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Much saddened as we were to hear about the death John Hurt, we unknowingly gave him on of his last screenings at last year’s Edinburgh Short Film Festival when he appeared in Nicholas Moss’s outstanding short drama Break which we screened on Sunday November 6th at Summerhall. Nicholas was interviewed by our very own film critic and presenter, Carys Evans who talked to Nicholas about short film-making and working with John Hurt amongst other things in a wide-ranging interview. Nicholas Moss Interview ...

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SundanceTV scored an Emmy nomination for Best Limited Series last year with "The Honorable Woman." And the net could enjoy similar success this year with another international thriller, "The Last Panthers," which debuts tonight (April 13). Inspired by the true story of a gang of real-life jewel thieves known as the Pink Panthers, this six-part program stars Oscar-nominees John Hurt and Samantha Morton, as well as Tahar Rahim and Goran Bogdan. It has already been nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series. Now the critics stateside have weighed in: -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Emmy Predictions Dorothy Rabinowitz (Wall Street Journal): "Unrelenting in its tension, rich -- sometimes dauntingly so -- in its complexity, 'The Last Panthers' concerns itself with a criminal world of diamond thieves and arms smugglers, and the forces of law in hot pursuit, ..."...

Will "The Last Panthers" score an Emmy nomination for Best Limited Series? The six-part crime thriller is inspired by the true story of the international jewel thieves known as the Pink Panthers. It premieres on SundanceTV on April 13. Watch the trailer above. -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Emmy Predictions International intrigue has certainly been a winning formula for the network, with three earlier offerings all earning Emmy program prizes. So we should take "The Last Panthers" seriously as a contender, especially given its strong pedigree. It stars a pair of Oscar-nominees: Samantha Morton and John Hurt. Morton has one previous Emmy bid, for Tom Hooper's HBO telefilm "Longford" in 2007, while veteran Hurt is aiming for his first ever Emmy bid. The TV academy loves movie stars who move to the small screen, though there's no shortage of t...