Cannes announces a 2020 line-up that will never be seen as a whole
The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have announced the programme of 56 films they would have screened had the event not succumbed
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…on film
Ema – Review
DIRECTED BY: Pablo Larraín – FEATURING: Gael García Bernal, Mariana Di Girolamo, Giannina Fruttero, Josefina Fiebelkorn, Paola Giannini, Santiago Cabrera
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Odeon owners ban Universal films as tensions rise over streaming
The world’s largest cinema chain, AMC, whose one thousand sites include Odeon in the UK, says it will refuse to play any Universal
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Streamed films eligible for 2021 Oscars in one-off response to lockdown
For the first time, films released on-demand or online only will be eligible for the Oscars, under new regulations agreed in response to
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Cannes Film Market to take place online in June
The organisers is the Cannes Film Festival have announced that the market that usually runs alongside it will take place online from 22
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Cannes Film Festival won’t be held “in its original form.”
The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have responded to the lengthening of the lockdown in France by acknowledging that it’s “clearly difficult
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Trolls World Tour – Review
DIRECTED BY: Walt Dohrn – FEATURING: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Rachel Bloom, Anderson .Paak, Anthony Ramos, Charlyne Yi, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, George Clinton, James Corden, Jamie Dornan, Kelly Clarkson, Mary J Blige, Ozzy Osbourne, Ron Funches, Sam Rockwell, Walt Dohrn, Zooey Deschanel
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Raindance to take place in October – “no ifs no buts”
Raindance has confidently announced the dates for the 2020 Raindance Film Festival. Raindance founder Elliot Grove says the festival will begin on 28th
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Netflix funds BFI scheme to help industry freelancers
The streaming giant Netflix has put £1m behind a relief fund, set up by the BFI and The Film and TV Charity, to
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BFI Flare film festival moves online
The BFI has moved its annual LGBTIQ+ film festival Flare online, days after the last-minute cancellation of the regular event, because of the
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Cannes scrapped for May – hopes to run in late June
The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have announced that this year’s event cannot be held on the scheduled dates in May. The
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BFI Flare film festival latest Coronavirus casualty
The BFI has cancelled its Flare Film Festival, just two days before it was due to begin. The BFI said the “very special
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Onward – Review
DIRECTED BY: Dan Scanlon – FEATURING: Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, John Ratzenberger, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mel Rodriguez, Octavia Spencer, Tracey Ullman
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Banned Iranian director wins Berlin Golden Bear
A dissident Iranian film director, Mohammad Rasoulof, has won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival for his drama about the death
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Dark Waters – Review
DIRECTED BY: Todd Haynes – FEATURING: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Bill Camp, Bill Pullman, Mare Winningham, Tim Robbins, Victor Garber, William Jackson Harper
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The Invisible Man – Review
DIRECTED BY: Leigh Whannell – FEATURING: Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Storm Reid
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Greed – Review
DIRECTED BY: Michael Winterbottom – FEATURING: Steve Coogan, Asa Butterfield, Asim Chaudhry, David Mitchell, Dinita Gohil, Enzo Cilenti, Isla Fisher, Manolis Emmanouel, Ollie Locke, Pearl Mackie, Shanina Shaik, Shirley Henderson, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Fry, Tim Key
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From shortage to excess? The changing face of UK film studio facilities
An American film production facility has announced its intention to invest £150m in building and running a new film studio complex just outside
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Parasite upsets Oscar’s apple cart as acting awards go to favourites
Parasite – a dark social comedy from South Korea – beat 1917 to Oscar’s top two prizes. South Korea’s social satire Parasite has
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The Farewell, Uncut Gems, The Lighthouse and Marriage Story among the big winners at the pre-Oscar independent Spirit Awards
As a film awards season nears its end, during which a lack of female directors has been one of the key talking points,
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