It was straight down to business this year. No messing about by the beach. Within two hours of getting off the plane at Nice Airport, I was sitting in the rooftop Salle de Soixantieme cinema, first built to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. With Cannes now marking its 68th edition, one […]
ITV has been named the Channel of the Year at the Edinburgh TV Festival. The success of shows such as the crime thriller Broadchurch, with a peak audience of nearly 9 million viewers, have helped to restore the reputation of the network, whose renaissance in recent years has come about through reality shows, such as […]
One of the stars of the Olympic sitcom Twenty Twelve, Olivia Colman, has surprised many, including herself, by taking two of the top honours at this year’s TV BAFTA awards. At a glittering ceremony, at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s Southbank, Colman first set foot on the stage as part of the Twenty Twelve […]
Peter Strickland’s critically acclaimed follow-up to his 2009 debut Katalin Varga, Berberian Sound Studio, has picked up the most prizes at the British Independent Film Awards. Its haul of four included Best Director for Strickland, Best Actor for Toby Jones, Best Production and Best Technical Achievement, for its Sound Design. Fittingly, in the film, Jones […]
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
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