Elsinore, Queen at Sea & Tender Loving Care among most nominated films at BIFA
Mike Leigh’s final film, Tender Loving Care and the London Film Festival opener, Elsinore, are among the most nominated films at this year’s
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Pressure – Review
DIRECTED BY: Anthony Maras – FEATURING: Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Chris Messina, Damian Lewis, Kerry Condon, Alexander Hanson, Con O’Neill, Crispin Letts, Jojo Macari, Robert Portal, Tamsin Topolski, Toby Williams
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Bugonia – Review
DIRECTED BY: Yorgos Lanthimos – FEATURING: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone, Stavros Halkias
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London Film Festival boss tells us What’s Worth Seeing this year
It’s that time of year again when the eyes of the world’s film industry turn to London, with more than 250 features from
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Mr Bates and Mr Loverman win multiple awards at the TV BAFTAs
A year before Adolescence became the TV show that prompted the Prime Minister to get involved, his predecessor was doing likewise with the
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Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist and Wicked lead 2025 Oscar nominations
After twice delaying the announcement because of the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has
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What’s Worth Seeing at the London Film Festival 2024, according to the BFI’s Kristy Matheson
New tax breaks for independent British films come into force from today. Under the scheme – announced by the Conservatives in March –
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Succession, Beef and The Bear dominate TV’s Emmys as Elton John joins the EGOT club
At a ceremony delayed by the Hollywood strikes, which meant there’d have been no-one to write the awards show and no-one to collect
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Saltburn – Review
DIRECTED BY: Emerald Fennell – FEATURING: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan, Dorothy Atkinson, Ewan Mitchell, Joshua McGuire, Lolly Adefope, Paul Rhys, Reece Shearsmith, Richard E Grant, Shaun Dooley
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Time (Series 2) – Review
FEATURING: Bella Ramsey, Jodie Whittaker, Tamara Lawrance, Alicia Forde, Brody Griffiths, Conor McCarry, Danielle Henry, Isaac Lancel-Watkinson, Jackie Jones, James Corrigan, Julie Graham, Karen Henthorn, Kayla Meikle, Lisa Millett, Louise Lee, Matilda Firth, Nicholas Nunn, Siobhan Finneran, Sophie Willan – CHANNEL: BBC iPlayer, BBC1 – FIRST SHOWN: 29th October 2023
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1917, Rocketman, Joker and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood among Golden Globe winners
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has spread its honours thinly, making it hard to make predictions ahead of next month’s Oscars, but the
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Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker – Review
DIRECTED BY: JJ Abrams – FEATURING: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Anthony Daniels, Billie Lourd, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Domhnall Gleeson, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Harrison Ford, Ian McDiarmid, Jodie Comer, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Keri Russell, Lupita Nyong’o, Mark Hamill, Naomi Ackie, Richard E Grant, Shirley Henderson, Warwick Davis
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Joker wins top prize in Venice, with Polanski coming second
The Venice Film Festival jury has awarded its top prize to Joker, Todd Phillips’ origins story for the infamous Batman villain, previously brought
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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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