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Mr Bates and Mr Loverman win multiple awards at the TV BAFTAs

11th May 202512th May 2025Jason Korsner

A year before Adolescence became the TV show that prompted the Prime Minister to get involved, his predecessor was doing likewise with the [click for more...]

Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist and Wicked lead 2025 Oscar nominations

23rd January 202524th January 2025Jason Korsner

After twice delaying the announcement because of the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has [click for more...]

What’s Worth Seeing at the London Film Festival 2024, according to the BFI’s Kristy Matheson

9th October 202416th December 2024Jason Korsner

New tax breaks for independent British films come into force from today. Under the scheme – announced by the Conservatives in March – [click for more...]

Succession, Beef and The Bear dominate TV’s Emmys as Elton John joins the EGOT club

16th January 202416th January 2024Jason Korsner

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 [click for more...]

Saltburn – Review

17th November 202317th January 2024Jason Korsner

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 [click for more...]

Time (Series 2) – Review

29th October 202315th December 2023Jason Korsner

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 [click for more...]

1917, Rocketman, Joker and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood among Golden Globe winners

6th January 20207th January 2020Jason Korsner

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has spread its honours thinly, making it hard to make predictions ahead of next month’s Oscars, but the [click for more...]

Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker – Review

19th December 201911th April 2023Jason Korsner

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 [click for more...]

Joker wins top prize in Venice, with Polanski coming second

7th September 20198th September 2019Jason Korsner

The Venice Film Festival jury has awarded its top prize to Joker, Todd Phillips’ origins story for the infamous Batman villain, previously brought [click for more...]

Mexican double-Oscar winning director to head Cannes jury

27th February 20192nd March 2019Jason Korsner

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 [click for more...]

“Popular film” to be honoured in revamped Oscars ceremony

8th August 20189th August 2018Jason Korsner

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced three changes to try to make future Oscar ceremonies more relevant – and [click for more...]

Cannes 2018 – The Second Tuesday

15th May 201826th May 2019Jason Korsner

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 [click for more...]

The Shape of Water takes top Oscars on a Hollywood night charged with politics

5th March 20188th March 2018Jason Korsner

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 [click for more...]

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Review

12th January 201824th April 2023Jason Korsner

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 [click for more...]