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
Next year’s celebration of American independent cinema, the beach-front Spirit Awards, will feature a range of highly regarded films including Take Shelter, Beginners, Drive and the upcoming The Artist and The Descendants.
Two British films will be hoping to follow the rather counter-intuitive lead of last year’s awards darling The King’s
Speaking to UK screen this afternoon at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, the producer of last years Oscar-winning hit The Kings Speech, Harvey Weinstein, said that his upcoming movie My Week With Marilyn was this