What’s Worth Seeing from the 2018 London Film Festival
With the dust settling after another star-studded London Film Festival, Maria Duarte has finally come back out into the light after watching up
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London Film Festival Awards are as topical as a news bulletin
A film about the sex-trafficking of African women in Vienna has won the top prize at the London film festival. There were also
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Head of LFF 2018 tells us What’s Worth Seeing
The pre Awards Season festival season is well under way, with Venice and Toronto behind us, Raindance coming to an end and the
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Returning film-makers put a Hex on Raindance
Six years ago, a blood-soaked, low-budget, independent film called Dark Hearts, directed by Rudolf Buitendach and written and produced by Christian Piers Betley,
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Danny Boyle replaced as Bond director by Cary Fukunaga
The producers of James Bond have hired the American director Cary Joji Fukunaga to replace Danny Boyle as the direct or of the
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A good night for British talent at the biggest night for American TV
Many of the top prizes on the biggest night for American TV have gone to British stars, with the two most prestigious acting
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Toronto win boosts Oscar hopes of Peter Farrelly’s Green Book
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali star in Peter Farrelly’s Green Book Peter Farrelly’s dramatic comedy buddy movie Green Book has won the
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Alfonso Cuarón wins top prize at Venice for Mexican film Roma
Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival The director of one of the biggest films
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Academy delays introduction of “popular” film Oscar
After a mixed response to its recent announcement that it plans to introduce a new Oscar to recognise achievement in what’s been described
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Half of LFF Competition Films Directed by Women
The BFI has announced the shortlist for this year’s Star of London award for Best Film at this year’s London Film Festival. Alice
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Goodbye, Mr Bond: Danny Boyle quits 007
Danny Boyle has quit as the director of the 25th film in the James Bond franchise The news came in a tweet posted
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London Film Festival to premiere Mike Leigh’s Peterloo drama – in Manchester
The London Film Festival is to stage the UK premiere of Mike Leigh’s upcoming film about the Peterloo massacre – in Manchester. Mike
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Raindance to honour Terry Gilliam with Auteur Award
The idiosyncratic British-based director Terry Gilliam is to become the third film-maker to be honoured by the Raindance Film Festival with its annual
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“Popular film” to be honoured in revamped Oscars ceremony
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced three changes to try to make future Oscar ceremonies more relevant – and
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Laurel & Hardy biopic to close London Film Festival
The 2018 BFI London Film Festival is to close with the upcoming biopic of the giants of early comedy cinema, Laurel & Hardy.
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Guardians of the Galaxy cast boost campaign to reinstate James Gunn
The stars of the Guardians of the Galaxy film franchise have publicly backed a campaign to get the director James Gunn reinstated to
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Unused Carrie Fisher footage to be used in Star Wars Episode IX
Disney – the parent company of Lucasfilm – has revealed that Episode 9 of the Star Wars saga – which begins filming next
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Autumn festival line-ups fire starting gun on Oscars race
The first clues as to the likely contenders for next year’s Oscars have been revealed, with the line-ups for the two big film
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New BFI-backed proposals to boost independent UK films
The BFI’s Commission on UK Independent Film has announced a series of proposals to boost grassroots film-making. The Films Minister Margot James cites
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Steve McQueen’s Widows to open London Film Festival 2018
The director of the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen, is to open this year’s BFI London Film Festival with the international
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