by Neil Young | Nov 28, 2019 | Film
Neil Young reports from the Gijón International Film Festival in Spain Gijón is a city of cinema, haunted by the ghosts of cinemas past. In 1963, when it first hosted the event now known as the Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón (FICX for short)—for two decades a...
by Rich Cline | Nov 10, 2019 | Film
The UK Critics’ Circle Film Section is thrilled to announce four new members for 2019/20. Film Section Chair Anna Smith calls them “accomplished professional critics”. They are: James Dyer is the Digital Editor-in-Chief of Empire magazine and the Deputy Editor of...
by Neil Young | Sep 11, 2019 | Film
Concorto Comes of Age The biggest, industry-oriented of the world’s film-festivals are often described as having a “hothouse” atmosphere—how ironic, then, that one of the most casual, laid-back and non-materialistic celebrations of cinematic art,...
by Rich Cline | Jan 20, 2019 | Film
Alfonso Cuarón’s personal drama also wins Director of the Year, while Yorgos Lanthimos’ period black comedy The Favourite takes four awards, including British/Irish Film, Screenwriter, Actress for Olivia Colman and Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz. The...
by Rich Cline | Jan 8, 2019 | Awards, Film
Presented by Dover Street Entertainment and hosted by The May Fair Hotel for a seventh year, the ceremony on Sunday, 20th January, will also be sponsored by Heaven Skincare. Britain’s leading film critics today announced that actor, comic and social commentator...
by Rich Cline | Dec 18, 2018 | Film
Pedro Almodóvar is named as recipient of the London critics’ top honour, The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film, as Yorgos Lanthimos’ Queen Anne drama The Favourite picks up 10 nominations across the board. Presented by Dover Street Entertainment,...
