Nomadland
20217.2movie
Where to Watch
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Mark Kermode Observer film critic. Sun 2 May 2021 08.00 BST.None of which is to suggest that Zhao’s America lacks light and shade. On the contrary, there’s a hardscrabble sense of ordinary ageing folk making the best of a bad deal in often…
Nomadland finds beauty on the rugged, ruthless open road. Chloé Zhao’s triple Oscar-winner follows Frances McDormand’s van-dwelling nomad Fern from one chance encounter to the next, through the mythical landscapes of America’s badlands. 28…
It’s that question which preoccupies Nomadland as Fern heads south, making ends meet with seasonal jobs in Amazon fulfilment centres, learning the art of stealth parking and hunkering down for freezing nights in gas station forecourts. Is…
