Awards
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Oscars 2016: Revenant, Mad Max lead noms
Following hot on the heels of last week’s Bafta nominations in London as well as the weekend’s telling Golden Globe results, at 1.30pm GMT today the list of nominees for this year’s 88th Academy Awards were broadcast across the globe. With presenting duties split between Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee, as well as John…
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Golden Globes 2016: Revenant takes spoils
In what was perhaps the strongest indication yet of which films will walk away with what at next month’s Academy Awards ceremony, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant dominated this year’s Golden Globes with wins for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for leading man Leonardo DiCaprio. Elsewhere there were also victories for The Martian…
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Baftas 2016: Bridge of Spies, Carol lead
Announced by Stephen Fry and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw, this year’s Bafta nominations were revealed earlier this morning. Todd Haynes’ Carol and Steve Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies lead the way with nine nominations a-piece, earning nods for Best Film and Best Director as well as a host of technical awards. Elsewhere, Oscar hopefuls The Revenant, Spotlight…
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Oscars 2015: ‘Birdman’ Best Picture, Best Director
Something of a surprise success story on the night given recent results, the two biggest accolades of the 87th Academy Awards were reserved for Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, the recipient of both Best Picture and Best Director Oscars as well as Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Best Actress went to Julianne Moore…
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Oscars 2015: Main award predictions
Later this evening (and into the early hours for those of us in the UK), the 87th Academy Awards ceremony will take place at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre, with director Richard Linklater’s Boyhood going up against Alejandro Iñárritu’s Birdman and Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel for most of the main awards including Best Director…
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Oscars 2015: Nine nods for ‘Birdman’ & ‘Grand Budapest’
Following hot on the heels of last week’s Bafta nominations in London as well as the weekend’s telling Golden Globe results, at 1.30pm GMT today the list of nominees for this year’s 87th Academy Awards were broadcast across the globe. With presenting duties split between J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón, as well as Chris Pine…
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Baftas 2015: Five for ‘Grand Budapest’
Earlier this evening, Wes Anderson’s Berlin International Film Festival opener The Grand Budapest Hotel took the Baftas by storm, walking away with a total of five awards – most of which were for technical achievements. Following closely behind with three wins apiece were James Marsh’s Stephen Hawking drama The Theory of Everything and Damien Chazelle’s…
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Baftas 2015: ‘Grand Budapest’ leads noms
Announced by Stephen Fry and Sam Claflin, this year’s Bafta nominations were revealed yesterday morning. Wes Anderson’s Berlinale opener The Grand Budapest Hotel leads the pack with eleven nominations, earning nods for Best Film, Best British Actor, Best Director as well as a host of technical awards. Elsewhere, Oscar hopefuls Birdman, the 12-years-in-the-making Boyhood and Second…
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Oscars 2014: ‘Gravity’ pulls in seven, ’12 Years’ Best Picture
This year’s accolade season finally drew to a close last night/this morning with the star-studded 86th Academy Awards ceremony. As predicted, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity was the big winner of the night with seven awards including Best Director, Achievement in Cinematography and Best Original Score. However, it was British director Steve McQueen’s hotly tipped 12 Years a Slave…
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Oscars 2014: The latest odds
Awards season is gradually winding to a close with most of the backslapping for 2013’s best in film behind us. However, the big night is still to come, and that means that speculative Oscar predictions are now in full flow. Every year, there are a handful of major awards for which it’s fairly clear which…