…on film

Cineworld, Warner Bros and Disney give a taste of post-Covid cinema

24th March 202124th March 2021Jason Korsner

With the film business in chaos, as one of the industries most severely hit by Covid restrictions, two announcements have given an indication [click for more...]

Golden Globes organisers pledge to admit 13 black members in race row

17th March 202117th March 2021Jason Korsner

“Thank you to the all-white Hollywood Foreign Press,” the British star Sacha Baron Cohen said as he accepted his Golden Globe, when Borat [click for more...]

Spike Lee invited to return to historic Cannes Jury President role

16th March 202116th March 2021Jason Korsner

The organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have invited the director Spike Lee to preside over the jury at this year’s delayed event, [click for more...]

British stars, snubbed by BAFTA, are nominated for Oscars

15th March 202117th March 2021Jason Korsner

Four British stars, who failed to be recognised by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, have been shortlist for the most [click for more...]

Judas and the Black Messiah – Review

11th March 20219th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Shaka King – FEATURING: Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Algee Smith, Ashton Sanders, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Dominique Fishback, Dominique Thorne, Jesse Plemons, Lil Rel Howery, Martin Sheen [click for more...]

The Little Things – Review

11th March 20219th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: John Lee Hancock – FEATURING: Denzel Washington, Jared Leto, Rami Malek, Chris Bauer, Glenn Morshower, Michael Hyatt, Natalie Morales, Sofia Vassilieva, Terry Kinney [click for more...]

Locked Down – Review

11th March 202125th May 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Doug Liman – FEATURING: Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ben Kingsley, Ben Stiller, Claes Bang, Dulé Hill, Lucy Boynton, Marek Larwood, Mark Gatiss, Mindy Kaling, Sam Spruell, Sir Ben Kingsley, Stephen Merchant [click for more...]

Nomadland, Rocks, The Father and The Mauritanian among BAFTA’s diverse shortlist

9th March 202111th March 2021Jason Korsner

Leading figures in the British film industry have welcomed the first set of BAFTA Film Award nominations to emerge since the process was [click for more...]

Nomadland and Borat dominate diverse, virtual Golden Globes ceremony

1st March 20212nd March 2021Jason Korsner

What is certain to be the most unconventional awards season in living memory has got underway in earnest with the Golden Globes giving [click for more...]

I Care A Lot – Review

19th February 20219th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: J Blakeson – FEATURING: Rosamund Pike, Alicia Witt, Chris Messina, Damian Young, Dianne Wiest, Eiza González, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Macon Blair, Nicholas Logan, Peter Dinklage [click for more...]

Rocks, The Father and His House dominate BIFAs

19th February 202119th February 2021Jason Korsner

Sarah Gavron’s Rocks took five BIFA, including the top prize Sarah Gavron’s drama Rocks has emerged as the most successful film at the [click for more...]

News of the World – Review

10th February 20219th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Paul Greengrass – FEATURING: Tom Hanks, Bill Camp, Cash Lilley, Clay James, Clint Obenchain, Elizabeth Marvel, Fred Hechinger, Gabriel Ebert, Helena Zengel, Mare Winningham, Michael Angelo Covino, Neil Sandilands, Ray McKinnon, Thomas Francis Murphy, Winsome Brown [click for more...]