All articles by Charles Gant – Page 21
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NewsInternational box office: ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ adds $13m; new openings boost ‘Tom And Jerry’
Disney animation delivered a strong hold in North America thanks to the reopening of cinemas in California.
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FeaturesOscar nominations talking points: more indie, more female, more diverse
The fact that Bafta and Oscar have dramatically diverged this year adds much-needed texture to the final weeks of the awards countdown
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News’Raya And The Last Dragon’ posts $11.5m at international box office; ‘Shin Evangelion’ boosts Japan
Disney animation ’Raya And The Last Dragon’ has passed $50m worldwide.
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FeaturesThe fight to make ‘Sound Of Metal’: “Hollywood didn’t want to hear about heavy metal and deaf people”
Sound Of Metal began as a hybrid docufiction in 2007, directed by Derek Cianfrance, and emerged over a decade later as the fiction feature debut of Darius Marder
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FeaturesBafta nomination talking points: film awards moving in right direction
More British talent, diverse nominees and women to the fore (in some categories).
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News‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ delivers $17.6m at international box office; ‘Minari’ leads Korea
‘Raya’ tops key markets; ‘Chaos Walking’ in $6.4m global debut
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FeaturesThe story behind the costumes from five female-fronted awards contenders
‘Emma’, ‘Promising Young Woman’, ‘The United States Vs Billie Holiday’ and more share costume secrets.
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FeaturesIn conversation: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, ‘One Night In Miami’, ‘The Father’ writers on adapting stageplays into films
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Kemp Powers, Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton come talk about their personal inspirations.
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NewsInternational box office: ‘Tom And Jerry’ in $33m weekend haul; ‘Demon Slayer’ tops Australia
Warner Bros’ animated feature expanded to key territories including China, Russia and South Korea.
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FeaturesMaking ‘The Mauritanian’: filmmakers talk casting challenges and a late title change
“The notion early on was that this would not be the easiest film to get made.”
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FeaturesIn profile: the Oscar and Bafta documentary contenders
The roster of documentary features in contention for major awards has narrowed significantly from the bumper crop of submissions this year.
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Features“It was torturous at times”: the 15-year journey behind ‘The Dig’
The Dig’s journey to the screen began when John Preston’s English historical novel was optioned in 2006.
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NewsInternational box office: Australia opening boosts ‘The Little Things’
Warner Bros crime thriller The Little Things held pretty steady at the global box office, with estimated weekend takings of $3.1.
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FeaturesGame changer: what effect have the new Bafta rules had on the longlists?
Viewing groups, a broader membership and conscious voter videos have all been introduced.
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FeaturesHas Bafta’s documentary category become too populist?
“It feels like the documentary category has become the casualty of this whole process.”
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NewsInternational box office: ‘Detective Chinatown 3’ leads Chinese New Year explosion; ‘Soul’ passes $100m
The third ‘Detective Chinatown’ film took $397m in China.
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News‘Soul’ nears $100m at international box office; ‘The Little Things’ hits $13m
Russia, South Korea and China continue to be the strongest markets for Disney’s Soul.
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FeaturesKingsley Ben-Adir on the “pressure and stakes” of playing Malcolm X in ‘One Night In Miami’
The UK actor talks playing American icon Malcom X.
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NewsInternational box office: ‘Soul’ posts strong hold; ‘The Little Things’ scores $7.6m global debut
John Lee Hancock’s ’The Little Things’, starring Denzel Washington and Rami Malek, launched in North America, Russia and 17 smaller markets.
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FeaturesTahar Rahim on playing “an extraordinary soul” in ’The Mauritanian’
Tahar Rahim wasn’t interested in playing an Islamic terror suspect until The Mauritanian arrived to change his mind.