All articles by Ellie Calnan – Page 36
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: Take That musical ‘Greatest Days’ goes up against ‘The Flash’
Also opening is ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Pretty Red Dress’.
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NewsIDFA award-winner ‘Much Ado About Dying’ scooped up for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The documentary has as its UK premiere at Sheffield DocFest today (June 15)
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NewsOscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson dies aged 87
Jackson won Academy Awards for ’Women In Love’ and ’A Touch Of Class’.
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NewsBette Gordon’s ‘Variety’ restoration to be released in UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The 1983 underground hit follows a woman who works at a pornographic cinema.
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![[L-R]: Simon Beaufoy, Alice Nutter, Dennis Kelly, Jack Thorne](https://d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/6/7/2/1399672_wgastrike_809888_crop.jpeg)
News‘Matilda’ writer Dennis Kelly calls on streamers to “share the proceeds of their wealth” at UK solidarity protest
“The only way out is for the streamers to start talking to the WGA,” added Kelly.
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NewsJesse Armstrong, Simon Beaufoy among writers at UK solidarity march for WGA strike
The demonstration took place at London’s Leicester Square as part of a Global Day of Solidarity for the WGA.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival 2023 to open with world premiere of Johnny Barrington’s drama ‘Silent Roar’
Film is the debut feature of Screen’s Rising Star Scotland Johnny Barrington.
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![L-R] Adrian Wootton, Film London CEO; Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy; Rob Huber, managing director at Universal UK & Ireland; Andy Harries, producer](https://d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/5/0/3/1399503_dsc_0038_288828.jpg)
NewsFilm London launches pilot for first green energy supplier for local productions
The Gird Project will reduce CO2 and air pollution by 100% as well as significantly reduce noise pollution.
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News‘Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts’ opens second at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ holds lead
’Across The Spider-Verse’ has now surpassed the lifetime takings of its predecessor after swooping another £4.1m
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NewsMarie Amachoukeli’s Cannes Critics’ Week opener ‘Ama Gloria’ acquired for UK and Ireland
The French drama explores the close relationship between a six-year-old girl and her nanny
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NewsAnnecy film festival team responds to knife attack in French town
Six people, including four children, were injured during a knife attack at a local park, just days ahead of the 2023 film festival.
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NewsInternational box office matched pre-pandemic levels in May 2023
May’s international box office (excluding China) of $1.543bn was just 1% behind the same month average in pre-pandemic times.
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News‘Golda’, ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ to bookend 2023 Jerusalem Film Festival
‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ recently won Cannes’ Palme d’Or
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News‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ soars with £8.2m UK-Ireland box office debut; ‘The Boogeyman’ opens in top five
‘Across The Spider-Verse’ made nearly seven times that of its predecessor on its opening weekend.
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NewsSideshow, Janus Films pick up Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes title ‘About Dry Grasses’
Follows a young teacher carrying out mandatory duty in Eastern Anatolia
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NewsSyndicado boards Cannes Docs bullfighter film ‘The Boy And The Suit Of Light’ (exclusive)
Follows a young boy living in a small Spanish town dealing with pressures from his family to become a bullfighter
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NewsKim Longinotto, Anna Higgs among Sheffield DocFest jurors (exclusive)
The documentary festival also announced the ‘Filmmaker Challenge’ participants and key guest speakers
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News‘The Little Mermaid’ swims to first place at UK-Ireland box office with £5m debut
The live-action remake made a total of £6.9m including bank holiday Monday
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NewsAki Kaurismäki’s ‘Fallen Leaves’ tops Screen’s final 2023 Cannes jury grid
Alice Rohrwacher’s ’La Chimera’ and Ken Loach’s ’The Old Oak’ were the final two titles to land on the grid.
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NewsUK-Ire box office preview: ‘The Little Mermaid’ hopes to make a splash
Also opening this weekend is ‘Hypnotic’, ‘Sisu’, ‘Full Time’ and ‘Master Gardener’.