Hannah McGill
Hannah McGill is a film writer based in Scotland, and former Artistic Director of the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Follow her on Twitter @HannahJMcGill
Online articles
Blood and sand: Beau Travail
The greatest films ever made?
Hannah McGill revisits Beau Travail, Claire Denis’s rapturous 1998 exploration of male identity in crisis.
from S&S May 2012
Le Havre Review
In Aki Kaurismäki’s deadpan fairytale of working-class solidarity, quirky flirts with cutesy and bathos with true poignancy. Hannah McGill sees the raw humanity shining through. from S&S May 2012
Critics’ inspirations
Women on film competition
Our female writers offer thumbnail descriptions of their own film-world inspirations.
Web exclusive, April 2011
The ladies vanished
Women on film competition
Hannah McGill wonders where all the women critics went – and why. Web exclusive, April 2011
Sundance week two: the kids are too much Festival postcard
Hannah McGill on a surfeit of teen tales, the best of the fest’s docs and prizes for James Marsh, Asif Kapadia and Paddy Considine. Web exclusive, January 2011
Sundance week one: ‘lo-fi’, low-key Festival postcard
Hannah McGill on the best of the usual blend of coming-of-age tales, dysfunctional-family dramas and up-to-the-minute documentaries – plus Kevin Smith in revolt.
Web exclusive, January 2011
The films of 2010 Poll
The Social Network and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Remember His Past Lives head our round-up of the films and highlights of the year, as voted by 85 critics and curators. from S&S January 2011
Flanders Review
from S&S July 2007
Mean Streets
London Film Festival preview
Andrea Arnold’s Red Road is a sexual revenge thriller with a twist in the tale. By Hannah McGill.
from S&S November 2006
Mysteries Of Puberty
London Film Festival preview
Times and Winds by Turkish director Reha Erdem is one of the discoveries of the year, an exquisite affirmation of film as art. By Hannah McGill.
from S&S November 2006
Brick Review
from S&S June 2006
Iranian House Style Feature
The release of At 5 in the Afternoon and Joy of Madness sees the Makhmalbaf machine in full swing. Hannah McGill profiles Iran’s premier film-making family.
from S&S April 2004