Nomadland
Frances McDormand’s 10 best performances – ranked!
Shortly to be seen on our screens in Women Talking, the actor is enjoying a fruitful – and Oscar-hauling – career third act, creating work that is empathic, political, and often doesn’t look like acting at all
Andrew Pulver
26, Jan, 2023 @12:18 PM
And the 2021 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year
From Petite Maman to The Father to The Lost Daughter, our critic lists his top films of 2021 – and surveys the year in cinema. Have your say in the comments
Peter Bradshaw
16, Dec, 2021 @6:36 PM
The 50 best films of 2021 in the UK, No 5: Nomadland
Fully deserving of her Oscar, Frances McDormand is on career-defining form in Chloé Zhao’s soulful docu-fiction on America’s dispossessed
Benjamin Lee
13, Dec, 2021 @6:00 AM
The best films of 2021 so far
Chloé Zhao hits the road, Carey Mulligan takes her revenge and Emma Stone refashions Cruella in the pick of this year’s films
Andrew Pulver
15, Jun, 2021 @8:52 AM
‘I was sleeping in laybys’: the people who have spent the pandemic living in vans
For some, living in a van is their culture or a symbol of resistance. But for many others it is the only possible response to our growing housing crisis – and proposed legislation could make life much harder for them
Simon Hattenstone and Daniel Lavelle
25, May, 2021 @5:00 AM
From Black Widow to unseen Beatles footage: what films to see as cinemas reopen
The dazzling Nomadland leads the way with a medieval thriller, a Ben Wheatley chiller and Emma Stone’s Cruella hot on its heels
Peter Bradshaw
16, May, 2021 @3:30 PM
Nomadland review – Chloe Zhao’s triumphant ode to community
Zhao’s triple Oscar winner, inspired by the ‘new nomads’ of recession-hit America, eschews conflict in favour of quiet humanity
Mark Kermode Observer film critic
02, May, 2021 @7:00 AM
Nomadland review – Frances McDormand delivers the performance of her career
McDormand plays a boomer forced out of her home and on to the road in Chloé Zhao’s inspired docu-fiction
Peter Bradshaw
30, Apr, 2021 @7:37 AM
Nomadland: is ‘structured reality’ cinema an exciting new trend, or simply fake news?
The Oscar-nominated movie – along with Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets – is the latest film to play with the truth
Steve Rose
28, Apr, 2021 @8:00 AM
Oscars ratings down 58% to new record low
Early numbers suggest ceremony, which saw Nomadland triumph, watched by 9.85 million Americans, down from 23.6 million in 2020
Benjamin Lee
26, Apr, 2021 @6:10 PM
Oscars 2021 winners: the full list
From Nomadland to Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, all the winners at the 93rd Academy Awards
Guardian film
26, Apr, 2021 @9:58 AM
Oscars 2021 live: Nomadland wins best picture – as it happened
At the 93rd Academy Awards, Anthony Hopkins wins best actor, Frances McDormand wins best actress – and Glenn Close does ‘da butt’
Stuart Heritage, Hannah Marriott and Morwenna Ferrier
26, Apr, 2021 @6:07 AM
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