Carell wrestles with drama in Cannes contender Foxcatcher
Director Bennett Miller (left) turned comic Steve Carell into the darkest of characters In Knocked Up, Kathryn Heigl’s character is commended for the
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BFI’s pride at best of British in Cannes
BFI staff posing in “Pits and Perverts” T-shirts to promote Pride, closing the Directors Fortnight at Cannes 2014 On Monday over lunch, the
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Do journalists make good guests at the Globes?
My film journalism usually involves reviewing films and reporting on festivals and awards from around the world. But courtesy of Hollywood Foreign Press
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I’m So Excited by Gravity: What was Worth Seeing in 2013
The best releases of 2013 explored themes of isolation – an astronaut stranded in space, a sailor stranded at sea, a cargo ship’s captain separated from his crew by hijackers – while the worst included disappointment from film-makers whose track records raised expectations.
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How Cannes helps the underdogs
With Cannes 2013 over, the festival award winners are slowly receding into the memories of those who were fortunate enough to see them,
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Cannes shows Redford has lost nothing
Anyone who’s seen last year’s Oscar-winning Life of Pi, might feel that they’ve done someone trying to survive against the odds on a
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Inside the Coen Brothers at Cannes
No strangers to Cannes, the Coen Brothers were back this year with Inside Llewyn Davis, their study of a talented but struggling 1960s folk singer in New York City.
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Oscar shows that animators are animated
The Academy might have been staging its 85th Awards this year, but it’s only the twelfth time that it’s handed out an Oscar for
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Oscar asks whether docs can change the world
An Oscar winner for Bowling for Columbine, host Michael Moore “The purpose of documentaries is to remind people that the world is a
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Experience Golden Globes week 2013
Wednesday 9th January 2013: Arrived in LA in time to have dinner at a quaint Santa Monica Italian restaurant, Bruno’s, with Sam Asi,
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What was – and was not – Worth Seeing in 2012
It’s at this time of year that professional bodies and publications churn out their best-of lists, and so it is that we can also present its best and worst of 2012, which puts us one up on most, as you don’t see BAFTA giving out prizes for the embarrassment that shouldn’t have made it to the big screen.
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Record ticket sales for new look shorter festival
New LFF Director Clare Stewart It might have been the 56th BFI London Film Festival, but it was the first under the guidance
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Dustin Hoffman finally gets around to directing with Quartet
Whether it’s the likes of Woody Allen, known as much for directing as acting, or stars such as Clint Eastwood or Ben Affleck,
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You don’t need a lot of money to make a Raindance film
Another year, another film at Raindance. That’s the way for writer, producer, actor – and soon to be director – Jonnie Hurn. Producer and
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The Dark Heart of Raindance
In 1996, British writer Christian Piers Betley wrote a vampire film called Rampage. L-R: Star Kyle Schmid, executive producer Jack Bowyer, director Rudolf
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Rainsoaked Cannes ends with a stroke of genius
It might have been one of the wettest Cannes Film Festivals in living memory, but from from the point of view of the industry, it had to be good news – those spare moments that critics and buyers alike might have spent relaxing on the beach would instead have been spent in the many cinemas and screening rooms
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Ricky Gervais tamed by the Golden Globes
The first people you encounter on arriving at the Golden Globes as a guest are not the stars. They aren’t even the security.
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50/50 is about as good as it got: What was Worth Seeing in 2011
Looking back, it’s been a strong year for films, with 13 receiving four stars in our reviews and 2 getting four and a
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Snowtown’s Bunting: evil serial killer or noble vigilante?
In the mid-1990s, Elizabeth Harvey was struggling to bring up her three sons in a working-class suburb of northern Adelaide in southern Australia.
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Fiennes updates Shakespeare’s Rome in Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave arriving for the London Film Festival screening of Coriolanus Shakespeare is featuring big at this year’s London Film
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