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12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen to become BFI Fellow
The BFI is to bestow its highest honour, a Fellowship, on the acclaimed British artist and director, Steve McQueen. All 3 of Steve
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BAFTA Film Awards to consider digital-only releases – in exceptional circumstances
BAFTA is bringing in a rule change that could make digital-only releases eligible for its Film Awards, but only in exceptional circumstances
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Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire to close London Film Festival
Brie Larson in Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire The BFI has announced that Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire will close the London Film Festival, with
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Will UK Film “shrug” off Brexit or will it be “devastating”?
So, four months of campaigning are over. The counting is complete. The result was leave. So, will it make a difference to Britain’s
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A United Kingdom to open London Film Festival 2016
For the second year running, the BFI London Film Festival is opening with a British film directed by a woman. Rosamund Pike and
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Star Trek, Charlie Bartlett star Anton Yelchin killed by own car at 27
The Russian-born actor Anton Yelchin, whose career-launching performance opposite Robert Downey Jr in Charlie Bartlett secured him a role in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot has died in a car accident outside his home.
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Cannes Firsts – Lessons from the Market
Find out what two film-makers got out of coming to the Cannes Film Market – Christina Yianni with her first short and Brian Barnes with his first feature
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Loach’s anti-austerity cry wins him a second Palme d’Or
The British director Ken Loach has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the second time. Ten years after winning
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Cannes 2016 – The Second Friday
After another night without enough sleep and no time for breakfast before an early film, I dashed to the Palais and hid some
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Cannes 2016 – The Second Thursday
With the market all but over, all that remains is the tail end of the festival, which means there’s not much else to
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Cannes 2016 – The First Saturday
The race was on. I left home in London at 4am and had to get to the UK Film Centre in the Village International
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Oscar-winning Iranian added to Cannes 2016 line-up
With less than three weeks to go to the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival, the organisers have announced a number of
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Two British directors among regulars in competition at Cannes
Confirming the old adage that the best way to get your new feature into the Cannes Film Festival is to have screened an
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Spingsteen cancels North Carolina concert over ‘anti-LGBT’ laws
Bruce Springsteen in Los Angeles in March. Photo: Pam Springsteen Bruce Springsteen has cancelled Sunday’s gig in North Carolina, in protest at the
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Woody Allen to open Cannes for a record 3rd time
The Cannes Film Festival has picked one of its most regular visitors – and one of the most prolific directors – to open
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Star Wars dominates Empire Awards
Star Wars: The Force Awakens won the most awards at the Empire Awards, being honoured as the Best Sci-Fi, for its visual effects, for director JJ Abrams and for its lead actors John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, who took the best male and female newcomer awards.
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Oscar spoils shared between The Revenant, Spotlight, Mad Max – and SPECTRE
At an Oscars ceremony where there was as much talk about who was not nominated as about who was, there were a number
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Hugh Grant honoured with a BFI Fellowship
The epitome of Englishness to many, Hugh Grant has been made a Fellow of the BFI for his contribution to British film. Hugh
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