Danny Boyle is to close the London Film Festival for the third time, with his eponymous biopic of the Apple founder, Steve Jobs. The British director has previously had the honour with Slumdog Millionaire in 2008 and 127 hours two years later – both films featuring prominently at the Oscars, four months later. Based on […]
The drama ’71, set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, has picked up the most nominations for this year’s British Independent Film Awards, including nods for Best British Independent Film, Best Director for Yann Demange and Best Actor for Jack O’Connell. Pride, about a group of gay activists who raised money for striking miners in […]
Straight to the top spot is British-American epic historical drama film, 12 Years a Slave which made £2,511,349 on its opening weekend. The film is an adaptation of the 1853 memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free black man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and sold […]
Gravity, the successful science fiction thriller, has remained at its position at the top spot by making an impressive £4,838,152 on its second week on release. The film, that stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, revolves around two astronauts who survive the mid-orbit destruction of a Space Shuttle and attempt to return to Earth. Gravity, […]
Coming late in the year, the London Film Festival is continuing its modest streak of bringing some of the best films of the year’s other festivals – including Sundance, Cannes, Venice and Toronto – to Britain. Many festivals insist on screening the world premieres for their films, but with a total of 234 features during […]
Rumours and controversy are flying around the New Mexico set of the Western Jane Got A Gun following the abrupt departure of the director, Lynne Ramsay and Jude Law, who was to have played the villain. The producers have hurriedly hired Warrior director Gavin O’Connor to replace Ramsay and are now seeking an actor to […]
Gary Oldman has been honoured as the best actor of last year at the Empire Awards, for his Oscar-nominated role as Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The film also took the prizes for the Best Thriller and
Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin picked up the Best Film award at the Evening Standard’s annual celebration of British cinema.
The honour will be a psychological boost, if nothing else, ahead of this weekend’s BAFTAs, where the
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.
The London critics picked We Need To Talk About Kevin as their best British
With three of the top awards at the 14th British Independent Film Awards, the dark drama Tyrannosaur was the big winner of the night, at the ceremony at Old Billingsgate.
It was voted the Best British Independent Film, with director