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The success of In The Loop was gratifying to those here in the UK who have watched with splits sides in an atmosphere of air turned blue by Iannucci’s impeccable body of work. Beginning for me with his work with Chris Morris and the On the Hour (later The Day Today) team, through the often [...]
At the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Armando Iannucci announced his plans to follow-up his critically-acclaimed feature film debut In The Loop with a “slapstick comedy”, tentatively titled Out The Window. In an interview with The Guardian over the weekend, Iannucci shared the first details about the new project: The story of a guy who works in [...]
A couple of days ago, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced that the UK Film Council is to be axed as part of departmental cost-cutting measures. The UKFC was founded in 2000 and through it, the government funded UK films to the tune of around £15m each year. The UKFC chairman, Tim Bevan, [...]
John Woodward, CEO of the UK Film Council, told staff this morning of the plan to abolish the UK Film Council, which, since it’s launch in 2000, has invested Lottery money and government grants in the production of more than 900 films, including such critical and commercial successes as: Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold), In The [...]
Ordinarily no one could be in three places at once. Yet last night HeyUGuys managed to bring you the sights, sounds and results of the Jameson Empire Awards 2010 and still find time to ping across town to the glamorous after-party. For your award-scrutinising pleasure we have photos from the red carpet, interviews with the [...]
The surfeit of talent on show tonight at the London Evening Standard British Film Awards is a great indication of the place British film finds itself at the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century. Andrea Arnold’s tough tale of life on a council estate and winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes [...]
The 12th annual British Independent Film Awards announced their nominations for the 2009 awards this morning and Duncan Jones’ Moon and Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank lead the way with 7 and 8 nominations respectively. Looking down the list, which you can find after the jump, the variety of talent being honoured here is truly astounding [...]
