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Win magical goodies in our Now You See Me 2 competition (WINNERS ANNOUNCED)

28th June 20161st August 2016Jason Korsner

To win a gift pack including a T-shirt, a portable charger and a pack of Now You See Me 2 playing cards, tells us who Lizzy Caplan has replaced as the “girl Horseman.” [click for more...]

Will UK Film “shrug” off Brexit or will it be “devastating”?

26th June 201627th June 2016Jason Korsner

So, four months of campaigning are over. The counting is complete. The result was leave. So, will it make a difference to Britain’s [click for more...]

Edinburgh Film Festival gives top prize to foreign language film from local director

24th June 201610th March 2021Jason Korsner

Local director Ben Sharrock’s Pikadero won the top prize at EIFF2016 The 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival has given its top prize – [click for more...]

Elvis & Nixon – Review

24th June 201628th July 2016Jason Korsner

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A United Kingdom to open London Film Festival 2016

21st June 201621st June 2016Jason Korsner

For the second year running, the BFI London Film Festival is opening with a British film directed by a woman. Rosamund Pike and [click for more...]

Star Trek, Charlie Bartlett star Anton Yelchin killed by own car at 27

19th June 201621st June 2016Jason Korsner

The Russian-born actor Anton Yelchin, whose career-launching performance opposite Robert Downey Jr in Charlie Bartlett secured him a role in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot has died in a car accident outside his home. [click for more...]

Tale of Tales – Review

17th June 20167th January 2024Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Matteo Garrone – FEATURING: Salma Hayek, Toby Jones, Vincent Cassel, Bebe Cave, Christian Lees, Franco Pistoni, Guillaume Delaunay, Hayley Carmichael, John C Reilly, Jonah Lees, Kathryn Hunter, Laura Pizzirani, Shirley Henderson, Stacy Martin [click for more...]

Elvis & Nixon – Competition to win film goodies (WINNERS ANNOUNCED)

15th June 201630th June 2016Jason Korsner

The distributors Entertainment One have been good enough to offer our UK readers (sorry foreign visitors) some goodies to coincide with the upcoming [click for more...]

45 Years and Catastrophe among South Bank winners

5th June 201619th June 2016Jason Korsner

Long after the recognised awards season has come to an end, the acclaimed drama 45 Years has picked up another prize. It’s been [click for more...]

The Nice Guys – Review

3rd June 20168th July 2016Jason Korsner

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Love & Friendship – Review

27th May 201624th September 2026Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Whit Stillman – FEATURING: Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Emma Greenwell, James Fleet, Jemma Redgrave, Jenn Murray, Justin Edwards, Morfydd Clark, Stephen Fry, Tom Bennett, Xavier Samuel [click for more...]

Cannes Firsts – Lessons from the Market

24th May 201618th March 2018Jason Korsner

Find out what two film-makers got out of coming to the Cannes Film Market – Christina Yianni with her first short and Brian Barnes with his first feature [click for more...]

Loach’s anti-austerity cry wins him a second Palme d’Or

22nd May 201622nd October 2016Jason Korsner

The British director Ken Loach has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the second time. Ten years after winning [click for more...]

Cannes 2016 – The Second Friday

20th May 201623rd May 2016Jason Korsner

After another night without enough sleep and no time for breakfast before an early film, I dashed to the Palais and hid some [click for more...]

A Hologram for the King – Review

20th May 201622nd May 2025Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Tom Tykwer – FEATURING: Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Ben Whishaw, Khalid Laith, Sarita Choudhury, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Tom Skerritt [click for more...]

Cannes 2016 – The Second Thursday

19th May 201621st May 2016Jason Korsner

With the market all but over, all that remains is the tail end of the festival, which means there’s not much else to [click for more...]

Cannes 2016 – The Second Wednesday

18th May 201619th March 2017Jason Korsner

After one too many repetitions of late nights out, followed by even later nights writing and then early mornings at screenings, today, I [click for more...]

Cannes 2016 – The Only Tuesday

17th May 201618th March 2018Jason Korsner

Pedro Almodovar is back in competition with Julieta After yesterday’s experience of having had the cereal-bar police separate me from my breakfast on [click for more...]

Cannes 2016 – The Only Monday

16th May 201617th May 2019Jason Korsner

The red carpet on the steps up to the prestigious Grand Theatre Lumiere The easiest time for the press to see films is [click for more...]

Cannes 2016 – The First Sunday

15th May 201622nd October 2016Jason Korsner

Cannes is ever unpredictable. My first meeting of the day was cancelled, enabling me to take advantage of one of the many informative [click for more...]