All Baftas articles – Page 26
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Features'Anomalisa': existential risk
Animator Duke Johnson had to convince writer-director Charlie Kaufman that his spoken-word play Anomalisa would work as a feature film.
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Features'The Good Dinosaur': Jurassic bark
The Good Dinosaur director Peter Sohn talks to Elbert Wyche about bringing a friendly dinosaur and a dog-like boy to life and hatching the film’s environment from present-day reality
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Features'Inside Out': ode to joy
The team behind Pixar’s Inside Out found inspiration for their strikingly ambitious trip into the human mind in some unlikely places, as Pete Docter tells Jeremy Kay.
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Features'Shaun The Sheep Movie': silence of the lambs
For a film with no dialogue, Shaun The Sheep Movie still took two years to write. The runaway hit’s creative team at Aardman talk to Ian Sandwell about the rigours and rewards of remaining mute.
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Features'Minions': the three stooges
Charlie Chaplin, Peter Sellers and Mr Bean were the inspirations behind animation success story Minions. John Hazelton explores the rise of the be-goggled ones.
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Features'The Peanuts Movie': Snoopy's welcome return
When the Schulz family entrusted the Peanuts characters with director Steve Martino, they had two stipulations: no twerking and no iPhones.
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Comment'Carol' director talks female-driven films at BAFTA event
Todd Haynes discussed his career at a BAFTA Life in Pictures event.
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FeaturesAwards Season: The Actors
Interviews with Michael Fassbender, Brie Larson, Saoirse Ronan, Idris Elba, Alicia Vikander, Kate Winslet and Benicio del Toro.
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FeaturesMichael Fassbender: the master and the mastermind
Following a series of charismatic turns, Michael Fassbender finishes 2015 on a high with a suitably meticulous portrayal of Apple saviour Steve Jobs. Tom Grater chats to the actor about method and motivation
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FeaturesWe need to talk about Kate: Kate Winslet on 'Steve Jobs'
In Steve Jobs, Kate Winslet plays the Apple genius’s closest confidante and moral conscience. She tells Matt Mueller about looking out for Michael Fassbender and finding good roles in the industry.
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FeaturesTarget acquired: Benicio del Toro on 'Sicario'
Benicio del Toro talks to Jeremy Kay about his role as a ruthless killer in Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario and the disheartening lack of progress in the war on drugs since his work on Traffic in 2000.
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FeaturesThe Swedish Girl: Alicia Vikander
How did the Swedish actress who made her name in a Danish film climb up the international A-list so quickly? Charles Gant charts the stellar career so far of The Danish Girl’s Alicia Vikander.
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FeaturesBrie Larson: up close and personal
Brie Larson went to startling lengths to prepare for the role of a lifetime in Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, as she reveals to Jeremy Kay.
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FeaturesSaoirse Ronan and John Crowley discuss 'Brooklyn'
John Crowley, the director of Brooklyn, talks to his leading lady Saoirse Ronan about dancing with the camera, connecting to the role and a fortuitous meeting with Patti Smith. Wendy Mitchell reports.
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FeaturesIdris Elba: a commanding turn
Idris Elba’s mesmerising performance as the predatory soldier Commandant in Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts Of No Nation is based on the actor’s empathy with his character, as he tells Jeremy Kay.
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NewsDavid O Russell to deliver BAFTA lecture
American Hustle director to give talk in London in December.
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NewsKate Winslet to receive BAFTA career retrospective
The Titanic actress’s glittering career will be recognised in a BAFTA event this December.
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NewsBAFTA to host Sam Mendes event
The director of Spectre and American Beauty will discuss his career to date.
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NewsBAFTA sets 2016 awards dates
Key dates for entry, screenings and nominations announcement confirmed.
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NewsBAFTA to host Johnnie To event
Hong Kong director to speak on stage in London as part of BAFTA’s A Life In Pictures series.