US director Sean Baker wins top honours at Cannes 2024
The American director Sean Baker – best known for Tangerine and The Florida Project – has won the prestigious Palme d’Or – the
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Sean Baker
Red Rocket – Review
DIRECTED BY: Sean Baker – FEATURING: Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Brenda Deiss, Brittney Rodriguez, Ethan Darbone, Judy Hill, Suzanna Son
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Cannes favourites dominate a delayed 2021 line-up
“Cinema is not dead,” declared the artistic director of the Festival de Cannes, Thierry Frémaux, as he announced more than 60 films that
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Three Billboards, Dunkirk and Paddington 2 among London Film Critics winners
A group of London-based critics has picked Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as its best film of 2017. Frances McDormand won one of
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Three Billboards continues to dominate as London Critics reveal awards nominations
Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson are both individually nominated for the front-runner, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh’s American crime thriller Three
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Call Me By Your Name, Florida Project, Lady Bird, Get Out and Good Time among 2018 Independent Spirit nominees
The gay love story Call My By Your Name has topped the list of nominations for the 2018 Independent Spirit Awards. It’s up
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The Florida Project – Review
DIRECTED BY: Sean Baker – FEATURING: Bria Vinaite, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Caleb Landry Jones, Christopher Rivera, Willem Dafoe
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Carol & Spotlight among more independent Spirit nominees
Cate Blanchett in Carol Todd Haynes’ 1950s-set lesbian romance Carol – starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as secret lovers – is leading
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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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