Another record year for investment in UK film and High-End TV, as people return to cinemas
The latest figures from the BFI suggest that the UK’s film and high-end TV sector has risen from the ashes of the pandemic,
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Belfast
What’s Worth Seeing – or not – from 2022
Another year has come and gone – and the film industry still hasn’t really quite recovered from the pandemic. A handful of blockbuster
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Will Smith’s first Oscar win will be remembered for all the wrong reasons
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tried to ring the changes to attract bigger audiences to watch the Oscar ceremony,
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Power of the Dog takes top BAFTAs as Americans dominate acting awards
One of the Awards season favourites, The Power of the Dog, has won the two top prizes at the British Academy – or
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Dune, Power of the Dog and Belfast dominate BAFTA Film Award nominations
The sci-fi epic Dune is leading the pack ahead of next month’s BAFTA Film Awards, having secured eleven nominations. But other than Best
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Belfast – Review
DIRECTED BY: Kenneth Branagh – FEATURING: Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan, Judi Dench, Lewis McAskie, Turlough Convery
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Belfast, King Richard, Being the Ricardos and Power of the Dog among a mixed bag of SAG nominees
One of Hollywood’s biggest trade unions, the Screen Actors Guild, has announced the nominees for its annual awards, which is likely to be
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The Power of the Dog and West Side Story dominate an “exclusive” Golden Globes
At what the beleaguered Hollywood Foreign Press Association itself said could be described as “the most exclusive event in the industry” – with
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Belfast and Power of the Dog lead the field for Golden Globes that won’t be on TV
A year ago, the Golden Globes were second only to the Oscars in prestige among the plethora of awards ceremonies; as the Hollywood
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Belfast and Boiling Point lead the BIFA field with 11 nominations each
Director Philip Barantini, actor Stephen Graham and actress Vinette Robinson have 3 of Boiling Point’s 11 nominations at the 2021 BIFAs. Kitchen drama
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Maria Duarte tells us What’s Worth Seeing from the 2021 London Film Festival
It was largely back to business as usual for this year’s BFI London Film Festival despite the ongoing pandemic. Our reviewer Maria Duarte
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LFF Director tells us What’s Worth Seeing at this year’s Festival
A year on from a London Film Festival that was unrecognisable because of the Covid pandemic, the BFI has taken many of the
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BFI brings Cannes and Venice hits to London
The organisers of the London Film Festival have announced the full programme of nearly 160 films. Jeymes Samuels’ opener The Harder They Fall
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