Blu-ray and DVD thanks to a new deal between IFC and top-shelf homevid distrib the Criterion Collection. | Variety -
Mark Boal vies for Gucci award
08/26/09 U.S. journo/scribe Mark Boal, who penned the screenplay for Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker," is among nominees for this year's Gucci Group Award, given in tandem with the Venice Film Festival to artists generally outside the movie milieu who have recently made a significant contribution to film. | Variety