The London Film Critics’ Circle is the latest awards body to honour the silent film The Artist with its Best Film prize.
The group also gave prizes to the film’s director, Michel Hazanavicius, and lead actor, Jean Dujardin.
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The nominations for Britain’s most prestigious film awards – the BAFTAs – have set up a race between the silent film, The Artist, and the big screen adaptation of John Le Carre’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
The Artist, which picked up three Golden Globes at the weekend, is in the running
The Artist and The Descendants have emerged as the films to beat, this awards season, after collecting many of the key awards at this year’s Golden Globes.
The black and white, silent movie The Artist was voted the Best Comedy