Get Out takes top honours at the Independent Spirit Awards
The racially charged thriller Get Out was the big winner at Independent Spirit Awards – seen as the low-budget Oscars and the curtain-raiser
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Romanian debut wins Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear
The Berlin Film Festival has drawn to a close with one of the most prestigious prizes in the film calendar, the Golden Bear,
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Three Billboards adds some colour to BAFTAs
The long-time Awards Season favourite Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has dominated the British Academy Film Awards, despite starting the night behind The
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BFI stats: Higher average ticket prices boost 2017 box office takings
British and Irish cinemas took a record £1.38bn in ticket sales in 2017, according to the latest figures released by the BFI. Christopher
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Three Billboards, Dunkirk and Paddington 2 among London Film Critics winners
A group of London-based critics has picked Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as its best film of 2017. Frances McDormand won one of
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Time’s Up for Casey Affleck, as he pulls out of presenting an Oscar
Last year’s Best Actor Oscar winner Casey Affleck has withdrawn from this year’s ceremony, where traditionally, he’d have been presenting the Academy Award
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The Shape of Water leads British-heavy BAFTA nominations
Both Sally Hawkins (left) and Octavia Spencer are up for individual BAFTAs for The Shape of Water. The fantasy romance that won the
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Three Billboards and Big Little Lies dominate Golden Globes, under shadow of Weinstein
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has set itself up as the film to beat this Awards Season, winning four Golden Globes in the
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Star Wars is the top earning 2017 release helping UK cinemas to another record year
The latest episode of the Star Wars saga, The Last Jedi, has overtaken its Disney stable-mate Beauty and the Beast to become the highest earning film released in 2017.
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BAFTA’s 2018 Rising Star nominees announced
BAFTA has announced the five actors in contention for this year’s Rising Star award. The prize – voted for by members of the
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Cate Blanchett to chair Palme d’Or jury at 2018 Cannes Film Festival
The double-Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett has been appointed to preside over the jury that will hand out the prestigious Palme d’Or award
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The Gifted have a Good Time in Dunkirk, not Hampstead: What’s Worth Seeing from 2017 and what isn’t.
2017 has been a tumultuous year for the film industry, courtesy of the man once branded “God” by Meryl Streep – the formerly
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Three Billboards continues to dominate as London Critics reveal awards nominations
Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson are both individually nominated for the front-runner, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh’s American crime thriller Three
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Three Billboards leads SAG nominations to firm up acting Oscar race
The Screen Actors Guild – whose awards are usually one of the strongest predictors of acting Oscars – has published a nominations list
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Christopher Plummer up for Golden Globe a month after replacing Kevin Spacey
Already the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar, Christopher Plummer could be on his way to securing that honour after receiving a
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God’s Own Country, Lady Macbeth and Death of Stalin dominate BIFAs
Lady Macbeth has won the most prizes at the 20th BIFA Awards, the ceremony run by the Raindance organisation. But the top award of the night, Best British Independent Film, went to the gay drama God’s Own Country, which won a total of 4 BIFAs,
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Call Me By Your Name, Florida Project, Lady Bird, Get Out and Good Time among 2018 Independent Spirit nominees
The gay love story Call My By Your Name has topped the list of nominations for the 2018 Independent Spirit Awards. It’s up
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Lady Macbeth, Death of Stalin and I Am Not a Witch lead BIFA nominations
The Nineteenth Century drama Lady Macbeth has received a field-leading fifteen nominations at the twentieth British Independent Film Awards. Florence Pugh received one
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What’s Worth Seeing from the 2017 London Film Festival
It’s been another busy twelve days for Maria Duarte, sifting through the best that the London Film Festival has to offer, with at
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Harvey Weinstein’s shadow hangs over London Film Festival awards
One of Britain’s most successful directing exports, Paul Greengrass, has been honoured with the British Film Institute’s highest accolade, the BFI Fellowship, at
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