All UK/Ireland articles – Page 164
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FeaturesFive years of #MeToo: What has changed in the UK?
Key UK figures including Maya Amsellem, Mia Bays, Aisha Bywaters, Sarah Brocklehurst, Sadie Frost, Jen Smith and Eva Yates discuss the progress and pitfalls.
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FeaturesCharlotte Wells on casting Paul Mescal in ‘Aftersun’: “It was nice to play with an audience’s expectation of him”
Writer/director Charlotte Wells and lead producers Adele Romanski and Amy Jackson tell Screen about the film’s remarkable journey.
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News‘The Banshees Of Inisherin’ leads London Critics’ Circle Awards nominations
Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy has nine nominations, while Charlotte Wells’ ’Aftersun’ has eight.
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NewsCurzon unveils 2023 slate, includes Venice titles ‘The Damned Don’t Cry’, ‘L’Immensità’ (exclusive)
Further titles include Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ’The Beasts’ and Chie Hayakawa’s debut ‘Plan 75’.
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Features“History, unfortunately, is cyclical”: ‘Blue Jean’ filmmakers on the drama’s important warning
Director Georgia Oakley and producer Hélène Sifre tell Screen why they felt they had to tell this story.
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Features‘Living’ team talk Bill Nighy, positivity and how they nabbed ‘Ikiru’ rights
In converting Japanese film Ikiru to UK drama Living, director Oliver Hermanus, screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro and producer Stephen Woolley were able to add a note of positivity and optimism — as they explain to Screen.
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FeaturesEmma Thompson doesn’t want to be called “brave” for ‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’ nudity
After a career spanning 40 years, Emma Thompson has taken one of her most daring roles to date.
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News‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ opens with strong £11.2m at UK-Ireland box office
James Cameron sequel scores joint seventh-highest weekend opening total for a post-pandemic title.
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NewsClint Dyer, Roy Williams board Film4 football drama ‘Three Degrees’ (exclusive)
The feature tells the true story of three Black footballers who transformed the fortunes of West Bromwich Albion football team.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: will ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ break records?
One of only two new titles, with ‘Nutcracker And The Magic Flute’.
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Features‘She Said’ writer on the “huge responsibility” to #MeToo survivors
Rebecca Lenkiewicz wanted to honour the journalists and survivors at the centre of the Weinstein scandal.
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NewsUK film industry pioneer Sydney Samuelson dies aged 97
Samuelson spent more than 50 years working in the UK industry and was the first British film commissioner.
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NewsBFI and Film4 partner on high-budget shorts programme called Future Takes
Up to £90,000 will be awarded per project
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NewsUkrainian smuggling drama ‘Pamfir’ scores UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
The film debuted in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
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NewsUK’s NFTS granted degree awarding powers for first time
The school previously had a Master of Arts accredited by the Royal College of Art.
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NewsBFI launches search for new London Film Festival director
Who does the industry believe would be a good fit to take over from Tricia Tuttle?
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FeaturesFrom ‘Love Actually’ to ‘Living’: Bill Nighy on his "unspeakably lucky” career
Close to two decades on from his Bafta win for Love Actually, Bill Nighy’s beautifully restrained performance in Living sees him back in the awards conversation — and in a rare big-screen lead role.
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NewsPrince Charles Cinema team “very disappointed” as Edinburgh Filmhouse bid rejected
The administrators are understood to have “received a much larger offer and one which blew the rest of us out of the water”.
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FeaturesMicheal Ward on ‘Empire Of Light’ nude scenes: “If Jude Law can do it, I can do it!”
England’s racial divide is probed in Sam Mendes’s 1980s-set Empire Of Light. Actor Micheal Ward tells Screen about the bittersweet film’s toughest moments, romancing Olivia Colman and getting butt naked.
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NewsToronto premiere ‘Charcoal’ picked up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
It is the debut feature from Brazilian writer-director Carolina Markowicz.