PA film critic Damon Smith reviews Nomadland, this year’s winner of best picture at the Oscars, which streams exclusively on Disney+ from April 30 and screens at UK and Irish cinemas from May 17. Frances McDormand, Linda May, Bob Wells, Charlene Swankie, David Strathairn, Melissa Smith, Peter Spears. Nomadland opens with archive images of Empire, a prosperous mining town in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada. Expand Close Frances McDormand as Fern in Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Studios) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Frances McDormand as Fern in Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Studios)Sixty-something former worker Fern (McDormand) retrieves precious belongings from her storage locker before she hits snow-laden roads in a rusty white van. Expand Close Frances McDormand as Fern in Nomadland (Joshua James Richards/Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Studios) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Frances McDormand as Fern in Nomadland (Joshua James Richards/Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Studios)Using Fern as a dramatic fulcrum, Nomadland cherishes the enduring power of the human spirit on numerous soul-stirring detours without a clearly designated and potentially contrived final destination.

Source: Irish Independent April 26, 2021 03:45 UTC