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Tim Roth is a director’s actor. The London native began his on-screen career under the helm of Alan Clarke with a volatile role in his 1982 television play “Made In Britain,” exploding in front of the camera and immediately putting himself on the map.

A suburban housewife falls in with a group of activists in Call Jane, a Sundance Film Festival premiere directed by Phyllis Nagy, the writer of Carol. Elizabeth Banks is a likeable lead in this story inspired by the network of women who arranged safer illegal abortions in 1960s and ’70s Chicago. Written by Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi, it strikes an upbeat, non-judgmental note while exploring the gender and body politics of the time.

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Netflix spends tens of billions of dollars each and every year on film and TV content. Hundreds of projects get made through the streaming service, which is seen by more than 200 million subscribers around the world.

Naman Ramachandran Leading British independent filmmakers expressed some frank views on gatekeepers acting as a barrier to independent cinema at a BFI London Film Festival panel discussion on Tuesday.The panel consisted of Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh (“Secrets & Lies”), Oscar winner Asif Kapadia (“Amy”) and Golden Bear winner Michael Winterbottom (“In This World”).

Jon Gregory, editor of such films as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and In Bruges has died, a representative confirmed to Deadline. He was 77.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Naman Ramachandran Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan will be the 2021 recipient of the annual award presented by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF).The FIAF Award was introduced in 2001, when it was presented to Martin Scorsese for his film archival efforts.

Lesley Manville is among those being awarded in the British New Year Honours scheme, which this year will recognize 1,239 individuals for their "extraordinary contributions" to the U.K.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMadrid-based The Mediapro Studio (TMS), one of Europe’s biggest independent film and TV players, had a smashing 2019 with the release of 126 titles. And then the pandemic struck, forcing the company to shut down 56 shows.

WARSAW, Poland -- Dozens of authors, artists and scholars — including writer Margaret Atwood and film directors Pedro Almodóvar and Mike Leigh— have expressed outrage at the hostility being directed toward LGBT people in Poland by the country's president and other politicians.

British filmmaking icon Mike Leigh is prepping his next film following 2018's Amazon-backed Peterloo.The project – currently known as Untitled 2020and with plot details being kept under wraps – will shoot in the U.K. this summer.Cornerstone Films will once again handle international sales and will be introducing the project to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin, with Bleecker Street on board for U.S.

“Mr. Turner” director Mike Leigh will shoot his next feature film this summer with Cornerstone Films, Film4, Ingenious and MediaPro.

Timothy Spall once again puts on the painters’ apron for a second time following his remarkable work in Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner. Here he portrays Laurence Stephen Lowry, one of England’s best and most celebrated artists of the 20th Century in a more confined piece, a brilliantly told piece alongside another screen great, Vanessa Redgrave, her playing the role of Lowry’s aged, bed-ridden mother in the final years of her life.