Hollywood
Why Can’t China Win an Oscar?
With Zhang Yimou in 2013 at a reception for the Flowers Of War Early this month, the American academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences revealed the list of films from 85…
Hollywood
The Hollywood industry from the inside: studios, money, deals, awards, power and the people who run the business.
Cinema
Is It Right For Leonardo DiCaprio to Play Persian Poet Rumi?
A storm of angry criticism has been raging over the internet since writer David Franzoni, who won an Oscar for writing “Gladiator,” revealed in an interview with the Guardian, that he would…
Cinema
Dubai International Film Festival empowers female directors in the Middle East
While the region around it has descended in political chaos and religious strife, Dubai continues to flourish and prosper, becoming an oasis of harmony and progress, where the natives constitute less than…
Cinema
Sundance movies explore the terrifying impact of authority on human behaviour
Participating movies in the Sundance film festival are usually made on shoestring budgets and often by first-time directors, but they are rich in their substance, bold in their themes and unique in…
Hollywood
Denzel Washington: Show Business is Colour Blind – Interview
When Denzel Washington won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Movie for his role in “The Hurricane” in 2000, he noted: “No African-American has won Best Actor Golden…
People
Morgan Freeman: Anger over the killing of a black teenager is justified – Interview
Earlier this week, I flew to Clearwater, Florida to interview Morgan Freeman about his reprised role in the Dolphin Tale 2, the second part of the story of Dolphin Winter, who had…
Cinema
BFI explains diversity requirements for film funding
BFI bosses have been meeting film producers in London today, to explain its new “Three Ticks” policy that aims to ensure diversity in the British film business.
Cinema
Is Hollywood to blame for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s drug overdose?
The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman from a drug overdose has shocked Hollywood and the world.
Cinema
The tumultuous journey of Blue Is The Warmest Colour
There is no other movie that merits a Golden Globe nomination more than Blue is the Warmest colour, which has garnered more accolades than any other film this year since it began…
Cinema
Robert Redford: Hollywood is just a business – TV interview
In an interview I’ve conducted with Robert Redford for my BBC show, Alternative Cinema, the Hollywood superstar explains why he founded the Sundance institute in 1980.