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Cannes 2019 – The First Wednesday

15th May 201912th July 2019Jason Korsner

Themes often come out of no-where at Cannes, and just weeks after a Swedish teenager brought the issue of climate change back to [click for more...]

Killing Eve kills it at the TV BAFTAs

12th May 201913th May 2019Jason Korsner

The BBC drama Killing Eve was the big winner of the night at the TV BAFTAs, taking home three awards, after the rules [click for more...]

Cannes rebrands the Special festival finale

8th May 20199th May 2019Jason Korsner

The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have announced that its final film this year will be the French social comedy The Specials, [click for more...]

Tarantino’s Hollywood fizz added to Cannes competition line-up

2nd May 20192nd May 2019Jason Korsner

The organisers of the Cannes film festival have added two previous Palme d’Or winners to the official competition line-up. Brad Pitt (left) and [click for more...]

Rami Malek confirmed for Bond 25, but title remains under wraps

25th April 201925th April 2019Jason Korsner

The producers of the 25th official James Bond film have revealed some new additions to the cast at a launch event at the [click for more...]

Roman Polanski sues Academy over expulsion for historic sex offence

20th April 201920th April 2019Jason Korsner

The Oscar-winning film maker Roman Polanski is suing the Academy that hands out the awards, nearly a year after it expelled him. Roman [click for more...]

Ken Loach back in competition in Cannes for a 14th time

18th April 201919th April 2019Jason Korsner

The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have announced the bulk of their official selection for next month’s event, with many festival favourites [click for more...]

Final Episode of Star Wars Saga Title Revealed

12th April 201913th April 2019Jason Korsner

The director of the ninth and final episode of the Star Wars saga, JJ Abrams, has revealed that the title of the film [click for more...]

Jim Jarmusch Zombie Film to Open Cannes in Competition

10th April 201911th April 2019Jason Korsner

The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have announced that the opening film of this year’s festival will be the highly anticipated Jim [click for more...]

A Good Night for The Inheritance, Company and Come From Away at The Oliviers

7th April 2019Jason Korsner

A play about being young and gay in New York, a generation after the peak of the AIDs crisis, The Inheritance, has taken [click for more...]

Killing Eve leads the field in the TV BAFTA nominations

28th March 201928th March 2019Jason Korsner

BBC shows have topped the nominations list for this year’s TV BAFTAs. Killing Eve stars Jodie Comer (left) and Sandra Oh are up [click for more...]

From Page to Screen is one thing – but which screen?

16th March 201920th March 2019Jason Korsner

We caught up with authors Karin Slaughter, Lara Prescott and David McKee and with rights agent Marc Simonsson, at the London Book Fair, to discuss how it’s decided whether novels end up as films or TV series. [click for more...]

Disney rehires James Gun for third Guardians of the Galaxy film

16th March 201916th March 2019Jason Korsner

The director James Gunn has been rehired to make the third Guardians of the Galaxy film, eight months after Disney fired him when [click for more...]

Olivia Colman adds BFI Fellowship to a slew of awards

6th March 20197th March 2019Jason Korsner

After collecting an Oscar, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for her leading role in The Favourite, Olivia Colman has rounded off Awards Season by being honoured with the BFI’s most prestigious accolade, its Fellowship, at a star-studded event in London. [click for more...]