Colin Farrell was a busy actor in 2022, and moviegoers are all the better for it.
2022 was a year of cinematic comebacks. It’s been great to see actors like Ke Huy Quan, Brendan Fraser, Bill Nighy, and Michelle Yeoh finally receive the appreciation that they deserve, and filmmakers like Todd Field, Sarah Polley, Baz Luhrmann, and David Cronenberg delivered outstanding new masterpieces after a period of absence from the industry.
The most radical thing about After Yang is that despite its science fiction premise, it's really not that much different than a classical family drama like Ordinary People or The Accidental Tourist. Set in the not-so-distant future, Kogonada’s film follows the couple Jake and Kyra as they raise their adoptive daughter Mika and the android Yang .
Considering how grim and realistic the film is, Farrell could have stuck out like a sore thumb. However, he’s essential to the thematic heft of the story; if Gotham City has truly fallen prey to its ugly side, then a slimy, eccentric mafia figure like The Penguin could rise to the top. Farrell clearly draws from Goodfellas and The Sopranos in his performance, but he manages to not reiterate any of the work that Danny DeVito did in Batman Returns.
The Banshees of Inisherin Farrell has collaborated with writer/director Martin McDonagh several times now and delivered completely singular character performances in Seven Psychopaths and In Bruges. McDonagh is a playwright, and the detailed character work of his stageplays extends to his features. It’s hard to classify The Banshees of Inisherin, because it’s one of the bleakest movies that you’ll ever split your side laughing at.
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