McDonald’s short hit for Hollywood more than just luck

The Oscars are heavily influenced by nostalgia this year.

From The Artist to Hugo on through Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Midnight in Paris, there’s a hankering after the past.

Dublin director Peter McDonald, whose film Pentecost is nominated in the Live Action Short Film category, is doing his bit for the remembrance of things past on behalf of sport, his excellent 11-minute work achieving the impossible: encouraging the viewer to have a soft spot for Liverpool during this torrid period of bad press for the club.