All articles by Charles Gant – Page 5
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FeaturesScreen’s guide to the 2025 international feature Oscar shortlist
The 2025 shortlist includes France’s ’Emilia Pérez’, Ireland’s ’Kneecap’ and Brazil’s ’I’m Still Here’.
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FeaturesBaftas 2025: fierce competition faces titles competing for the British-only categories
Top contenders include ’Conclave’, ’Blitz’, ’Gladiator II’, ’We Live In Time’ and ’Civil War’.
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FeaturesGlen Powell on why ‘Hit Man’ was a tough sell for studios
After a string of failed auditions saw Powell dropped by his agency, the actor took control of his own destiny.
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FeaturesWho are the early Oscar and Bafta frontrunners in the acting categories? (2025 edition)
This year’s Oscars and Baftas look set to deliver a strong haul of first-time nominees in the four performance categories.
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FeaturesHow family plays a key role for documentary awards hopefuls this year
Family presents as a rich strand in the documentaries contending for awards this season. Screen talks to filmmakers about how the theme offers vital audience access points and emotional payload.
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News‘Red One’ launches with $28m at global box office as ‘Venom 3’ closes in on $400m
Warner Bros’ festive action title ‘Red One’ opened in 75 international markets.
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News‘Venom: The Last Dance’ hits $317m at global box office; ‘The Wild Robot’ sees powerful hold
’Venom 3’ hit $300m after 10 days while ‘The Wild Robot’ nears $270m.
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Features12 documentaries to watch this awards season: 2024/5 edition
As part of Screen International’s guide to the films to watch this awards season, we round up some of the key documentary contenders.
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NewsForeign markets boost ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ to $175m global opening – but film soft in North America
The third ‘Venom’ feature was a huge hit in China, grossing $46m over five days.
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News‘Smile 2’ cracks grin at top of worldwide box office; ‘The Wild Robot’ nears $200m total
Paramount horror ‘Smile 2’ opened with an estimated $46m globally.
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News‘The Wild Robot’ tops global box office as ‘Joker: Folie À Deux’ crashes in second session
Universal animation ‘The Wild Robot’ is now just shy of $150m.
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News‘Joker: Folie À Deux’ tops global box office chart with $114.8m – a big drop from ‘Joker’ debut
The ‘Joker’ sequel opened with half that of the 2019 title.
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News‘The Wild Robot’ surges to global box office top spot as ‘Megalopolis’ sputters with $6m opening
Universal’s DreamWorks animation ‘The Wild Robot’ took in $44.9m over the weekend.
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News‘Transformers One’ revs up with $39m opening at global box office
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ holds top spot with $331.2m total.
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News‘Beetlejuice 2’ dominates with $80m second session; ‘Speak No Evil’ lands with $21m
UK/Ireland remains the top international market for ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’.
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News‘Alien: Romulus’ leads worldwide box office in static late-summer session
‘Inside Out 2’ returns to the global box office top five.
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News‘Blink Twice’, ‘The Crow’ fall short as holdovers retain lead at global box office
Blink Twice landed in fifth place in the worldwide box office chart with $14m.
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FeaturesHow Laika’s ‘Coraline’ became the re-release hit of the year
The ‘Coraline’ re-release has passed $27m worldwide.
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FeaturesThe lowdown on all the Venice Film Festival 2024 titles
Screen profiles all the films in the Venice Film Festival’s official selection and parallel sections.
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FeaturesWhy it has been a summer of two halves at the UK & Ireland box office
Screen reports on a market that remains optimistic about the year in full.