The Crown reigns as streamers dominate the Emmys
The Crown – the Netflix series based on the British Royal Family – has dominated the first Emmy Awards since the pandemic, which
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French abortion drama wins top prize at Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival has given its top prize, the Golden Lion, to the French drama Happening, about a young woman seeking an
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Ant & Dec, David Tennant, Line of Duty and After Life among NTA winners
Ant & Dec have come out top at a Covid-delayed National Television Awards ceremony, being named the best TV presenters for the twentieth
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BFI brings Cannes and Venice hits to London
The organisers of the London Film Festival have announced the full programme of nearly 160 films. Jeymes Samuels’ opener The Harder They Fall
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Idris Elba and Denzel Washington bookend London Film Festival
The BFI has indicated that a key theme of this year’s London Film Festival will be race, in a year that the Hollywood
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The Chair – Review
FEATURING: Sandra Oh, Bob Balaban, David Duchovny, David Morse, Ella Rubin, Everly Carganilla, Holland Taylor, Jay Duplass, Ji-yong Lee, Nana Mensah, Ron Crawford – CHANNEL: Netflix – FIRST SHOWN: 20th August 2021
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Modern Love – Review
FEATURING: Anna Paquin, Dominique Fishback, Garrett Hedlund, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Grace Edwards, Isaac Powell, Kit Harington, Lucy Boynton, Lulu Wilson, Marquis Rodriguez, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson, Sophie Okonedo, Tobias Menzies, Zane Pais, Zoë Chao, Andrew Scott, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, James Saito, Jane Alexander, John Gallagher Jr, John Slattery, Julia Garner, Olivia Cooke, Shea Whigham, Sofia Boutella, Tina Fey – CHANNEL: Amazon Prime – FIRST SHOWN: 13th August 2021, Season 2 premiere
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The HFPA has backed widespread reform – but can the Golden Globes be saved?
The body behind the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has backed a new set of by-laws, in the first step towards
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Plans for major new film studio in Hertfordshire
American investors are planning to build a $1 billion dollar film and TV production studio complex in Hertfordshire, in what the UK government
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Limbo – Review
DIRECTED BY: Ben Sharrock – FEATURING: Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, Cameron Fulton, Darina Al Joundi, Iona Elizabeth Thomson, Kais Nashif, Kenneth Collard, Kwabena Ansah, Lewis Gribben, Nayef Rashed, Ola Orebiyi, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Silvie Furneaux, Sodienye Ojewuyi
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Cannes Gives Top Prize To a Woman for only the Second Time
The Cannes Film Festival has given its top prize, the Palme d’Or, to a female director for only the second time in its
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Strong British showing at US TV Academy Emmy nominations
After a year when most people across the world – and certainly in the US – have been stuck at home, watching the
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Black Widow – Review
DIRECTED BY: Cate Shortland – FEATURING: Scarlett Johansson, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, O-T Fagbenle, Rachel Weisz, Ray Winstone, William Hurt
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Another Round – Review
DIRECTED BY: Thomas Vinterberg – FEATURING: Mads Mikkelsen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Thomas Bo Larsen
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Luca – Review
DIRECTED BY: Enrico Casarosa – FEATURING: Emma Berman, Jack Dylan Grazer, Jacob Tremblay, Jim Gaffigan, Lorenzo Crisci, Marco Barricelli, Maya Rudolph, Peter Sohn, Sacha Baron Cohen, Saverio Raimondo
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The Reason I Jump – Review
DIRECTED BY: Jerry Rothwell – FEATURING: David Mitchell, Jim Fujiwara, Jordan O’Donegan
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The Father – Review
DIRECTED BY: Florian Zeller – FEATURING: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Imogen Poots, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Rufus Sewell
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Time – Review
FEATURING: Sean Bean, Stephen Graham, Aneurin Barnard, Brian McCardie, Cal MacAninch, David Calder, Dean Fagan, Franc Ashman, Hannah Walters, Jack McMullen, James Nelson-Joyce, Jonathan Harden, Kadiff Kirwan, Kevin Harvey, Lee Morris, Nadine Marshall, Paddy Rowan, Siobhan Finneran, Sue Johnston, Terence Maynard – CHANNEL: BBC iPlayer, BBC1 – FIRST SHOWN: 6th June 2021
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Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You dominates TV BAFTAs
Michaela Coel was the big winner of the BAFTA TV Awards, with two of the top awards on the night to add to
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Cannes favourites dominate a delayed 2021 line-up
“Cinema is not dead,” declared the artistic director of the Festival de Cannes, Thierry Frémaux, as he announced more than 60 films that
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