Monos, Atlantics and White Riot among prize winners at LFF 2019
A co-production involving seven countries has been named the winner of the Official Competition at the 2019 London Film Festival. Alejandro Landes’ Monos
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BFI’s Tricia Tuttle tells us What’s Worth Seeing at LFF 2019
Another London Film Festival is beginning, giving audiences in London – and in many cases across the UK too – their first chance
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Saint Maud director Rose Glass wins £50,000 film bursary
The first-time British director Rose Glass has been won one of the largest artistic prizes in the UK, a £50,000 bursary backed by
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Documentaries dominate Raindance Film Festival Awards
As the 2019 Raindance Film Festival draws to a close, the thirty-one strong jury has selected winners in a variety of categories from
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Fleabag among surprise British winners at the Emmys
British stars and shows have upset the odds, taking many of the top honours at America’s most prestigious TV awards ceremony, the Emmys.
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Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit wins Toronto Audience Award
A World War Two satire – about a young German boy who discovers that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in the
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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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Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman to close the 2019 London Film Festival
The BFI has announced that Martin Scorsese’s first mob film since The Departed, thirteen years ago, will close this year’s London Film Festival
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Venice line-up refines 2020 Oscar race
The Oscar-race has been given another shot in the arm, with the announcement of the line-up of the Venice International Film Festival. Joaquin
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Toronto sets up Judy, The Laundromat, Joker and The Report as Oscar hopefuls
The line-up has been announced for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival – along with the upcoming Venice International Film Festival – a
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Armando Iannucci’s take on David Copperfield to open 2019 London Film Festival
The organisers of the London Film Festival have announced that this year’s event will open with the European Premiere of Armando Iannucci’s take
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Hundreds more join Academy as efforts continue to improve diversity
The Academy that hands out the Oscars has taken another step towards improving the diversity of its membership by inviting nearly eight hundred
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Swedish film adopts heartfelt approach to animation
At this year’s 72nd Annual Cannes Film Festival, attendees at a luncheon put on by Scandinavian producing partner Film i Väst were given
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South Korean Parasite wins Cannes Palme d’Or
Parasite – a dark social comedy from South Korea – won the Palme d’Or. The South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has achieved what
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Cannes 2019 – The Second Wednesday
There’s a lot of pressure on your final day in Cannes to make the most of your time, so there was no prospect
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Cannes 2019 – The Second Tuesday
After a little lie in, I headed into Cannes in time to catch the press conference for Ira Sachs and Isabelle Huppert’s Frankie,
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Cannes 2019 – The Only Monday
As with most days, today started with a screening – it was my first time up in the rooftop cinema known as the
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Cannes 2019 – The Only Sunday
Somehow, despite there being more opportunities to see films for the press than ever, it’s not proving to make things any easier, particularly
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Cannes 2019 – The First Saturday
The day started – early as usual – with a brisk trot down Boulevard Carnot, eating breakfast on the go, to try –
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Cannes 2019 – The First Friday
Today started with the usual early mad dash to the Palais, this time to catch a film I could’ve seen last night, if
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