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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Harvey Weinstein stripped of BFI Fellowship amid harassment scandal
The BFI has become the latest industry body to punish the disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein over the allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape that have been emerging over the past few weeks.
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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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Constitution wins 3 top awards at Raindance Film Festival
A Croatian drama, The Constitution, has won three of the main awards at this year’s Raindance Film Festival. Nebojša Glogovac won Best Performance
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Diversity wins as Handmaid’s Tale, Veep and Big Little Lies triumph at Emmys
Diversity was the big winner at an Emmy awards in which the most successful shows were female-led and the most successful men were
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Guillermo del Toro’s Shape of Water wins Venice Film Festival Golden Lion
The Mexican director Guillermo del Toro has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. Sally Hawkins stars as a cleaning lady
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Bourne director Paul Greengrass to be honoured with BFI Fellowship
The BFI is to bestow its highest honour, its Fellowship, to the British film-maker Paul Greengrass.
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FrightFest tribute to “Horror icon” Tobe Hooper dies at 74
One of the most influential horror film directors of the 1970s and 80s, Tobe Hooper, has died in Los Angeles at the age
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Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards to close London Film Festival 2017
The man behind In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh, is to close this year’s London Film Festival with his third feature. Bereaved
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Tom Cruise broken ankle halts Mission Impossible 6 shoot
Paramount Pictures have halted production on Mission: Impossible 6 after Tom Cruise broke his ankle while performing a stunt, on set in London.
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Daniel Craig to return as James Bond for one last time
Daniel Craig as James Bond in his third outing as 007 in Skyfall The James Bond actor Daniel Craig has confirmed that he
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Guy Ritchie to be honoured by 2017 Raindance Film Festival
One of the most idiosyncratic British directors of the past two decades, Guy Ritchie, is to be honoured by this year’s Raindance Film Festival with its 2nd Annual Auteur Award.
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Venice and Toronto line-ups hint at Oscar contenders
The oldest and biggest film-festivals in the world have revealed some of the highlights for film fans this autumn, giving the first indication
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Film business helps boost UK economy
Official figures show that what’s been described as a “booming film industry” has boosted the growth of the UK economy. The Office for
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BBFC got most complaints about Deadpool & Suicide Squad in 2016
The British Board of Film Classification received more complaints about the Marvel comic-book adaptation Deadpool last year, than any other film. 15-rated film
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BFI to look into securing the future of UK Independent Film
The BFI has announced the setting up of a new Commission to consider the health of independent film in the UK. It says
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