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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“Popular film” to be honoured in revamped Oscars ceremony
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced three changes to try to make future Oscar ceremonies more relevant – and
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Cannes 2018 – The Second Tuesday
Spike Lee explains why he takes a pop at the US President at the end of his Palme d’Or-nominated film, BlacKkKlansman. Press conferences
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The Shape of Water takes top Oscars on a Hollywood night charged with politics
The Shape of Water’s 4 Oscars included Best Picture and Best Director Guillermo del Toro’s romantic fantasy The Shape of Water has triumphed
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Review
DIRECTED BY: Martin McDonagh – FEATURING: Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Abbie Cornish, Amanda Warren, Caleb Landry Jones, Clarke Peters, John Hawkes, Kathryn Newton, Kerry Condon, Lucas Hedges, Malaya Rivera Drew, Nick Searcy, Peter Dinklage, Samara Weaving, Sandy Martin, Zeljko Ivanek
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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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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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Cannes 2017 – The Second Thursday
With every film in the two official strands at Cannes being a world premiere, rarely has much been written about the selected films
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Cannes 2017 – The First Sunday
Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler play half brothers in the Netflix competition entry The Meyerowitz Stories. Sunday might be a day off for
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Fences – Review
DIRECTED BY: Denzel Washington – FEATURING: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Christopher Mele, Jovan Adepo, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby, Saniyya Sidney, Stephen McKinley Henderson
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Record inward investment helps 3 UK-made films top 2016’s box office
A record £1.35bn of foreign money was spent on film production in the UK in 2016, up 18% on the previous year. This
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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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BFI says box office up, production down
The latest figures from the British Film Institute show that UK cinemas took a record £988 million last year – with 24 of
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The Men Who Stare At Goats – Review
DIRECTED BY: Grant Heslov – FEATURING: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Brad Grunberg, Glenn Morshower, Matt Newton, Merik Tadros, Nick Offerman, Rebecca Mader, Robert Curtis Brown, Robert Patrick, Stephen Lang, Stephen Root, Terry Serpico, Tim Griffin, Waleed Zuaiter
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Perfume – Review
DIRECTED BY: Tom Tykwer – FEATURING: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Alba Fer, Anna Diogene, Carmen Contreras, Dustin Hoffman, Jesus Del Caso, Paul Berrondo, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Sam Douglas
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Surviving Christmas – Review
DIRECTED BY: Mike Mitchell – FEATURING: Ben Affleck, Catherine O’Hara, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini, Jennifer Morrison, Josh Zuckerman, Stephen Root, Udo Kier
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