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2011 was such a good year for film, and the British Film Institute have released the year’s final tally at the box office that reflect just how good a year it was. The figures show an increase of 5% from 2010, taking a total of £1.04bn., marking the first time the UK box office has [...]
Those who follow me on Twitter will know I have no love for the current UK government. In fact, I can’t stand almost everyone involved with it, so bare with me while I spit the following sentence through gritted teeth: The new policy announced by David Cameron on Wednesday – to invest Lottery money in [...]
Ahead of next week’s publication of Lord Smith’s review on the state and future of the British film industry David Cameron visited Pinewood Studios today to deliver a speech setting out his thoughts on the aims of the industry. The choice of Pinewood was well made. The studio, which is already two projects into its [...]
The 55th BFI London Film Festival opens tonight with 360, Fernando Meirelles’ latest film and it is a suitably globe-trotting film for a festival whose programme is similarly drawn from all around the world. Our review of the film will be up on the site later tonight, but if you want to hear what Meirelles, [...]
There are many good reasons to venture into the capital during the month of October and from 12th to the 27th the BFI’s 55th London Film Festival is in full cinematic swing and we’ve got an exciting announcement for a very special evening we are hosting along with Jameson and our very good friends at [...]
The BFI London Film Festival is the biggest film festival the UK has to offer, and one of the most prestigious and well-recognised festivals across the globe. This year, the festival is celebrating its 55th run, and it has an absolutely fantastic line-up of films scheduled to play through the festival, from 12th – 27th [...]
If you’ve missed our coverage of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen’s new movie, 50/50, I highly recommend that you spend a quick minute or two playing catch-up (which you can do here), because this is a movie to get excited about. The film is written by Will Reiser, a long-time friend of Rogen’s, based upon [...]
Until recently, writer-director Nick Murphy’s credits mostly included a few episodes of the odd TV series or documentary. He’s now starting to make a big name for himself with his first feature film, The Awakening, starring Rebecca Hall and Dominic West, due out in November. Murphy is now set to go behind the camera again [...]
In a few short weeks London’s cinemaland cloaks itself in the finest festival garb as the 55th BFI London Film Festival comes to the capital. Tickets go on sale today so click here to uncover the treasures on offer and then click here to buy all the tickets you can. I’ve picked out a few [...]
Oscar-nominated Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Constant Gardener) has surrounded himself with an absolutely stellar group of people to help him make his latest film, 360. With a script from two-time Oscar nominee, Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon), and a cast headed up by Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, and Ben Foster, there’s [...]
The BBC have revealed that despite 2010′s U.K. cinema admissions being down by 2% on the previous year, the overall box office takings came in at £988 million; a whole 5% more than 2009. With this growth being ascribed to the premium prices attributed to 3D tickets, BFI chief executive Anita Nevill is hopeful for the future [...]
Going to the cinema late on a Friday evening feels like a semi-normal occurrence. That is until you realise it’s the beginning of a 10 hour Harry Potter half-marathon and you won’t be let out until 10am the following morning. Those not dressed in full Hogwarts attire feel like outsiders while those in the first [...]
The BFI have been in touch and been kind enough to give us three pairs of tickets to see screening of Deep End, written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowsk at the BFI Southbank. The movie hits UK cinemas 6th May and you can pick a screening convenient for you if you win. The Swinging Sixties [...]
Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show is a classic of American cinema and the BFI in their infinte wisdom are running a restored print of the film at the BFI Southbank from the 15th – 28th April and we’ve got some tickets to give away. Forty years after it helped to initiate a golden age [...]
Last night HeyUGuys had the pleasure of attending the 31st London Critics’ Circle Film Awards. Hosted at the BFI Southbank, it was a great evening, featuring talented names aplenty all supping from complimentary miniature bottles of Moët served up classily with bendy straws. It might not have the same profile as this weekend’s BAFTA ceremony, [...]
Tonight saw the fall of the 31st Critics’ Circle Film Awards, which was held for the first time at London’s BFI Southbank. Our full report will be online later today with all the red carpet gossip and winner’s reactions. Want to see Danny Boyle advertising Moët, hear about Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming HBO series, or find [...]
Following his Oscar success with Slumdog Millionaire it was assured that Danny Boyle’s next film would receive great attention and 127 Hours starring James Franco is highly anticipated and should make an excellent closing night film for the 54th London Film Festival this year. I can still remember sitting in a Southampton cinema as the [...]
One of the highlights of this year’s London Film Festival is the BFI National Archive’s screening of Herbert Ponting’s documenting of Captain Scott’s expedition of the South Pole, The Great White Silence, and today the BFI released a trailer for us all to enjoy. The footage captured by Ponting, now painstakingly restored, speaks for itself, [...]
Last week we were given a chance to see what the 54th BFI London Film Festival has in store, and kicking aside the disparaging comments about the lack of world premieres, a complaint which misses the point completely, there’s a real sense of excitement and discovery about the festival this year. Mark Romanek’s Never Let [...]
