Yorgos Lanthimos – What's Worth Seeing…

Olivia Colman adds BFI Fellowship to a slew of awards

6th March 20197th March 2019Jason Korsner

After collecting an Oscar, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for her leading role in The Favourite, Olivia Colman has rounded off Awards Season by being honoured with the BFI’s most prestigious accolade, its Fellowship, at a star-studded event in London. [click for more...]

Awards favourite The Favourite leads 2019 Film BAFTA nominations

9th January 20199th January 2019Jason Korsner

The Favourite – a biting satire about two women vying to become the favourite of Queen Anne in the early 18th Century – [click for more...]

The Favourite – Review

1st January 201917th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Yorgos Lanthimos – FEATURING: Emma Stone, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, James Smith, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss, Nicholas Hoult [click for more...]

BIFA favourite, The Favourite, dominates BIFA 2018

2nd December 20183rd December 2018Jason Korsner

Olivia Colman (right) and Rachel Weisz won two of The Favourite’s 10 BIFAs The Favourite – already emerging as an Awards Season favourite [click for more...]

British talent makes a rare appearance among Independent Spirit Nominations

16th November 201816th November 2018Jason Korsner

The Scottish director Lynne Ramsay and the English actors Carey Mulligan and Richard E Grant are among the nominees for the Independent Spirit [click for more...]

The Favourite is the favourite at BIFA 2018

31st October 201831st October 2018Jason Korsner

It’s still October but the Awards Season has begun in earnest – on this side of the Atlantic at least – with the [click for more...]

Alfonso Cuarón wins top prize at Venice for Mexican film Roma

8th September 201816th September 2018Jason Korsner

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival The director of one of the biggest films [click for more...]

Autumn festival line-ups fire starting gun on Oscars race

27th July 201829th July 2018Jason Korsner

The first clues as to the likely contenders for next year’s Oscars have been revealed, with the line-ups for the two big film [click for more...]

The Killing of a Sacred Deer – Review

3rd November 201716th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Yorgos Lanthimos – FEATURING: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Alicia Silverstone, Barry Keoghan, Bill Camp, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic [click for more...]

Art Satire The Square is Surprise Palme d’Or Winner

28th May 201718th May 2018Jason Korsner

Palme d’Or winner The Square satirises the art world The Cannes jury, led by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, has handed the prestigious [click for more...]

Cannes 2017 – The Only Monday

22nd May 201710th November 2017Jason Korsner

The older you get, the harder it becomes. One of the many slogans appearing on badges being handed out with festival accreditation this [click for more...]

Kidman front & centre, while newcomer Netflix joins Cannes regulars

13th April 201719th April 2017Jason Korsner

It’ll be hard to move in Cannes without bumping into Nicole Kidman, with the actress featuring in four projects at next month’s International [click for more...]

Lobster, 45 Years & Macbeth lead the charge at the BIFAs

3rd November 20155th November 2015Jason Korsner

With seven nominations, spread both in front of and behind the camera, the surreal, satirical multinational comedy The Lobster has set the running [click for more...]

The Lobster – Review

16th October 201516th April 2023Jason Korsner

DIRECTED BY: Yorgos Lanthimos – FEATURING: Ben Whishaw, Colin Farrell, John C Reilly, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Angeliki Papoulia, Anthony Dougall, Ashley Jensen, Bob the Dog, Ewen MacIntosh, Jessica Barden, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Rosanna Hoult, Sean Duggan [click for more...]

Cannes 2015 – The First Saturday

16th May 20157th March 2017Jason Korsner

It was straight down to business this year. No messing about by the beach. Within two hours of getting off the plane at [click for more...]