News
Venice and Toronto pave the way for awards season
The starting gun has been fired on the 2016 film awards season, with the announcement of the line-ups of two of the most prestigious festivals.
Tom Hooper
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Talent without glamour at the GREAT British pre Oscars reception
The dearth of Oscar nominations for British stars sucked the glamour out of the Great British Film reception in Los Angeles last night.
News
DGA announces 2013 Best Director nominations
Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced today its nominations for Best Director: Steven Spielberg for Lincoln, Ben Affleck for Argo, Tom Hooper for Les Miserables, Ang Lee for Life of Pi…
News
Kings Speech director backs BFIs youth film academy
A government-commissioned report has claled for more cultural education in schools. Darren Henley - who runs the Classic FM radio station - concluded that there is "a great deal of patchiness" in…
Cinema
Black Swan takes a bow at the Spirits
Some of Hollywood's biggest stars have gathered in a marquee on Santa Monica beach to honour the makes of the year's best independent American films.
Cinema
Even Oscar nominees like a free lunch
This year's Oscar nominees have gathered for the annual luncheon, thrown by the Academy in their honour, at an exclusive hotel in Beverly Hills.