Hollywood
2017: The Year Hollywood Fought Trump and Lost Its Moral High Ground
Hollywood opened 2017 at war with Donald Trump and closed it mired in the Weinstein scandal, beaten on climate and the travel ban, and stalked by Netflix and Amazon.
Meryl Streep
Cinema
Who Gets to Be a Hero? Spielberg and Hanks on Snowden and The Post
A battle over the Pentagon Papers becomes an urgent argument about journalism, political loyalty and the limits of government power.
Review
Suffragette
DIRECTOR: Sarah Gavron - CAST: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Natalie Press, Adam Michael Dodd, Adrian Schiller, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Geoff Bell, Grace Stottor, Meryl Streep, Romola Garai, Samuel…
News
Birdman and Grand Budapest Hotel lead Oscar nominations
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced this year’s Oscar nominations at a pre-dawn ceremony, here in Los Angeles.
Blog
Strong British presence at SAG nominations dominated by Birdman
British stars are well represented among the nominations for the awards which best predict the acting Oscars, the Screen Actors Guild.
Review
August: Osage County
Director: John Wells - Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson, Juliette Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dermot Mulroney, Abigail Breslin, Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale, Misty Upham, Sam Shepard, Will Coffey
News
American Hustle, Gravity and 12 Years a Slave lead Oscar nominations
Last year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters shocked the film industry when they overlooked Ben Affleck in the best director’s category, this year they outdid themselves, snubbing safe…
Cinema
Oscar puts awards season to bed with The Artist
Within hours of The Artist becoming the first French film to win the Best Picture Oscar, at the end of a glittering night for the silent, black and white film, the streets…
News
Artist dominates a tight fought Oscars
The Artist has taken five Academy Awards at the Oscars ceremony in Hollywood, the same number as Hugo, but the black-and-white film won the categories that counted.
News
Italian jail-set docu-drama wins Berlins Golden Bear
The octogenarian Italian film-making brothers, Vittorio and Paolo Taviani, have won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival for their docu-drama, Caesar Must Die.