Gaza row leaves Jewish Film Festival homeless 7 August 20147 August 2014Jason Korsner The Tricycle Cinema in Kilburn has defended its decision not to show 26 planned screenings as part of the UK Jewish Film Festival [...]
A Film Festival in a Day, at Edinburgh 2014 29 June 201431 May 2015Jason Korsner Every film festival has its own identity and they’re all about so much more than just watching films. From industry seminars to networking [...]
There’s more to Cannes than glitz 24 May 201421 May 2015Jason Korsner With many of the biggest names in the world of film descending on Cannes to be photographed on the red carpet at the [...]
12 Years beats weighty Gravity to the top Oscar 3 March 20143 March 2014Jason Korsner In what turns out to have been one of the most predictable Awards seasons in many years, 12 Years a Slave has taken [...]
Berlin honours films from China, Japan and the US 16 February 201417 February 2014Jason Korsner The jury at the Berlin Film Festival has given its top prize, the Golden Bear, to the Chinese film Black Coal, Thin Ice. [...]
Tributes paid as Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead 2 February 20143 February 2014Jason Korsner The Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead in his apartment in New York from a suspected drug overdose. The star, [...]
UK film production and box office take both top £1bn 31 January 201431 January 2014Jason Korsner Cinema audiences in the UK and the Irish Republic spent more than a billion pounds to see films released in 2013. It’s the [...]
Do journalists make good guests at the Globes? 13 January 201415 January 2014Jason Korsner My film journalism usually involves reviewing films and reporting on festivals and awards from around the world. But the unique position of UK [...]
Globes set up Oscar race between American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave and Gravity 13 January 201413 January 2014Jason Korsner David O Russell’s 1970s crime caper American Hustle has won the most awards at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, taking the Best [...]
Jane Campion to lead Cannes Film Festival jury 7 January 20147 January 2014Husam Sam Asi New Zealander filmmaker Jane Campion is to lead the 2014 Cannes Film Festival competition jury, which will be tasked in handing out the [...]