by Film Moderator | Dec 7, 2018 | Film
The London-based media group Dover Street Entertainment returns as headline sponsor for the awards, which will be held for a seventh year at The May Fair Hotel. British actors Molly Wright and Lee Shone will announce the nominations for the 39th London Critics’...
by Neil Young | Nov 24, 2018 | Film
Postcards from CinéfestOZ, Western Australia, 2018 White sand, white surf: at midnight under the bright full moon of late August I stood alone on a West Australia beach, watching the pale water lap the even paler shore, my shadow a sharply-outlined black silhouette...
by Film Moderator | Nov 18, 2018 | Film
As the British Film Institute launches the Philip French Collection as part of its library, Carcanet Press is publishing a volume of hand-selected reviews spanning half a century. Marianne Gray writes… Notes From the Dream House Selected Film Reviews 1963...
by Film Moderator | Nov 5, 2018 | Film, Uncategorized
The UK Critics’ Circle Film Section is thrilled to announce six new members for 2018/19. Film Section Chair Anna Smith calls them “exceptional”. They are: Erika Balsom, Sight and Sound, Artforum and Frieze Philip de Semlyen, Global Film Editor of Time Out Simran Hans,...
by Rick Jones | Oct 4, 2018 | Awards, Books, Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Visual Arts
On 3rd October 2018, Britain’s foremost artist David Hockney received the Critics’ Circle award for Distinguished Service to Art. The relaxed ceremony took place over lunch at the Chelsea Arts Club, London, a beautiful venue with access through long french...
by Film Moderator | Sep 18, 2018 | Film
London Critics’ Circle Film Award winners Ken Loach and Mike Leigh have joined a host of writers and filmmakers supporting PEN International’s Free Oleg Sentsov campaign, writes PEN’s Sheila Bailey. Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian writer and film director, was...
