Mexican double-Oscar winning director to head Cannes jury
With 5 of the last 6 Best Director Oscars going to Mexicans, the country’s film-making is world-leading and in recognition of this, one
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Olivia Colman was the Oscar favourite after all, as Green Book upsets Roma
The 91st Academy Awards have thrown up a couple of surprises in a night that otherwise followed the predictions to a tee. The
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Richard E Grant gets the winning Spirit
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has dominated this year’s Independent Spirit Awards – the Santa Monica ceremony that honours, as its name suggests, American
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Cold Pursuit – Review
DIRECTED BY: Hans Petter Moland – FEATURING: Liam Neeson, Arnold Pinnock, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Bradley Stryker, Christopher Logan, David O’Hara, Domenick Lombardozzi, Elizabeth Thai, Emmy Rossum, Glen Gould, John Doman, Julia Jones, Kyle Nobess, Laura Dern, Micheál Richardson, Mitchell Saddleback, Nathaniel Arcand, Nels Lennarson, Peter Strand Rumpel, Raoul Max Trujillo, Tom Bateman, Tom Jackson, Wesley MacInnes, William Forsythe
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A Private War – Review
DIRECTED BY: Matthew Heineman – FEATURING: Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Fady Elsayed, Greg Wise, Jamie Dornan, Raad Rawi, Stanley Tucci
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Roma and The Favourite share the spoils at the BAFTAs
Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma won BAFTA’s two most prestigious awards The Favourite has picked up the most BAFTAs, with seven, but the four for
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If Beale Street Could Talk – Review
DIRECTED BY: Barry Jenkins – FEATURING: KiKi Layne, Regina King, Stephan James, Aunjanue Ellis, Brian Tyree Henry, Colman Domingo, Diego Luna, Dominique Thorne, Ebony Obsidian, Ed Skrein, Emily Rios, Michael Beach, Pedro Pascal, Teyonah Parris
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Olivia Colman to become a BFI Fellow
The Oscar-nominated star of The Favourite, Olivia Colman, will be made a fellow of the British Film Institute at a ceremony in London
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Oscars to go ahead without host for the first time in 30 years
The Oscars will be held without a host, for the first time since an experimental show back in 1989. The Academy of Motion Picture
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Alfonso Cuarón boosts Oscar hopes with a DGA win
The Directors Guild of America has honoured Roma’s Alfonso Cuarón with its top prize – one of the most reliable Oscar-indicators among the plethora
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Sequels, spin-offs and superhero dominate UK box office in 2018
The official UK and Ireland box office figures for 2018 have provided producers with advice on how to get their money back, and
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Green Book – Review
DIRECTED BY: Peter Farrelly – FEATURING: Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, Dimiter D Marinov, Iqbal Theba, Joe Cortese, Johnny Williams, Linda Cardellini, Maggie Nixon, Mike Hatton, PJ Byrne
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SAG wins for Black Panther and Emily Blunt cast questions for Oscars
A month before the Oscars comes what’s usually one of the more reliable predictors of Acadamy Award success, when America’s main acting union,
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Vice – Review
DIRECTED BY: Adam McKay – FEATURING: Christian Bale, Alfred Molina, Alison Pill, Amy Adams, Bill Camp, Don McManus, Eddie Marsan, Jesse Plemons, Justin Kirk, Lily Rabe, LisaGay Hamilton, Sam Rockwell, Shea Whigham, Steve Carell, Tyler Perry
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The Favourite and Roma lead Oscar nominations
The Golden Globes have come and gone, BAFTA nominees are eagerly waiting and busily campaigning and the SAG Awards are less than a
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London Critics pick Roma over The Favourite
The Awards Season favourite The Favourite has added to its trophy collection with another four prizes, courtesy of the London Film Critics Circle.
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US producers name Green Book as their best film of the year
Peter Farrelly’s racial comedy Green Book has received a boost in its quest for Oscar glory, being named the best film of 2018
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Beautiful Boy – Review
DIRECTED BY: Felix Van Groeningen – FEATURING: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Amy Ryan, Christian Convery, Kaitlyn Dever, LisaGay Hamilton, Maura Tierney, Oakley Bull, Timothy Hutton, Zachary Rifkin
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Mary Queen of Scots – Review
DIRECTED BY: Josie Rourke – FEATURING: Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan, Adrian Derrick-Palmer, Adrian Lester, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, Guy Pearce, Ian Hart, Jack Lowden, James McArdle, Joe Alwyn, Luke Hobson, Martin Compston, Simon Russell Beale
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Stan & Ollie – Review
DIRECTED BY: Jon S Baird – FEATURING: John C Reilly, Steve Coogan, Danny Huston, Nina Arianda, Rufus Jones, Shirley Henderson
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