Independent Film Business in U.K. Heading for ‘Market Failure,’ Says Producers Body

To say that Eli Roth has had an incredibly successful career would be pretty accurate (years later, he’s still basically making films he loves), but that doesn’t mean everything has worked. Remember that ‘Clock’ kids film with Cate Blanchett? Exactly.

Naman Ramachandran Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” was the big winner at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) with seven wins. “All of Us Strangers” won best British independent film, Haigh won best director and best screenplay and Paul Mescal won best supporting performance, adding to its three craft awards, announced in November, for cinematography, editing and music supervision.

The 26th annual British Independent Film Awards take place this evening in London. Scroll down for the winners list. 

The lessons of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour film are apparently being applied to the new Beyoncé  screenings. And that’s rubbing some the wrong way.

BBC Scotland in response to the news.“You could say we were wide-eyed but we knew what we wanted the record to sound like, and went through a few producers before getting there. It’s a little of its time, but I think it holds up well.“There was a fearlessness then, and we knew our worth for it.

Tim Burton is a filmmaker who has created some of the most iconic films of the past several decades. Films like “Beetlejuice,” “Batman,” “Edward Scissorhands,” and even “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.” But you could make a case that his most popular and influential film of all time is “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” And interestingly enough, he didn’t even direct it.

Perfume lovers can get one of Calvin Klein's bestselling £90 fragrances for a fraction of the price. I've learned about and crafted my own fragrance in the world's perfume capital, Grasse, France, and now consider myself as something of an expert in the field - and Amazon's Calvin Klein offer is one of the best I've seen for Black Friday.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief BTS, the biggest act in K-pop and one of the world’s hottest contemporary music acts, will be forced into hiatus through 2024 and much of 2025 after it was confirmed Wednesday that four band members — RM, Jimin, V and Jung Kook — will imminently enlist in the Korean military. The four follow Jin, who enlisted in December last year, J-Hope (April) and Suga, who have already begun their mandatory military service. The news was announced by Big Hit Music via social media.

Sadly, for actor Iman Vellani, one of the stars of Marvel Studios’ latest feature, “The Marvels,” the discussion surrounding the release of the film has revolved around the box office performance. The film opened to the lowest debut for a MCU film ever, and its second weekend has experienced the biggest drop for the studio.

Harry Styles may have been making headlines recently for his dramatic hair transformation, but it’s not the only new beauty launch he’s had recently. In case you missed it, the singer just dropped three brand new perfumes as part of his Pleasing range at Selfridges and officially debuted his new shaved head for the fragrance's promo snaps, Harry's newly shaved head caused quite a commotion amongst fans when he was photographer missing his signature long locks earlier this month, but it seems the As It Was singer is now officially launching his new look - and his perfumes.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Stephen King is not a Marvel movie fan, but that didn’t stop him from expressing frustration over the “adolescent fanboys” who are taking pleasure in “The Marvels” flopping at the box office. The latest Marvel tentpole, with a reported budget in the $225 million range, is a box office disaster after opening to $47 million, the lowest start for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film’s global debut wasn’t much better at $68 million.

Actress Stephanie Davis has given an exciting update on her music career over in the USA.

Emmerdale fans said “good riddance” as Lydia Dingle revealed she was leaving the village, after not being able to forgive her husband Sam for beating up her rapist. Although Sam (James Hooton) thought he was the reason Craig Reed (Ben Addis) died in scenes that aired last week, it was later revealed to be Kim Tate's horse.

Bre Tiesi is responding to the drama surrounding Cassandra Dawn‘s surprise appearance in season 7 of the Netflix show Selling Sunset.

Russell Brand has been accused of sexually assaulting an extra on the set of his 2010 film, Arthur.According to a civil lawsuit in the US, Brand is alleged to have exposed himself to a woman before following her into a bathroom and sexually assaulting her. Brand has yet to respond to the lawsuit.The latest case has been filed under the Adult Survivor’s Act – a legislation in New York that allows alleged victims of sexual offences for which the statute of limitations has passed to file civil suits for a one-year period between 24 November 2022 and 24 November 2023 (via BBC).Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse in other cases following aa joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches.

A woman says her 'charming and funny' boyfriend turned after four months and started becoming jealous and violent. Rebecca Griffiths, 33, met her ex-boyfriend Dean Hennessy, 58, in December, 2020.

The Princess of Wales has shared a new message calling for the public to have greater "compassion and empathy" to mark the end of Addiction Awareness Week. In her role as Patron of addiction charity, the Forward Trust, Kate penned a note where she reflected on the ties between her passion for early years development and the significance that facing addictions has on us, explaining: "Addiction is not a choice.

EXCLUSIVE: Guy Pearce (Prometheus) and DeWanda Wise (Jurassic World Dominion) are attached to star in supernatural thriller Killing Faith, with Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction) in final negotiations to join.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA partner Jim Meenaghan has decided to step down from his dual roles as the Head of Motion Picture Business Affairs and Co-Head of the Independent Film Group at the end of the year. The details of his departure were revealed in a memo that was recently sent out to staff and obtained by Deadline. Sources add that it was Meenaghan’s decision to leave the agency and a very amicable one as he is very well liked at UTA.

Raine Allen-Miller’s debut feature Rye Lane leads this year’s British Independent Film Award nominations with 16 nods, including Best Director and Best British Independent Film.