Hauling coals against a leaden sky, Cillian Murphy opened the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday with "Small Things Like These", in which the "Oppenheimer" star portrays a man sagging under the twin burdens of a traumatic childhood and an oppressive present. The first Irish film in contention for the festival's coveted Golden Bear since 2017, Belgian director Tim Mielants' "Small …
Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Oppenheimer fans have defended Cillian Murphy and …
Oppenheimer hosted its world premiere in Paris and the first reactions are praising the to the Christopher Nolan film. Total Film’s deputy editor Matt Maytum said that Oppenheimer left him ‘stunned.’ “#Oppenheimer left me stunned: a character study on the grandest scale, with a sublime central performance by Cillian Murphy. Wow.” Telegraph film critic Robbie Collins confessed, “Am torn between …
