Christopher Nolan wins his first ever Oscar for directing Oppenheimer Nolan wins prize at the Academy Awards after losing out in 2018 when he was nominated for Dunkirk The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024
Ukraine war film 20 Days in Mariupol wins Oscar for best documentary Eyewitness documentary shot by war reporter Mstyslav Chernov during the Russian siege of the Ukrainian city takes Academy Award – the country’s first The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024
The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s last film, wins Oscar for best animation Master Japanese director wins his second Oscar for story of a young boy searching for his mother during the second world war The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2024
Afternoon Update: Australian charged in US over alleged role in ‘Ponzi scheme’; ‘surreal’ Sydney shark rescue; and MP criticises Nine for ‘sexist’ photo edit Blockchain entrepreneur Sam Lee charged with conspiracy to commit fraud for his alleged role in operating the HyperVerse crypto investment schemes The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2024
Don’t flake, don’t dump friends and don’t hold grudges: experts on what not to do in 2024 Guardian writers including Marina Hyde, John Crace (and a few other successful types) reveal what they won’t be doing in the coming year The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2023
London romcom Rye Lane leads British independent film awards nominations Also leading are Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper and Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers, with the winners to be announced in December The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon review: Lily Gladstone’s the real star of Scorsese’s historical epic Yes, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio, but it’s the women’s stories that are the beating heart of this movie Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2023
Critics Have Seen Oppenheimer, And Christopher Nolan's Latest Is Seriously Blowing Them Away Critics have published their thoughts on Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, and it's being called a "cinematic triumph," "jolting thriller" and "breathtaking" release. Cinemablend · Jul 19, 2023
Melbourne international film festival 2023: 10 things to see and do, from BlackBerry to new Kelly Reichardt Plus Josh O’Connor as a grumpy archaeologist, Hugo Weaving as a scabby hermit, and a queer noir – all part of Miff’s 71st edition The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2023
Can’t wait for the Barbie movie? Just as well – there are 45 more toy films to come The Transformers series has inspired Mattel to raid its stable for the screen. But the movies can’t match the joy of the real thing, says Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023
World’s first ‘hydrobikeathon’ coming to Enniskillen The event will kick off from The Broad Meadow Jetty in Enniskillen on Friday, September 8 Belfast Live · May 25, 2023
Netflix's new no.1 has a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score – will you be watching? A Man Called Otto is the number-one movie on Netflix right now – but is it worth watching? T3 · May 13, 2023
These are the faces of 39 Merseyside criminals who were jailed during April Major drug dealers, people traffickers and murderers were among the crooks locked up Liverpool Echo · May 1, 2023
Drug trafficker 'Stocky Giant' armed himself with grenades in multi-million pound plot EncroChat messages revealed business partner's links to criminals in Colombia, Brazil and Dubai Liverpool Echo · Apr 14, 2023
Manchester Evening News · Apr 12, 2023 Dad used contacts in Colombia to flood UK with tens of millions of pounds of drugs The cocaine importer and his business partner were armed with grenades and had "lads who blow any c***'s head off"
Liverpool Echo · Apr 12, 2023 Dad with contacts in Colombia flooded UK with tens of millions of pounds of drugs Cocaine importer and business partner armed with grenades had "lads who blow any c***'s head off"
Daily Record · Apr 7, 2023 Drugs gang plotted to ship cocaine to Glasgow and armed themselves with hand grenades Graham Minards used a network of criminal contacts to arrange to import tens of millions of pounds of heroin and cocaine to the UK.
Manchester Evening News · Apr 7, 2023 Gang that imported cocaine and heroin armed themselves with hand grenades and had 'lads who blow heads off' Gang boss used international networks of contacts to flood UK with tens of millions of pounds of drugs
Leeds Live · Apr 7, 2023 Cocaine importers armed with hand grenades had Leeds links and 'lads who blow heads off' The gang, who had supply lines to Leeds and Bradford, would organise a fleet of vehicles to stash their illicit goods
Liverpool Echo · Apr 6, 2023 Cocaine importers armed with hand grenades had 'lads who blow heads off' Gang boss used international networks of contacts to flood UK with tens of millions of pounds of drugs
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023 Oscars 2023: final predictions, timetable and how to watch The 95th Academy Awards have finally arrived – here’s what you need to know, when you need to know it by and who (we think) will win the key prizes
The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022 ‘Silly, soggy’ or ‘screamingly good’? First responses to Avatar: The Way of Water emerge While some critics were bowled over by the grand spectacle after the London world premiere, others including the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw found it far from thrilling
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022 Richard Curtis: lack of diversity in Love Actually makes me feel a bit stupid In a TV special marking the festive romcom’s 20th anniversary the director says ‘some moments … feel out of date’
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022 Aftersun and Blue Jean lead British independent film awards nominations Sebastián Lelio’s drama The Wonder also scores a host of nods, with Paul Mescal and Florence Pugh both up for acting awards
The Conversation · Jun 22, 2022 Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is super-spangly, explosive, narratively unhinged – and an artistic triumph A new Baz Luhrmann film caused a stir this year at Cannes – again.