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Comment: industry desperate for Cannes to keep its hot streak going
It’s more than eyes on the Cannes Competition - it’s wallets too.
Comment: studios should strive to make this generation’s ‘The Matrix’
Cinemagoing needs to be protected, and as the independent space is flourishing, bigger studios should take notice.
Nine Bafta takeaways: no politics and little diversity, but fun, friendly and very British
Screen’s executive editor, reviews and new talent Fionnuala Halligan looks back at last night’s Bafta Film Awards.
Comment: The Academy’s international feature category is struggling to keep up with the times
“The international feature film category is fast becoming a juvenile delinquent lobbing grenades of credibility back at the mothership”
“I think a lot about death”: Carlos Marques-Marcet on end-of-life musical ‘There Will Be Dust’
The TIFF Platform Award winner opens Valladolid before releasing in Spain in November
Comment: Venice 2024 - The Films Are All Right
Panic over a paucity of films due to the Hollywood strikes was papered-over by artistic director Alberto Barbera’s suavely-executed line-up
‘Kneecap’ breaks £1m at UK-Ireland box office as ‘Alien: Romulus’ holds lead with £2m
‘It Ends With Us’, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ hold well.
Comment: five fall festival titles that will become awards contenders - and why
Identifying the awards-season contenders from the bewildering array of films at this time of year means learning the rules of the game.
Comment: Sex and politics reign at newsworthy Cannes 2024
Critical consensus – if you can ever find it – indicates it was a good year, even if reviews were rarely rapturous.
Comment: the Independent Film Tax Credit is a victory for the UK industry
With the UK independent film industry getting a vote of confidence, what will emerge as the result of this victory?
Comment: Bafta’s winning films are an optimistic vision of a global UK industry
Box-office success for ’The Zone Of Interest’, ’Anatomy Of A Fall’ and ’All Of Us Strangers’ suggests the arthouse audience is back too.
Comment: It is time for Bafta to rethink its jury interventions
Bafta should trust its reinvigorated membership and give them more of a vote.
Venice’s Giornate degli Autori unveils 2023 line-up
The films include Isabelle Huppert starrer ’Sidonie in Japan’ and a new short film by Celine Sciamma.
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