Magnificent Seven to open Toronto – and close Venice – nodding to Oscars 2017
The line-ups for both the Venice and Toronto film festivals, both released this week, provide a sneak preview of how next year’s Oscars
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Win magical goodies in our Now You See Me 2 competition (WINNERS ANNOUNCED)
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.”
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Will UK Film “shrug” off Brexit or will it be “devastating”?
So, four months of campaigning are over. The counting is complete. The result was leave. So, will it make a difference to Britain’s
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Elvis & Nixon – Competition to win film goodies (WINNERS ANNOUNCED)
The distributors Entertainment One have been good enough to offer our UK readers (sorry foreign visitors) some goodies to coincide with the upcoming
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Cannes Firsts – Lessons from the Market
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
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Cannes 2016 – The Second Friday
After another night without enough sleep and no time for breakfast before an early film, I dashed to the Palais and hid some
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Cannes 2016 – The Second Thursday
With the market all but over, all that remains is the tail end of the festival, which means there’s not much else to
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Cannes 2016 – The Second Wednesday
After one too many repetitions of late nights out, followed by even later nights writing and then early mornings at screenings, today, I
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Cannes 2016 – The Only Tuesday
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
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Cannes 2016 – The Only Monday
The red carpet on the steps up to the prestigious Grand Theatre Lumiere The easiest time for the press to see films is
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Cannes 2016 – The First Sunday
Cannes is ever unpredictable. My first meeting of the day was cancelled, enabling me to take advantage of one of the many informative
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Cannes 2016 – The First Saturday
The race was on. I left home in London at 4am and had to get to the UK Film Centre in the Village International
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Whiplash on the D-Train: What was – and was not – Worth Seeing in 2015
It’s the end of the year, so it’s list time – and what you’ll be wanting to know is what was worth seeing
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What’s Worth Seeing from LFF 2015
After a preview of upcoming releases at this year’s London Film Festival, here’s our look at What’s Worth Seeing in the weeks ahead.
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London Film Festival director tells us What’s Worth Seeing
The head of the London Film Festival saves you the effort of studying the brochure, by telling us what’s worth seeing, with five picks that might otherwise get overlooked
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How digital is making film more democratic
There’s no doubt it’s an exciting time to be a filmmaker with the democratisation that digital tools have brought to the field. But
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Cannes 2015 – The Second Thursday
With the market beginning to close down, by the second Thursday of Cannes, attention is turning almost exclusively to the festival and its
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Cannes 2015 – The Second Wednesday
Emily Blunt helping Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro bring down a Mexican drug cartel in Sicario Having spent last night partying Hollywood-style
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Cannes 2015 – The Only Tuesday
It’s not unusual for a film reviewer to spend the day in darkened rooms, watching film after film after film, but most of
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Cannes 2015 – The Only Monday
As well as writing about films, I also write films, so for me, the Cannes market that runs alongside the festival very much
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