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The Assessment will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 17 from Magnolia Pictures.

No special features are listed. The sci-fi thriller is currently available on Digital.

Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, and Himesh Patel star with Indira Varma, Nicholas Pinnock, Charlotte Ritchie, Leah Harvey, and Minnie Driver.

Music video director Fleur Fortuné makes her feature debut from a script by Mrs. & Mr. Thomas and John Donnelly (The Pass).

Set in the not-so-distant future, Mia (Olsen) and Aaryan (Patel) are one of the few couples allowed to take a mysterious assessment for the right to have a child, having successfully navigated a brutal selection process. Desperate to prove themselves eligible, they face their evaluator, Virginia (Vikander) — cold, unpredictable, and impossible to read.

Subjected to seven grueling days of challenges, Mia and Aaryan are pushed to the brink. The trials unravel into a psychological nightmare, forcing them to face their deepest insecurities,...

If you miss seeing Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision) on screen or are just a big fan of thrillers, Prime Video has excellent news for you. The streamer announced today that The Assessment is going to debut on the platform, and you won't have to wait a lot for it: it pops up in the catalog on May 8. The story takes place in a dystopian future while society tries to rebuild itself. It also stars Alicia Vikander (Firebrand), Himesh Patel (The Franchise) and Indira Varma (Disclaimer). In order to celebrate the release, the streamer published the trailer on its official channel.

The trailer for The Assessment is both atmospheric and haunting. It starts off simple enough, with Virginia (Vikander) arriving at Mia (Olsen) and Aaryan's (Patel) house to evaluate if the couple is eligible to have a child. Their relationship quickly spirals out of control when Virginia tests them both in abstract and practical aspects,...

Will you pass The Assessment?

Find out when the film opens in theaters on March 21 before hitting Digital on April 8 via Magnolia Pictures, who just released the official poster below.

Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, and Himesh Patel star in the sci-fi thriller with Indira Varma, Nicholas Pinnock, Charlotte Ritchie, Leah Harvey, and Minnie Driver.

Music video director Fleur Fortuné makes her feature debut from a script by Mrs. & Mr. Thomas and John Donnelly (The Pass).

Set in the not-so-distant future, Mia (Olsen) and Aaryan (Patel) are one of the few couples allowed to take a mysterious assessment for the right to have a child, having successfully navigated a brutal selection process. Desperate to prove themselves eligible, they face their evaluator, Virginia (Vikander) — cold, unpredictable, and impossible to read.

Subjected to seven grueling days of challenges, Mia and Aaryan are pushed to the brink. The trials unravel into a psychological nightmare,...

Shamea Morton Mwangi has officially earned her peach, but real “Rhoa” fans know the new housewife has always been a sweet addition to the crew.

After years as a friend of the show, notably the bestie of returning housewife Porsha Williams, Morton Mwangi has joined the cast as a full member.

The wife and mother of two boast a jam-packed career filled with acting and hosting, and we’re certain she’ll deliver just as much excitement in the show as she does in her career and personal life.

Here’s everything you need to know about Morton Mwangi.

What is Shamea Morton Mwangi’s occupation?

In addition to starring in the reality series, Morton Mwangi is a singer, actress and media personality. Some of her acting credits include “Drumline” and “The Pass.” She earned a dual degree in psychology and sociology from Georgia State University.

Is Shamea Morton Mwangi a mother?...

In The Assessment‘s not-so-distant future, where resources are scarce and tightly controlled, even the dream of having a child is not a given.

The sci-fi thriller opens in theaters on March 21 before hitting Digital on April 8 from Magnolia Pictures.

Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, and Himesh Patel star with Indira Varma, Nicholas Pinnock, Charlotte Ritchie, Leah Harvey, and Minnie Driver.

Music video director Fleur Fortuné makes her feature debut from a script by Mrs. & Mr. Thomas and John Donnelly (The Pass).

Mia (Olsen) and Aaryan (Patel) are one of the few couples allowed to take a mysterious assessment for the right to have a child, having successfully navigated a brutal selection process. Desperate to prove themselves eligible, they face their evaluator, Virginia (Vikander) —cold, unpredictable, and impossible to read.

Subjected to seven grueling days of challenges, Mia and Aaryan are pushed to the brink. The trials unravel into a psychological nightmare,...

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India’s pioneering horror film festival Wench is set to unleash its fifth edition at Mumbai venues with British psychological thriller “The Eye,” toplining Shruti Haasan, who will participate in a post-screening Q&a. Running Feb. 27-March 2, the fest continues its mission to spotlight female voices in genre cinema, with women helmers accounting for 35 of the 42 selected films.

Festival founder Sapna Bhavnani is expanding the event’s footprint with a Kolkata edition while also launching Terror Talkies, billed as India’s first horror portal. The lineup boasts partnerships with genre heavyweights Fantasia and Imagine Fantastic Film Festival, including Oscar-nominated short “I’m Not a Robot” as part of the Fantasia collaboration.

Closing night honors go to Ishan Shukla’s IFFR winner “Schirkoa – In Lies We Trust.” The fest will also present masterclasses by Riksundar Banerjee and Vishal Furia, plus an art installation titled “Silent Skies” spotlighting avian conservation,...

Rhino has unveiled a new vinyl box set collecting Rush’s four studio albums from 1989 through 1996, arriving this Friday (November 1st).

The 6-lp set houses Presto (1989), Roll the Bones (1991), Counterparts (1993), and Test for Echo (1996) — all of which have been out of print on vinyl since they were last reissued in 2015. Counterparts and Test for Echo are spread across two LPs and three sides each.

These would be the final four albums Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart recorded for Atlantic Records prior to going on hiatus in 1997. Each record features original artwork, plus a print featuring reimagined cover art, and comes housed in a slipcase featuring new artwork by the band’s longtime art director Hugh Syme.

Rush signed with Atlantic prior to the release of Presto, which peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard album charts in 1989. The band enjoyed more success with its follow-up Roll the Bones in 1991, hitting No.

Some apotheosis of film culture has been reached with Freddy Got Fingered‘s addition to the Criterion Channel. Three years after we interviewed Tom Green about his consummate film maudit, it’s appearing on the service’s Razzie-centered program that also includes the now-admired likes of Cruising, Heaven’s Gate, Querelle, and Ishtar; the still-due likes of Under the Cherry Moon; and the more-contested Gigli, Swept Away, and Nicolas Cage-led Wicker Man. In all cases it’s an opportunity to reconsider one of the lamest, thin-gruel entities in modern culture.

A Jane Russell retro features von Sternberg’s Macao, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Raoul Walsh’s The Tall Men and The Revolt of Mamie Stover; streaming premieres will be held for Yuen Woo-ping’s Dreadnaught, Claire Simon’s Our Body, Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, the Devil, the recently restored Sepa: Our Lord of Miracles, and The Passion of Rememberance.

Did Kandi and Todd's party lead to some more recognition for The Pass?

On The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 15 Episode 16, it was time for them to make a big move when it emerged that more was at stake.

Meanwhile, Drew was ready to reconnect with Ralph, but something was holding her back.

Elsewhere, Sanya faced complications on her pregnancy journey.

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Two peach holders from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” are branching out. The trailer for “Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker’s The Pass” — a steamy thriller starring Drew Sidora and Kandi Burruss — just dropped ahead of its streaming premiere on Peacock Sunday.

In the film, Sidora plays a wife who gives her husband a “hall pass” — or permission to sleep with another woman. Their lives take a wild turn as the one-night stand becomes a tool of deception.

Burruss plays one of Sidora’s friends who encourages her to spice up her sex life.

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Along with Sidora and Burruss, “The Pass” stars Rob Riley and Erica Peeples. The film was executive produced by Burruss and her husband Todd Tucker. It was directed by Bobby Huntley written by Tucker.

Sidora and Burruss drew upon personal experience for the roles. Sidora is in the midst of a messy split from her husband Ralph Pittman,...

Email to staff talks of ’tough choices on where to spend our investment’

Sky Deutschland is stepping back from original scripted programming from next year, in a move which will see the dissolution of its drama commissioning team.

A memo sent to staff by Devesh Raj, chief executive of Sky’s Dach territories, outlined that Sky Deutschland will cease to produce any new scripted Sky original series from 2024.

Sky Deutschland will proceed with scripted titles currently in production and post-production, with those in development or pre-production placed into “turnaround”, Screen understands.

Series unaffected by the announcement include post-apocalyptic Helgoland 513,...

Toronto International Film Festival has revealed its Short Cuts lineup, featuring 39 live-action narrative, documentary, and animated shorts films from 18 countries.

Presented by TikTok, the program represents a blend of returning filmmakers and newcomers. Alice Rohrwacher’s “Le Pupille,” co-produced by Alfonso Cuarón, will make its Canadian premiere at the festival. Honor Swinton Byrne of “The Souvenir,” which screened at TIFF in 2018, stars in Hazel McKibbin’s “She Always Wins.” Actor Kiawentiio of 2020 TIFF awardee “Beans” is back, this time in Asia Youngman’s “N’xaxaitkw.” Other TIFF alum with new shorts in the program are Sarah McCarthy, Mbithi Masya, Matthew Rankin, Carol Nguyen, Karen Chapman, and Sophy Romvari.

Award-winning animated shorts that made the cut include “The Flying Sailor” and “Ice Merchants.” On the documentary side, “Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles” by Ukrainian director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, “Anastasia” by Sarah McCarthy of the U.K., and “Quiet Minds Silent Streets” by Toronto...

Filmmaker Pepi Ginsberg is attending Cannes for the first time with her short, The Pass, in the La Cinef section. Below, she begins a diary series on her trip there. Read an interview with Ginsberg about the film here and part one of this series here. — Editor 5/25/22 Had a celebratory bottle of champagne with the team. It felt good to sit, take a beat, share the drink. Saw Nostalgia. Was fascinating to see Naples, I’ve never been. It was painted as some kind of inferno. The grit was palpable and exotic. Called it a night after the screening […]

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Filmmaker Pepi Ginsberg is attending Cannes for the first time with her short, The Pass, in the La Cinef section. Below, she begins a diary series on her trip there. Read an interview with Ginsberg about the film here and part one of this series here. — Editor 5/25/22 Had a celebratory bottle of champagne with the team. It felt good to sit, take a beat, share the drink. Saw Nostalgia. Was fascinating to see Naples, I’ve never been. It was painted as some kind of inferno. The grit was palpable and exotic. Called it a night after the screening […]

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Italy’s Valerio Ferrara was named the winner of the 25th edition La Cinef for his warm take on a hapless barber who believes in conspiracy theories in “A Conspiracy Man” (“Il Barbiere Complottista”). Laughing stock of his family, nobody takes him seriously. Until he is arrested by the police.

“Personally, I have a special affection for the cinema of this country,” said Canadian actor Monia Chokri, praising the director’s sense of humor. The film hails from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.

“Comedy, as a genre, is undervalued at festivals. And yet, from making comedies myself, I know it’s the most difficult one. It’s a cutthroat genre: you either laugh or you don’t. We all laughed spontaneously,” she added.

“You are crazy! All of you! Oh, my God,” exclaimed the filmmaker at the prize ceremony on Thursday evening.

“Comedy is always viewed as something that’s not serious.

Filmmaker Pepi Ginsberg is attending Cannes for the first time with her short, The Pass, in the La Cinef section. Below, she begins a diary series on her trip there. Read an interview with Ginsberg about the film here. — Editor 5/23/22 The plane was delayed. In all of my Cannes anticipation (anxiety), I was convinced the plane would never leave Newark. That feels very existential. Stuck in the United Lounge for the rest of time. We did leave. And only an hour and half late. An easy flight. No major hiccups. Saw a sign for Gael Garcia Bernal when […]

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Filmmaker Pepi Ginsberg is attending Cannes for the first time with her short, The Pass, in the La Cinef section. Below, she begins a diary series on her trip there. Read an interview with Ginsberg about the film here. — Editor 5/23/22 The plane was delayed. In all of my Cannes anticipation (anxiety), I was convinced the plane would never leave Newark. That feels very existential. Stuck in the United Lounge for the rest of time. We did leave. And only an hour and half late. An easy flight. No major hiccups. Saw a sign for Gael Garcia Bernal when […]

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In The Pass, a young man bicycles into a small town looking for a place to go for a swim. Learning of a nearby clearing, he heads over there and takes that swim. That, minus one element, is the plot of Pepi Ginsberg’s Cannes-premiering short film, selected for the La Cinef program, but it’s that missing element — an ambiguously menacing encounter occurring while our protagonist is in the water — that gives the tremendously assured The Pass its cool, unsettling tone. Since 2016, the recent NYU Tisch grad has made a number of shorts, both narrative and documentary, as well as […]

The post “A Short Feels Like a Song, a Feature Would Be the Album”: Pepi Ginsberg on Her Cannes Short, The Pass first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

In The Pass, a young man bicycles into a small town looking for a place to go for a swim. Learning of a nearby clearing, he heads over there and takes that swim. That, minus one element, is the plot of Pepi Ginsberg’s Cannes-premiering short film, selected for the La Cinef program, but it’s that missing element — an ambiguously menacing encounter occurring while our protagonist is in the water — that gives the tremendously assured The Pass its cool, unsettling tone. Since 2016, the recent NYU Tisch grad has made a number of shorts, both narrative and documentary, as well as […]

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Rachel Brosnahan stars as a young wife and mother who has almost no idea where she’s going next in Amazon’s “I’m Your Woman,” and director Julia Hart excitingly puts the audience in a similarly unpredictable position. It’s a road trip, it’s a story of a woman in trouble, and it’s about fleeing the scene of the crime, but the film refuses to follow the established path audiences might be expecting.

Many contemporary filmmakers shoot for that gritty yet personal sweet spot of 1970s “New Hollywood” honesty and intensity, but few have captured it with the finesse of Hart, who shares screenwriting credit with her husband Jordan Horowitz. A talented filmmaker who’s not being talked about nearly enough — her last two credits were the incisive and humane “Miss Stevens” and the arthouse superhero saga “Fast Color,” both acclaimed yet underseen — Hart has created a film...

Exclusive: CBS has passed on another high-profile project targeted for next season, comedy Fun, starring Ugly Betty standouts Becki Newton and Michael Urie. It had a pilot production commitment. The multi-camera funeral home comedy hailed from 2 Broke Girls co-creator/executive producer Michael Patrick King, former Ugly Betty executive producers Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally and Warner Bros. TV.

The pass, which I hear involved the use of a force majeure contract provision allowing the network not to pay penalties, follows CBS’ decision not to proceed with The Lincoln Lawyer, its high-profile legal drama from The Practice creator David E. Kelley, based on Michael Connelly’s novels, which had a massive series production commitment.

As Deadline reported, CBS was expected to make more decisions on pilots that have not been shot because all production was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, wreaking havoc in the broadcast pilot season. The network, which...

Funded projects include ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and ‘The King’s Man’.

Fff Bayern, Bavaria’s regional film fund, will see its budget for 2019 reach €40m following the federal state’s decision to increase its financial commitment by 10% to €22m this year.

Bavaria’s Digital Minister Judith Gerlach announced that - as Fff Bayern’s major shareholder - the federal state would be making an additional €1.5m available for film funding this year.

“The competition in the area of film is enormous,” said Gerlach. “Therefore, it is important for me that Bavarian films can continue to keep pace - and also...

The Pass, a mystery thriller series from the producers of The Lives of Others, has won the best series prize at this year's Romys, Austria's leading media honors.

The drama, starring Nicholas Ofczarek and Julia Jentsch as police investigators hunting a serial killer (Franz Hartwig) on the German/Austrian border, aired on European pay-tv broadcaster Sky.

Austrian comedy Love Machine from director Andreas Schmied won the best film honor at the 2019 awards, held in Vienna on Friday.

Caroline Link won the feature film directing honor for Der Junge muss an die frische Luft, an adaptation of the bestselling autobiography by German comedian Hape ...

A dozen years after reaping a BAFTA bid for his short film “Cubs,” Tom Harper could be back in contention with the feature “Wild Rose,” which chronicles the life of a single mother from Glasgow who dreams of becoming a Nashville star. Jessie Buckley, who starred in Harper’s TV version of “War and Peace,” is very convincing as the title character. This Irish actress nails the Scottish accent and her is the sort of performance that the BAFTAs like to recognize – a strong leading lady performance in a small British drama.

Also in contention are two supporting actresses who add much to the movie. Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo (“Hotel Rwanda”) plays Susannah, a wealthy woman who hires Rose as a house cleaner and befriends her, helping to realise her musical dreams. Curiously, Okonedo has never been nominated for a film BAFTA before, only for two TV BAFTAs. Perhaps that could change this year.

In honour of National Coming Out Day on October 11, we’ve been thinking about a lot of our favourite Lgbt movies. From the modern-day rom-coms like “Love, Simon” all the way back to hard-hitting dramas like “Midnight Cowboy” – and everything in between – we’ve been debating which movies are our all-time favourites.

In light of this, I’ve put together my own personal list of my favourite Lgbt films – ‘my’ and ‘personal’ are the operative words here. This list is entirely my own opinion and personal preferences, this is not a definitive ranking of what are ‘the best’ Lgbt films. Merely, this is a list of which films resonated with me the most.

But please, join in the debate in the comment section and tell us about your favourite Lgbt films and why – and whether or not you agree with my own list. You may think I’m right, you...

Production is underway on the film, directed by Coky Giedroyc.

Paddy Considine has joined the cast of UK feature How To Build A Girl, the adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s semi-autobiographical novel directed by Coky Giedroyc (The Hour).

Sarah Solemani (Bridget Jones’s Baby) and Laurie Kynaston (England Is Mine) have also signed up to the cast, with production now underway and running throughout July and August.

Lionsgate have boarded UK distribution on the film, with Protagonist Pictures handling worldwide sales.

Already cast in the film are Beanie Feldstein (Lady Bird) in the lead role, plus Alfie Allen (Game Of Thrones...

Disney's Newsies, My Neighbor Totoro and Deconstructing the Beatles make our July Events list!Disney's Newsies, My Neighbor Totoro and Deconstructing the Beatles make our July Events list!Scott Goodyer6/30/2017 10:01:00 Am

It's no secret that we at Cineplex adore movies. But there are plenty of other reasons to visit our theatres - every month we bring special features and old classics to the big screen as part of Cineplex Events programming. Check out some highlights from our July Events list below.

For full details and showtimes for each event, click on their titles! The Old Vic's The Crucible - July 2nd

From London's West End, Richard Armitage stars in Arthur Miller’s classic American drama, based on Salem’s infamous witch trials, brought vividly to life in this visceral new production by internationally acclaimed director Yaël Farber.

In a small tight-knit community in Salem, Massachusetts, personal grievances collide with lust and superstition,...

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To mark the release of The Pass on 10th April, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.

The Pass tells the story of three very different nights over 10 years in the life of a Premier League Footballer. Jason (Russell Tovey) is at the beginning of his career, and on the night before his first big international match he and long-time friend and team-mate Ade (Arinze Kene) share a hotel room, trying to beat the inevitable pre-match tensions with locker-room banter and teenage high-jinks. Out of nowhere Jason kisses Ade. The emotional repercussions of this pass, and the decisions that follow on and off the pitch, have a major impact on every aspect of the public and private lives of both men across the next decade, in a sporting world where image is everything.

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Last step before the Oscars! The top actors, directors, writers, and producers from all over the world gathered in London on Sunday night for the 2017 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.

In addition to Hollywood royalty, British Royals Kate Middleton and Prince William also attended the annual awards show, posing for pictures and presenting the Academy Fellowship during the ceremony.

Related: Kate Middleton and Prince William Show Up in Style to BAFTAs -- See Their Formal Night Out!

Following the red carpet glamour it was time to announce the winners of this year’s top prizes.

Here’s the complete list:

Best Film

Arrival

I, Daniel Blake

La La Land

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best British Film

American Honey

Denial

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

I, Daniel Blake

Notes on Blindness

Under the Shadow

Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

The Girl With All the Gifts – Mike Carey (writer), [link...

“La La Land” was the big winner at the BAFTA Awards, with Best Picture, Director (Damien Chazelle) and Actress (Emma Stone) among the musical’s five awards. “Manchester by the Sea” claimed both Best Actor (Casey Affleck) and Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan, who also directed), meanwhile, with the other acting prizes taken home by Dev Patel (“Lion”) and Viola Davis (“Fences”). Full list of winners below.

Read More: How To Watch the BAFTAs: Live Stream Online

Best film

“Arrival”

“I, Daniel Blake”

“La La Land” (winner)

“Manchester by the Sea”

“Moonlight”

Best British film

“American Honey”

“Denial”

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”

“I, Daniel Blake” (winner)

“Notes on Blindness”

“Under the Shadow”

Best debut by a British writer, director or producer

“The Girl With All the Gifts” — Mike Carey (writer), Camille Gatin (producer)

“The Hard Stop” — George Amponsah (writer/director/producer), Dionne Walker (writer/producer)

“Notes on Blindness” — Peter Middleton...

La La Land wins top prize at the ceremony.

La La Land was the big winner at the 2017 Baftas, winning five prizes, including best film, best director (Damien Chazelle) and best actress (Emma Stone).

Casey Affleck won leading actor for Manchester by the Sea, with Dev Patel (Lion) and Viola Davis (Fences) winning supporting actor and actress.

I, Daniel Blake won outstanding British film.

The 2017 Baftas took place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and were once again hosted once again by Stephen Fry.

Read: Eight talking points ahead of the BaftasThe full list of winners

Winners in bold.

Best Filmarrival Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron RyderI, Daniel Blake Rebecca O’BrienLA La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc PlattMANCHESTER By The Sea Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. WalshMOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele RomanskiLEADING Actressamy Adams ArrivalEMILY Blunt The Girl on the TrainEMMA Stone La La LandMERYL Streep...

La La Land, Arrival, Nocturnal Animals and I, Daniel Blake among films competing for Bafta glory.

The 2017 Baftas take place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and are hosted once again by Stephen Fry.

The show is broadcast on BBC One on a time delay, but Screen will be following the action as it happens from around 6:45Gmt and updating the winners as they are announced, below.

Read: Eight talking points ahead of the BaftasThe nominations

Winners in bold.

Leading Actorandrew Garfield Hacksaw RidgeCASEY Affleck Manchester by the SeaJAKE Gyllenhaal Nocturnal AnimalsRYAN Gosling La La LandVIGGO Mortensen Captain FantasticCINEMATOGRAPHYARRIVAL Bradford YoungHELL Or High Water Giles NuttgensLA La Land Linus SandgrenLION Greig FraserNOCTURNAL Animals Seamus McGarveyORIGINAL Screenplayhell Or High Water Taylor SheridanI, Daniel Blake Paul LavertyLA La Land Damien ChazelleMANCHESTER By The Sea Kenneth LonerganMOONLIGHT Barry JenkinsOutstanding British contribution to cinemaCURZON Cinemassupporting Actoraaron Taylor-johnson Nocturnal AnimalsDEV Patel LionHUGH Grant Florence Foster JenkinsJEFF Bridges Hell or High...

With little over a month to go until the big night, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has unveiled the 2017 BAFTA nominations, and it’s Damien Chazelle’s La La Land that leads the charge.

Following its historic turn at last weekend’s Golden Globes ceremony – Chazelle’s old-timey musical walked away with seven wins, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor/Actress gongs for Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone – La La Land continues its strong run in this year’s awards season with BAFTA nominations in all of the major categories.

For Best Film, it’ll be competing against Arrival, Manchester By the Sea and Moonlight – three formidable and worthy opponents that have collected scores of nominations between them – along with I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach’s profound and perceptive portrayal of unemployment and its subsequent stigma in northerly England. By and large, the official BAFTA...

Sophie Turner and Dominic Cooper presented this year’s nominations.Baftas 2017‘La La Land’ leads the way with 11 nominationsBaftas 2017: nominees’ reactionsBaftas 2017: eOne and Lionsgate score record number of nominationsBaftas 2017 analysis: ‘La La Land’ soars, diversity debate simmers

Bafta chair Jane Lush was joined by Sophie Turner and Dominic Cooper to announce the nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards in London on January 10 2017.

The awards will take place on Feb 12 at the Royal Albert Hall and will be hosted once again by Stephen Fry. The show will be broadcast on BBC One.

2017 nominationsBEST Filmarrival Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David Linde, Aaron RyderI, Daniel Blake Rebecca O’BrienLA La Land Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc PlattMANCHESTER By The Sea Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. WalshMOONLIGHT Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele RomanskiOUTSTANDING British Filmamerican Honey Andrea Arnold, Lars Knudsen, Pouya Shahbazian, Jay Van HoyDENIAL Mick Jackson, Gary Foster, [link...

Reactions roll in following this year’s BAFTA nominations.Baftas 2017Baftas 2017: full list of nominationsBaftas 2017: ‘La La Land’ leads the way with 11 nominationsBaftas 2017: eOne and Lionsgate score record number of nominationsBaftas 2017 analysis: ‘La La Land’ soars, diversity debate simmersLion

Dev Patel (actor): “Thank you so much to the BAFTA’s for your support. Ever since I was a kid growing up outside of London, I’ve watched the Bafta awards with my family. It was a tradition of ours and served as an inspiration to me as I decided to embark on my journey as an actor. Since Lion is a film about identity and finding “home,” this Bafta nomination today truly means so much to me.

“I’m thrilled for Nicole Kidman, Luke Davies, Greig and the composers for their respective nominations. I am beyond grateful to Garth Davis, our fearless and soulful director who brought this film to life in such...

In his latest role, the actor tackles homophobia in football. He tells Eva Wiseman how ‘everything’s built up to the performance in this film’

I’m a footballer,” laughs Russell Tovey’s character in his new film, The Pass. “Of course I’m not gay.” The week we meet, in the London flat where Tovey lives with his French bulldog Rocky and a rotating collection of contemporary art, Premier League football teams across the UK are playing in rainbow laces to support Stonewall. On Facebook, a cascade of homophobia appears under images of the campaign, fans commenting that they are withdrawing their support of clubs they’d loved all their lives, that they’re a disgrace, disgusting, evil. Seeing this, it’s perhaps unsurprising there are no out gay players in the premiership. Tovey’s hope is that one might accidentally stumble into a screening of the film and emerge,...

This adapted stage play about a closeted footballer is insightful but fails to embrace the advantages of film

Sharply written, impressively acted and elegantly structured into a triptych of hotel-room encounters, there is only one thing wrong with this insightful drama about a closeted gay Premier League footballer. The Pass was adapted from John Donnelly’s play of the same name, and remains firmly identifiable as theatre rather than cinema. A staginess to the scale of some of the performances notwithstanding, this is not necessarily a problem, particularly if you simply view this release as a means to bring the play to a broader audience. Still it’s a pity, given the scope of cinema as a medium, not to fully use it.

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Everyman Award for Best Film American Honey Bridget Jones’s Baby Winner – I, Daniel Blake Best Actor Winner – Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins Dave Johns, I, Daniel Blake Dev Patel,...

Russell Tovey gives a superb lead performance in the compelling drama, The Pass. Here's our review.

Transferring to the big screen, The Pass – based on the play by John Donnelly, who adapts it for the screen - brings Russell Tovey along with it, reprising his role as a footballer named Jason who we first meet on the verge of breaking into the metaphorical and literal big leagues.

So too is Arinze Kene’s Ade, and the film first introduces us to them rooming together in a European hotel the night before their first ever game for their (unnamed) team. It’s a Champions League game, and so it’s a fair bet they’re not playing for Birmingham City. But this does not dull their anticipation.

The pair share their excitement, their nerves and their dreams across a playful, sometimes brutal conversation. And then, out of the blue, they share a kiss.

“American Honey” took the top prize at the 2016 British Independent Film Awards, which was held on Sunday at London’s Old Billingsgate.

“American Honey” was named Best British Independent Film, and also scored three additional awards (including Best Director for Andrea Arnold). Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” was the night’s only non-uk winner, picking up honors for Best International Independent Film.

The 19th annual Bifa ceremony, hosted by Jennifer Saunders, also presented Clare Binns with the Special Jury Prize for her “unstinting efforts in bringing independent film to new audiences.”

Naomie Harris was also presented the Variety Award by Danny Boyle, in recognition of the global impact she made this year in helping to focus the international film spotlight on the UK.

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The Richard Harris Award was given to Alison Steadman by Richard Harris’ granddaughter Ella Harris and...

Den Of Geek Dec 2, 2016

We’re putting on a free London preview screening of The Pass – with a director Q&A too!

For our final reader screening preview event of the year, we want to invite your good selves – as many as we can get in – to help us support a terrific new British movie.

It’s called The Pass, and it stars Russell Tovey and Arinze Kene. It’s from first time feature director Ben A Williams, and we’re delighted that Ben is coming along for a Q&A to answer your questions following the movie.

Basically:

* You get a free preview screening of a very good film

* You get to see it in a posh private screening room

* It’s just for Den Of Geek readers

* You get to ask the director questions

Interested?

The screening takes place on Thursday 8th December at 6 for 6.30pm. It’ll...

The 2016 British Independent Film Award nominations have been announced, with Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or–winning “I, Daniel Blake” leading the pack with seven nominations. Andrea Arnold’s “American Honey,” Babak Anvari’s “Under the Shadow” and Rachel Tunnard’s “Adult Life Skills” all landed six nods apiece. More than 130 British films were submitted for consideration, and 32 British features have been nominated. Full list:

Best British Independent Film

“American Honey”

“Couple in a Hole”

“I, Daniel Blake”

“Notes on Blindness”

“Under the Shadow”

Best International Independent Film

“Hunt for the Wilderpeople”

“Manchester by the Sea”

“Moonlight”

“Mustang”

“Toni Erdmann”

Best Director

Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”

Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”

Ben Wheatley, “Free Fire”

Ken Loach, “I, Daniel Blake”

Peter Middleton and James Spinney, “Notes on Blindness”

Best Screenplay

Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”

Babak Anvari, “Under the Shadow”

Billy O’Brien and Christopher Hyde, “I Am Not a Serial Killer”

Paul Laverty,...

Rob Leane Oct 28, 2016

Looking ahead to the movies heading to cinemas in time for Christmas...

The festive season is a great time to go to the pictures. There’s nothing quite like taking solace when it’s cold outside by cramming in with some like-minded folk to see a (hopefully) great movie.

Unsurprisingly, Hollywood studios have cottoned on to this. Year on year, there seems to more and more choice at the cinema come Christmas time. It’s almost like a second summer season, in terms of the sheer volume of major movies on offer. This isn’t likely to change any time soon, especially when you look at the cash banked by Star Wars: The Force Awakens last Christmas. And that's not to mention the festive season's nearness to the Oscar race, which means that the major movies keep coming well into January.

There are many movies rocking around the multiplex during this Yuletide,...

Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” is garnering awards buzz and praise from the industry’s most respected critics, but if that film came out 10 years ago, the gay coming-of-age story could have counted on a more specific foundation: The Lgbt film festival circuit. San Francisco’s Frameline, Los Angeles’ Outfest, and New York’s NewFest were once the go-to market for queer filmmakers and films, but once they break out, many directors with enough clout can easily graduate to a bigger arena.

Lgbt filmmakers rarely face the stigma that once limited opportunities, but for the emerging and mid-career filmmaker, as well as foreign filmmakers looking to break into international markets, queer film festivals remain a vital opportunity to get their work in front of an often adoring audience. At a time when gay identity has yet to truly permeate Hollywood filmmaking, that support system is more vital than ever.

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Russell Tovey appeared as a closeted football player in John Donnelly’s play “The Pass” at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2014. The mostly well-reviewed play is divided into three sections, and this structure has been retained in director Ben A. Williams’ film version, which just had its North American premiere at the NewFest festival in New York City. The play has not been “opened up” for this movie and keeps the focus on the drama between the main characters in enclosed spaces. Williams utilizes fast editing and graceful hand-held camerawork for the first sequence, set in 2006 in Bucharest, where.

Ben A. Williams presents his feature length debut The Pass amidst a current climate where footballers feel as though they’re unable to come out. Though undoubtedly a flawed endeavour, it’s imperative we add to the discussion, as a theme barely discussed in real life, never mind up on the big screen, as we scrutinise […]

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Lionsgate’s critically acclaimed Lgbt sports drama “The Pass” debuted its first trailer Thursday, offering a glimpse of actor Russell Tovey in action. Adapted from the hit British play of the same name, the film is told in three nights over 15 years and is set in increasingly luxurious hotel rooms. Tovey portrays an ambitious soccer rookie who, when we first meet him, is about to play a career-making game with his teammate and love interest (Arinze Kene). Also Read: Another Twist for Logo's Gay 'Bachelor': Homophobic Contestants? The star of HBO’s “Looking” and AMC’s “The Night Manager,” Tovey...

Twenty-two emerging producers to receive up to £2.2m; almost 500 applicants.Scroll Down For Recipients

The BFI has announced the recipients of its 2016-18 Vision Awards, comprising 22 investments in up-and-coming UK producers.

The awards, generally spread over two years, are designed to enable producers to build and develop their companies, slates and creative relationships.

The BFI had intended to give 20 awards but increased that allocation to 22 in response to the number of strong applications it received. Almost 500 companies applied for the awards, which are backed by a total commitment from the BFI of £2.2m of National Lottery funding.

Fifteen of the awards are to women producers or partnerships, while eight of the companies are based outside of London, located in Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and York.

In a bid to foster sustainability, the third iteration of the Vision Awards will include an allowance to cover a producer’s fees and overheads of up to half...

Announcement coincides with the unveiling of six films by BFI graduates.

The UK’s Department for Education has announced it will invest $1.4m (£1m) of funding to support the BFI Film Academy in 2016-17.

The boost is on top of the $5.6m (£4m) the Dfe has invested in the Academy’s residential and regional programmes since 2012.

The move came on the day that 66 young filmmakers from the BFI Film Academy unveiled six short films to British film industry figures including producers Alison Owen (Suffragette, Saving Mr. Banks), Faye Ward (Suffragette, Jane Eyre) and Duncan Kenworthy (The Pass, Love Actually).

The screening and graduation ceremony, held today at BFI Southbank in London, showcased films created as part of the BFI Film Academy course at the National Film and Television School.

BFI CEO Amanda Nevill said: “Talent is everywhere but opportunity is not, and the BFI Film Academy is designed to change that. If UK film...

Lgbt festival also sees industry and filmmaker delegate numbers double.

BFI Flare: London Lgbt Film Festival (March 16-27) has reported a 9% audience boost for its 30th anniversary edition, which closed on Sunday with a gala screening of Catherine Corsini’s French lesbian drama Summertime.

Audiences at all events and screenings over the 11-day festival totalled 25,623 – up on the 23,500 recorded in 2015.

This year’s festival also saw a boost in industry numbers with 168 visiting filmmakers and more than 300 press and industry delegates – up on the 120 filmmakers and 200+ industry that attended last year.

This was due to an expanded industry offering that included daily press screenings, alongside talks with an Lgbt focus on development, production and distribution with speakers including Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior) and new series The Makers, with key international filmmakers Silas Howard (Transparent), Fenton Bailey (Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures), and Donna Deitch (Desert Hearts).

Expanding vision

Clare Stewart, head of festivals...