Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts dominate Empire Awards
With the Oscars already becoming a distant memory, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has taken the top prizes at the annual Empire
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La La Land wins 5 BAFTAs
The hot favourite going into the British Academy Film Awards, the first original musical for decades, La La Land, has delivered on its
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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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London Critics give La La Land Best Film – but nothing else
The London Film Critics Circle has named the feel-good musical La La Land its Film of the Year. But the top prize was the only
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La La Land leads BAFTA nominations
Fresh from its success at the Golden Globes, Damien Chazelle’s musical love-letter to Hollywood, La La Land, is leading the pack with eleven BAFTA nominations, including Best Film, Best Director and Screenplay for Chazelle, Best Actor for Ryan Gosling and Best Actress for Emma Stone.
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Daniel Blake? Why Him when you’ve got Captain Fantastic? What was – and was not – Worth Seeing in 2016
Here we go again – another year has come and gone – with hundreds of new films having graced our cinema screens. Some
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Love & Friendship and Moonlight lead London Film Critics Circle nominations
Love & Friendship is up for both Film of the Year and British/Irish Film of the Year Whit Stillman’s bristling adaptation of a
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American Honey, Under the Shadow and I, Daniel Blake dominate BIFAs
Andrea Arnold’s American Honey Andrea Arnold’s first American film has won four awards at the British Independent Film Awards. As well as Best
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I, Daniel Blake & American Honey lead BIFA nominations
Hayley Squires & Dave Johns are among I, Daniel Blake’s BIFA nominees Two British films that took their bow in Cannes – including
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I, Daniel Blake – Review
DIRECTED BY: Ken Loach – FEATURING: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Briana Shann, Dylan McKiernan, Sharon Percy
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Will UK Film “shrug” off Brexit or will it be “devastating”?
So, four months of campaigning are over. The counting is complete. The result was leave. So, will it make a difference to Britain’s
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Loach’s anti-austerity cry wins him a second Palme d’Or
The British director Ken Loach has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the second time. Ten years after winning
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Cannes 2016 – The First Sunday
Cannes is ever unpredictable. My first meeting of the day was cancelled, enabling me to take advantage of one of the many informative
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Cannes 2016 – The First Saturday
The race was on. I left home in London at 4am and had to get to the UK Film Centre in the Village International
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2015 set new UK box office record as US franchises boost production
Box office takings in UK cinemas rose to a record £1.24 billion last year, an increase of 17% on 2014, on a 9%
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