by Film Moderator | Sep 18, 2020 | Film
After six years, Anna Smith is standing down from her role as Chair of the Film Section. Only the second woman ever to have held the position (after the late great Dilys Powell some 40 years prior), she also served two years as President of the entire Critics’ Circle,...
by Film Moderator | Dec 7, 2018 | Film
The London-based media group Dover Street Entertainment returns as headline sponsor for the awards, which will be held for a seventh year at The May Fair Hotel. British actors Molly Wright and Lee Shone will announce the nominations for the 39th London Critics’...
by Film Moderator | Nov 18, 2018 | Film
As the British Film Institute launches the Philip French Collection as part of its library, Carcanet Press is publishing a volume of hand-selected reviews spanning half a century. Marianne Gray writes… Notes From the Dream House Selected Film Reviews 1963...
by Film Moderator | Nov 5, 2018 | Film, Uncategorized
The UK Critics’ Circle Film Section is thrilled to announce six new members for 2018/19. Film Section Chair Anna Smith calls them “exceptional”. They are: Erika Balsom, Sight and Sound, Artforum and Frieze Philip de Semlyen, Global Film Editor of Time Out Simran Hans,...
by Film Moderator | Sep 18, 2018 | Film
London Critics’ Circle Film Award winners Ken Loach and Mike Leigh have joined a host of writers and filmmakers supporting PEN International’s Free Oleg Sentsov campaign, writes PEN’s Sheila Bailey. Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian writer and film director, was...
