And happy new year to you too, dear reader! We pick up kinda where we left off with 2021: Pandemic surges, already-tenuous societal lattice-work on both sides of the Atlantic increasingly rattled, and the surreal becoming more steadily commonplace. In that spirit then, we open this year’s column with a kind of meta reflection on … Read more
The full list of winners is as followed: Best Feature The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal, director; Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Charles Dorfman, producers (Netflix) (WINNER) The Green Knight David Lowery, director; Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, David Lowery, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, producers (A24) Passing Rebecca Hall, director; Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest … Read more
The 65th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express closed with a star studded finale with the European Premiere of The Tragedy of Macbeth at new Festival venue the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall with director Joel Coen and key cast, including Frances McDormand, in attendance. Over the 12 days of the Festival, the new Headline Gala … Read more
Around the President Spike Lee, five women and three men of seven nationalities, and coming from five continents, will have the privilege to discover the 24 films of the 2021 international Competition. As a reflection of the official selection, almost the whole world will be part of these long-awaited premieres. The jury members are as … Read more
Non – Stop Sean Bobbitt BSC / Hysteria, Byzantium & The Place Beyond The Pines Non – Stop Sean Bobbitt BSC / Hysteria, Byzantium & The Place Beyond The Pines If variety is the spice of life then Sean Bobbitt BSC has been having a very spicy time over the past … Read more