London Critics hail 12 Years a Slave 3 February 20144 February 2014Jason Korsner The British-led US slave drama 12 Years a Slave has come away from the annual London Film Critics Circle awards as the big [...]
American Hustle, Gravity and 12 Years a Slave lead Oscar nominations 17 January 201418 January 2014Husam Sam Asi Last year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters shocked the film industry when they overlooked Ben Affleck in the best [...]
I’m So Excited by Gravity: UK Screen’s best and worst of 2013 1 January 20145 January 2015Jason Korsner 2013 has been another busy year for UK Screen, with more than a hundred theatrical releases reviewed and the usual mix of big [...]
Tom Hanks: I am not a political guy – TV interview 22 November 201315 September 2014Husam Sam Asi In an exclusive interview for my BBC show Alternative Cinema, Tom Hanks, who openly supported Barack Obama in the 2008 US [...]
Record LFF ticket sales but who’ll remember 2013? 24 October 201324 October 2013Jason Korsner The BFI has hailed the success of Clare Stewart’s second London Film Festival at the helm, with last year’s record audience attendance being [...]
LFF brings pick of the festivals to London 5 September 20135 September 2013Jason Korsner Coming late in the year, the London Film Festival is continuing its modest streak of bringing some of the best films of the [...]
Tom Hanks to bookend London Film Festival 8 August 20138 August 2013Jason Korsner The BFI has announced the 57th London Film Festival will close with Saving Mr Banks, the story of how Mary Poppins was brought [...]
British director Greengrass to open LFF 2013 2 August 20138 August 2013Jason Korsner The director best known for the Bourne Supremacy and the Bourne Ultimatum, Paul Greengrass, will be the first British director to open the [...]