Film Review: Beastie Boys Story
★★★☆☆ New York hip hop antagonists Beastie Boys are a group who have often defied the very notion of pigeon-holing, blending elements of rap,...
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13 March 2023
Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere wins Best Picture, Best Director
The winners of this year’s 95th Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning at LA’s Dolby Theatre. The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner on the night, scooping seven Oscars in total including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh.
11 March 2023
Oscars 2023: Our final predictions
More than twelve months after “the slap”, the 95th Academy Awards are almost upon us. The recent success of Parasite and Drive My Car appears to have opened the door for more international features to break through into the main categories, with Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front up for Best Picture, Best Director and seven further categories.
28 February 2023
Baftas 2023: All Quiet on the Western Front wins Best Film, Best Director
The winners of this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards were announced yesterday at the ceremony’s new home, London’s Royal Festival Hall. Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front, which went into the awards with the most nominations, won both Best Film and Best Director for Netflix.
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CPH:DOX 2020: The Fight for Greenland review
★★★☆☆ The opening film of this year’s digitised CPH:DOX festival, Kenneth Sorento’s The Fight for Greenland offers a balanced, clear-eyed view of an indigenous populace grappling with the prospect of autonomy from the Kingdom of Denmark.
CPH:DOX 2020: Digital programme preview
With the Cannes Film Festival now postponing its 2020 edition in light of the global Covid-19 epidemic until late June at the earliest, and other major fests either cancelling or delaying in recent weeks, CPH:DOX has arguably led the way in adapting to the current situation.
Oscars 2020: Best Picture winner Parasite makes Oscars history
Parasite’s Korean director Bong Joon-ho upset the odds to win both Best Picture and Best Director at this year’s Academy Awards on a night of mixed feelings over the Academy’s perceived lack of diversity.
Oscars 2020: Our final predictions
It may be early February but – thanks to a compressed awards season – the 92nd Academy Awards are almost upon us. Once again, concerns over diversity and representation have dominated the discourse, with only one non-white nominee across the four acting categories in the form of British actress Cynthia Erivo.
Film Review: Uncut Gems
★★★★☆ Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love has long been held aloft by Adam Sandler advocates as proof of the 53-year-old’s acting chops. While years of...
Baftas 2020: 1917 turns one-shot into 7 wins
The winners of this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards were announced earlier this evening at a star-studded ceremony hosted by Graham Norton. 1917 was the big story of the night, winning both Best Film and Best Director for Sam Mendes.
Film Review: Richard Jewell
★★★☆☆ Industry commentators were somewhat taken aback by Kathy Bates’ Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Clint Eastwood’s latest “fact-based” drama, Richard...
Film Review: The Personal History of David Copperfield
★★★☆☆ Acclaimed satirist Armando Iannucci follows up the pitch-black delights of 2017’s The Death of Stalin with The Personal History of David Copperfield, a...
Oscars 2020: Joker has 11 nominations, 10 each for 1917, OUATIH and The Irishman
The nominations for this year’s 92nd Academy Awards were announced this morning. As was the case with the Baftas a week prior, Todd Phillips’...