Film business helps boost UK economy
Official figures show that what’s been described as a “booming film industry” has boosted the growth of the UK economy. The Office for
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…on film
Dunkirk – Review
DIRECTED BY: Christopher Nolan – FEATURING: Fionn Whitehead, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Bill Milner, Cillian Murphy, Harry Styles, Jack Lowden, James D’Arcy, Tom Glynn-Carney
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BBFC got most complaints about Deadpool & Suicide Squad in 2016
The British Board of Film Classification received more complaints about the Marvel comic-book adaptation Deadpool last year, than any other film. 15-rated film
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The Beguiled – Review
DIRECTED BY: Sofia Coppola – FEATURING: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Angourie Rice, Elle Fanning, Kirsten Dunst, Oona Laurence
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War for the Planet of the Apes – Review
DIRECTED BY: Matt Reeves – FEATURING: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Aleks Paunovic, Alessandro Juliani, Amiah Miller, Devyn Dalton, Gabriel Chavarria, Judy Greer, Karin Konoval, Michael Adamthwaite, Sara Canning, Steve Zahn, Terry Notary, Toby Kebbell, Ty Olsson
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BFI to look into securing the future of UK Independent Film
The BFI has announced the setting up of a new Commission to consider the health of independent film in the UK. It says
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Spider-Man: Homecoming – Review
DIRECTED BY: Jon Watts – FEATURING: Tom Holland, Angourie Rice, Chris Evans, Donald Glover, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hannibal Buress, Jacob Batalon, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Favreau, Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Laura Harrier, Marisa Tomei, Martin Starr, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Zendaya
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God’s Own Country, Daphne, Glory win awards at Edinburgh International Film Festival
After screening more than a hundred and fifty one features from nearly fifty countries, the Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced this year’s
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Andy Serkis directorial debut Breathe to open London Film Festival
The London Film Festival organsisers have announced that this year’s event will open with the directorial debut of actor Andy Serkis. Andrew Garfield
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Baby Driver – Review
DIRECTED BY: Edgar Wright – FEATURING: Ansel Elgort, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Allison King, Andrea Frye, Brogan Hall, CJ Jones, Eiza González, Flea, Hal Whiteside, Jon Bernthal, Lanny Joon, Viviana Chavez, Walter Hill, Wilbur Fitzgerald
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Hampstead – Review
DIRECTED BY: Joel Hopkins – FEATURING: Brendan Gleeson, Diane Keaton, Alistair Petrie, Brian Protheroe, Hugh Skinner, James Norton, Jason Watkins, John Sackville, Lesley Manville, Simon Callow, Will Smith (UK)
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Gifted – Review
DIRECTED BY: Marc Webb – FEATURING: Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Candace B Harris, Elizabeth Marvel, Glenn Plummer, Jenny Slate, John M Jackson, Jon Sklaroff, Lindsay Duncan, Michael Kendall Kaplan, Octavia Spencer
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The Mummy – Review
DIRECTED BY: Alex Kurtzman – FEATURING: Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Courtney B Vance, Jake Johnson, Russell Crowe, Sofia Boutella
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Terry Gilliam denies destroying Portuguese convent while filming Don Quixote
The director Terry Gilliam has rejected claims that his production team destroyed the 12th Century Convento de Cristo in Tomar in central Portugal,
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Wonder Woman – Review
DIRECTED BY: Patty Jenkins – FEATURING: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Elena Anaya, Emily Carey, Eugene Brave Rock, Ewen Bremner, Lilly Aspell, Lucy Davis, Robin Wright, Saïd Taghmaoui
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Art Satire The Square is Surprise Palme d’Or Winner
Palme d’Or winner The Square satirises the art world The Cannes jury, led by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, has handed the prestigious
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Cannes 2017 – The Second Saturday
For the last time this Cannes, I was up early to get to the 8.30am screening. This was Roman Polanski’s late addition to the festival, out of competition, Based on a True Story – which was based on a novel, which wasn’t itself a true story.
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Cannes 2017 – The Second Friday
After another late night, I’d decided to give myself another late morning, but after someone drew my attention to an early screening of Patti Cakes, a Sundance success that was playing in the Directors’ Fortnight strand, I decided to give it a go.
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Cannes 2017 – The Second Thursday
With every film in the two official strands at Cannes being a world premiere, rarely has much been written about the selected films
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Cannes 2017 – The Second Wednesday
It was another early start for one of the most hotly anticipated competition titles of the year; Sofia Coppola’s remake – or re-imagining – of Clint Eastwood’s 1971 US civil war era drama, The Beguiled. I was particular keen to see it in the light of some early suggestions that the film was so poor, people were laughing at it.
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