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On Friday 22 February 2025, BBC Two broadcasts British Film Premieres Introductions!

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The upcoming episode of “British Film Premieres Introductions” on BBC Two promises an exciting look at the much-anticipated film “God’s Creatures.” This episode will provide viewers with a special introduction to the film, setting the stage for its premiere.

“God’s Creatures” explores deep themes and complex characters, making it a significant addition to British cinema. The episode will feature insights from the filmmakers, cast members, and possibly some behind-the-scenes footage that highlights the film’s creation. This will give an idea of what to expect from the story and its emotional journey.

As the premiere approaches, this introduction aims to build excitement and offer a glimpse into the film’s world. Fans of British films will not want to miss this opportunity to learn more about “God’s Creatures” before its official release. The episode will air on BBC Two,...

“British Film Premieres Introductions” is set to air an exciting episode featuring the highly anticipated film “God’s Creatures.” This special introduction will take place at 12:04 Am on Friday, February 22, 2025, on BBC Two. The program aims to give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at this intriguing new film, which promises to captivate audiences with its compelling story and stunning visuals.

In “God’s Creatures,” viewers will be transported to a small coastal community where secrets and family ties intertwine. The film explores themes of loyalty, love, and the complex nature of human relationships. With a talented cast and crew, it is expected to leave a lasting impression on those who tune in. The introduction will provide insights into the film’s creation, including interviews with key figures involved in its production.

This episode of “British Film Premieres Introductions” is not just about the film itself but also about celebrating British cinema. It...

Paul Mescal is looking back on when he fibbed about himself in order to land his role on Normal People.

While appearing on one of W magazine‘s Best Performances covers, the Gladiator II star was asked if he ever lied about having a certain skill to land a part to which he pointed to his role as Connell on the hit Hulu-BBC show.

“I said I could drive for Normal People, and I could not drive. We’d signed the paperwork, I’d gotten the part, and then I’d forgotten about doing my driver’s license. So I ended up doing Normal People on a provisional license. I could only drive the car if there was a fully licensed driver beside me,” he shared.

The actor quipped that despite being unable to drive in his day to day life for the show, “I did the best...

Paul Mescal is one of the rising stars among the current generation of movie actors. However, his career trajectory differs from that of his same-age contemporaries like Asa Butterfield, Lucas Hedges, and Tom Holland. After gaining theatre experience in Dublin and London, Mescal got his big breakthrough in “Normal People,” a coming-of-age romance drama series based on Sally Rooney’s 2018 novel of the same name. It became a global sensation during the Covid pandemic. The Hulu series put both him and his co-star, Daisy Edgar-Jones, in the limelight, who has recently starred in “Twisters,” one of the year’s defining summer blockbusters. Like her, Mescal is also set to venture into big-budget projects like Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2,” where Mescal is expected to share screen space with Pedro Pascal & Denzel Washington.

Before such large-scale projects, Mescal had often chosen indie films with a lot of heart. After a small...

Exclusive: Sharon Horgan, co-creator and writer of the series Bad Sisters, Motherland and Catastrophe, has boarded the Oscar-qualified live-action short Calf as executive producer.

Written and Jamie O’Rourke, the domestic abuse-themed Irish short is set way out in the countryside, a place where the worst things are silenced, where a sinister farm accident leaves Cáit with a terrible decision to make.

Produced by Ronan Cassidy of Carbonated Comet for Virgin Media Television in association with Screen Ireland, the film stars Isabelle Connolly (God’s Creatures) and Kate Nic Chonaonaigh (The Quiet Girl). It was funded by Virgin Media and Screen Ireland under the Virgin Discovers film fund. Other exec producers include Sinead Stimpfig and Daniel Lloyd for Virgin and Andrew Byrne of Screen Ireland.

Calf qualified for the Oscars longlist after winning numerous awards, including International Danzantes at the Huesca Film Festival and Best Short at this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards.

The cast of Gladiator 2 boasts some of Hollywood's biggest names, ranging from legendary actors to up-and-coming stars. The long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott's 2000 film Gladiator, the new movie takes place almost two decades after the events of the first film. In the aftermath of a massive battle with the Roman Empire, a mysterious young man with unstoppable rage is sold into slavery and brought to the capital city to fight as a gladiator. Unbeknownst to almost everyone he encounters, this is Lucius, a former prince of Rome who fled the city as a child.

The long-awaited sequel to Gladiator attempts to recapture the spectacle and scope of the predecessor, which won Best Picture from the 73rd Academy Awards. The early critical reception to Gladiator 2 has been positive, suggesting that Scott has recaptured the lightning in a bottle that turned the first Gladiator into a blockbuster smash hit.

Paul Mescal is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

The 28-year-old Irish actor rose to fame in his 2020 series Normal People, which scored him a BAFTA TV Award and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy.

In the years since, he has impressed audiences worldwide with his turns in features like The Lost Daughter, God’s Creatures and Aftersun, which earned him nominations for an Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award, as well as All of Us Strangers.

With his highly anticipated turn in Gladiator 2 incoming, we’re taking a look through all of Paul Mescal‘s best projects, based on their Rotten Tomatoes scores.

Click through to see what Paul Mescal’s best movies and TV shows are, ranked…...

At long last, the official trailer for Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17 has arrived, offering a delightfully bizarre first look at the 3x Academy Award-winning director's upcoming sci-fi film starring The Batman star Robert Pattinson in the lead role as a disposable employee who repeatedly killed and cloned, during an effort to colonize a mysterious new ice world.

As per the trailer, the seventeenth iteration wll take center stage in the film, and there's plenty of twists and turns heading our way as he finds himself face to face with a multiple...

In addition to Pattinson, the cast features Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes, Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker; Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody), Steven Yeun (Minari; The Walking Dead), Toni Collette (Hereditary; The Sixth Sense), Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight; Avengers: Endgame), Holliday Grainger (The Borgias; Animals), Anamaria Vartolomei (Happening; My Revolution), Thomas Turgoose (This Is England...

To celebrate the release of Stopmotion available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital now, we’re giving you the chance to win a copy on Blu-Ray.

The Nightingale’s Aisling Franciosi gives another outstanding turn as a talented stop-motion artist who becomes completely consumed by the grotesque world of her horrifying creations – with deadly results.

Stopmotion has garnered praise and awards galore, including the best director prize at Fantastic Fest for the hugely talented Robert Morgan’s feature directorial debut. His truly original mind-melter brings nightmares to life before your very eyes and is set for its home entertainment bow on 1 July 2024.

Following the death of her overbearing mother, stop-motion animator Ella Blake, is struggling to control her demons. She embarks on a new film project; in the hope it will channel her creativity and help her escape her problems… but it soon becomes the battleground for her sanity.

As Ella...

Aftersun movie premiered at Cannes, earning critical acclaim and awards nominations since then. Lead actor Paul Mescal shines as young father Calum, and Frankie Corio impresses as Sophie. The film portrays emotional complexities, exploring sensitive themes and family dynamics.

The Aftersun cast features fresh, up-and-coming actors who greatly shot to fame due to its immense critical acclaim. With an impressive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where debut director Charlotte Wells was nominated for the Camra d'Or. The lead actor, Paul Mescal, even received a nomination for Best Actor at the 2023 Oscars, and the movie was also nominated for four BAFTA awards. Aftersun's reviews called it poignant and powerful, praising the actors for their sensitive, nuanced performances as father and daughter.

The movie explores the childhood memory of Sophie while on vacation with Calum, her single father, at a resort in Turkey. Calum is...

‘If Aardman hired David Cronenberg to reboot ’80s Plasticine scamp Morph, it might look a bit like this creepy collision of body horror and stop-motion craft… a wildly inventive spurt of bug-eyed British gore that pulls the innards out of the creative process. Quite literally’

★★★★

Time Out

‘An immersive sensory assault. Art and storytelling collide in breathtaking yet revolting fashion. Morgan’s knockout debut opens up the veins of a turbulent artist, delivering one creepy melding of mediums to an unsettling powerful degree’

★★★★

Bloody Disgusting

‘As stunning, diabolical and boundary-pushing an emergence as any filmmaker could hope to achieve’

Paste Magazine

‘A compelling tale of the dangers of obsession and art’s ability to consume. Excellently constructed animation plays against an incredible live-action performance by Aisling Franciosi to create a thoroughly creative macabre nightmare’

The Hollywood News

Stop what you’re doing, it’s time for ‘a hellish immersive experience’ (Dread Central) like no other,...

Exclusive: Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham and The Nightingale‘s Aisling Franciosi have joined the cast of Three Point Capital and David Permut Production’s movie Twinless. They will star opposite previously announced Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney.

Sweeney is also writing and directing the pic which follows two young men who meet in a twin bereavement support group, and form an unlikely bromance.

O’Brien and Miky Lee are EPs. Alex Astrachan, Director of Development at Permut Presentations is co-producer. Republic Pictures has worldwide rights to the film.

Three Point Capital is financing the feature with Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron and Liz Destro also serving as executive producers.

Graham is known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the hit CW series, Gilmore Girls. She’s also starred in such movies as Flash of Genius, The Answer Man with Jeff Daniels, Evan Almighty with Steve Carell, Because I Said So opposite Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore,...

Contemporary American writer and artist Ben Shattuck wrote a short story titled “The History of Sound,” which also became the title of the whole collection in which it was published. In short, the story tells us of the gay romance between two men who fall in love during World War I. So, why are we reporting on the story? Well, the story is going to be adapted into a movie soon, and we can officially confirm that the filming for the upcoming release has finally been done and that the movie can now enter post-production.

In the upcoming paragraphs, we are going to reveal all the known information about the movie, including the known production details, cast and crew members, plot, and release date, as the movie is entering its final stage of production.

The movie is being directed by South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus, who is known for his LGBTQ+-themed films,...

Kurt Sutter’s upcoming western drama series “The Abandons” at Netflix has added six new cast members, Variety has learned.

Nick Robinson, Diana Silvers, Lucas Till, Lamar Johnson, Aisling Franciosi, and Natalia del Riego have all joined the series.

They will star alongside previously announced star Lena Headey as well as Gillian Anderson. The official description of the series states:

“As a group of diverse, outlier families pursue their Manifest Destiny in 1850s Oregon, a corrupt force of wealth and power, coveting their land, tries to force them out. These abandoned souls, the kind of lost souls living on the fringe of society, unite their tribes to form a family and fight back. In this bloody process, ‘justice’ is stretched beyond the boundaries of the law.”

Headey will play Fiona Nolan, while Anderson will play Constance Van Ness. Robinson will play Elias Teller, while Silvers will play Dahlia Teller. Till will play Garret Van Ness,...

The Abandons, Kurt Sutter’s Western action drama for Netflix, has added six as series regulars: Lucas Till (MacGyver), Nick Robinson (Maid), Diana Silvers (Booksmart), Lamar Johnson (The Last of Us), Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale), and Natalia del Riego (Hail Mary).

Till plays Garret Van Ness, with Robinson as Elias Teller, Silvers as Dahlia Teller, Johnson as Albert Mason, Franciosi as Trisha Van Ness, and Del Riego as Lilla Belle. As previously announced, Lena Heady and Gillian Anderson lead the cast, as Fiona Nolan and Constance Van Ness, respectively.

Created and exec produced by Sutter, who also serves as showrunner, The Abandons follows a group of diverse, outlier families pursuing their Manifest Destiny in 1850s Oregon, as a corrupt force of wealth and power, coveting their land, tries to force them out. These abandoned souls, the kind of lost souls living on the fringe of society,...

Irish actor Paul Mescal rose to fame by starring as Connell Waldron in BBC Three’s romantic psychological drama mini-series Normal People opposite Daisy Edgar Jones. The actor’s performance was highly lauded in the mini-series as he not only earned a BAFTA TV Award but also a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Mescal also starred in a supporting role in The Lost Daughter followed by his critically acclaimed performances in God’s Creatures and Aftersun. Paul Mescal’s portrayal of a troubled father in Aftersun alongside young actress Frankie Corio earned him his Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The movie was named one of the best movies in 2022 by the National Board of Review, which also contributed to Paul Mescal’s success. The actor has been one of the top contenders for the role of James Bond and he shared his thoughts on the same.

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Aisling Franciosi has done drama and horror, and now, the breakout Irish-Italian star is trying her hand at not one, but two comedies. What else can this indie actress do?

Well, aside from mastering the “addictive” hobby of stop-motion animation for the aptly-titled horror film “Stopmotion,” Franciosi is eyeing a producing debut in the indie film space. It’s all dependent on connecting with the perfect project, something that Franciosi previously found with A24’s “God’s Creatures” which landed her a BIFA nomination alongside co-star Paul Mescal, and Jennifer Kent’s Venice award-winning “The Nightingale,” for which Franciosi was nominated in the Breakthrough Actor category at the Gotham Awards.

“Thankfully, I’ve got an agent who knows me well, and she sent me the script for [‘Stopmotion’] saying, ‘This is absolutely bonkers, but I think you’ll love it.’ And I did as soon as I read it,” Franciosi told...

Hollywood blockbusters were shut out at the 44th London Critics’ Circle Awards, as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” both left empty handed while independent films swept the top categories. Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust-set horror-drama won Film of the Year, and Glazer was individually honored with Director of the Year as well. Celine Song’s 2023 Sundance hit “Past Lives,” another Best Picture nominee, won Foreign-Language Film of the Year.

Many of the acting categories were dominated by Oscar frontrunners, as Emma Stone won Actress of the Year for “Poor Things” and Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Supporting Actress of the Year for “The Holdovers.” Oscar nominees Justine Triet and Arthur Harari shared Screenwriter of the Year for “Anatomy of a Fall,” and Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” won Animated Film of the Year. Notably, Supporting Actor of the Year went to Charles Melton, who did not receive an Oscar nomination despite...

The 44th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards were held this afternoon at London’s May Fair Hotel.

The awards are given by the 210-member Film Section of the Critics' Circle, the UK's longest-standing and most prestigious critics' organisation. The vast majority of Film Review’s roster of critics are members of the London Film Critics’ Circle, including Executive Editor James Cameron-Wilson, Mansel Stimpson, Michael Darvell, George Savvides and Wendy Lloyd.

This year All of Us Strangers led with 9 nominations, followed by Oppenheimer with 7 nominations. Jonathan Glazer's German-language drama The Zone of Interest and Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers brought home the most wins at three each. In this year's awards, critics voted in two new categories: Animated Film and Breakthrough Performance. The inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation was presented to cinematic trailblazer Colman Domingo and Jeffrey Wright became the 33rd recipient of the London Critics' top honour,...

Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” and Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” led the 44th annual London Critics’ Circle Awards with three wins apiece.

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” which had seven and five nominations respectively, left the ceremony empty handed, as did Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” that had four nominations.

German-language film “The Zone of Interest” was named film of the year and also won the direction prize and the technical achievement award for its music and sound. “All of Us Strangers” won the Attenborough Award for British/Irish film of the year, with Andrew Scott named actor of the year and co-star Paul Mescal winning British/Irish performer for his body of work in 2023.

Actress of the year was won by Emma Stone for “Poor Things.” Supporting performance awards went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for “The Holdovers...

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest and Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers lead the winners at the 2024 London Film Critics’ Circle awards, with three prizes each.

At the ceremony held this evening in London, The Zone Of Interest received film of the year, director of the year and the technical achievement award – the latter for Mica Levi and Johnnie Burn for music and sound.

Scroll down for the full list of winners

All Of Us Strangers received British/Irish film of the year, actor of the year for Andrew Scott, and was one of the films credited...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

The Beekeeper (David Ayer)

It’s the time of year for smooth-brained relaxation. Moviegoers can recover from the holidays with the comfort of knowing Gerard Butler, Liam Neeson, or Jason Statham will be here to satisfy their mid-budget, action-programmer needs. Is it really the new year if one of those cherished Kings of January doesn’t appear on the release slate? There’s no Gerry or Liam, but the ever-reliable Statham dons a trucker hat and blue jeans to grit his way through David Ayer’s The Beekeeper, an overall valiant, occasionally fun attempt to take us out of Q1 doldrums. – Conor O. (full review)

Where to Stream: VOD

Brawl in Cell Block 99 (S. Craig Zahler)

S. Craig Zahler is the...

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Screen is listing the 2023 release dates for films in the UK and Ireland in the calendar below.

For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here. Screen is also running a calendar for festival and market dates throughout 2023 here.

December

December 31

Berliner Philharmoniker Live: New Year’s Eve Concert 2023 (Trafalgar - event cinema)

Previous releases January

January 6

Piggy (Vertigo), The Enforcer (Vertigo), Alcarràs (Mubi), A Man Called Otto (Sony), Rashomon (BFI), Till (Universal)

January 7

Andre Rieu In Dublin 2023 (Piece of...

Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” led the nominations at the 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with nine nods, followed by Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” with seven.

Celine Song’s “Past Lives,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” and Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” have six nominations each, while Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie received five.

All of these films are contenders for film of the year alongside Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers,” Todd Haynes’ “May December” and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Cast members from these films vie for acting honors, including Andrew Scott, Paul Giamatti, Cillian Murphy, Lily Gladstone, Sandra Hüller, Greta Lee and Emma Stone.

Jeffrey Wright, who is nominated this year as lead actor in “American Fiction,” will be presented with the London Critics’ top honor The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film.

The...

US actor Jeffrey Wright will be honoured with the Dilys Powell award for excellence in film

Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers leads the 44th London Critics’ Circle Award nominations with nine nods, followed by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer on seven.

Scroll down for full nominations

Haigh’s romantic drama is up for best film, best screenwriter and acting nominations for stars Andrew Scott, Claire Foy and Paul Mescal. Scott and Mescal are also nominated in British/Irish performer of the year, which recognises an actor’s body of work, as is Cillian Murphy, Carey Mulligan and Tilda Swinton.

Andrew Haigh’s drama All of Us Strangers has landed nine London Critics’ Circle Awards nominations, ahead of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which has scored seven.

Celine Song’s Past Lives, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest garnered six noms apiece, while Greta Gerwig’s Barbie notched five. Scroll down for full list of nominations.

All of the films are in the running for the critics’ Film of the Year accolade, alongside the French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, Todd Haynes’ May December and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.

In the acting categories, Andrew Scott, Paul Giamatti and Cillian Murphy and lead actresses Lily Gladstone, Sandra Hüller, Greta Lee and Emma Stone all feature.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on February 4 with actor-writer-comic Anna Leong Brophy reprising her role as host.

Newgrange Signs Business Affairs & Development Chiefs

Jackie Larkin’s Newgrange Pictures, part of Finnish film and TV studio Yellow Film & TV, has appointed a business affairs and development boss. Joan Lambe will oversee the company’s financing opportunities and strategic decisions along with aiding with the overall financial planning of the company. Ali Doyle, meanwhile, will work across the existing slate of film and TV projects and new programs. The pair’s past employers include MGM, HBO, Netflix and Wild Atlantic Pictures. “Due to the recent lull in the market following an unstable summer of strikes and general slowdown in the business, the growth plan had to be put on hold,” said Larkin. “But we’re in this for the long game and have seen these peaks and troughs before. I am so excited to bring these two amazing women to the team.” Arctic Circle producer Yellow Film calls...

by Cláudio Alves

...but not even he could make Foe worth watching.

Since Normal People hit the small screen in 2020, the Irish actor has enjoyed a rise to fame like few before. Still, his breakthrough performance as Connell Waldron could have been a one-hit wonder with its staggering vulnerability never to be repeated. Thankfully, that wasn't to be. Though his big-screen debut, The Lost Daughter, didn't ask much from the Maynooth-born hunk with perpetually sad eyes, the 2022 double feature of Aftersun and God's Creatures revealed surprising range. So much so that he secured his first Oscar nomination for the Charlotte Wells stunner, a rare honor for its kind of understated work.

Garth Davis' Foe is the first significant stumble in a mostly impeccable resume. Still, that need not be the end-all-be-all of Mescal's 2023…...

Since his television debut in Hulu's romantic drama "Normal People," Paul Mescal has garnered much praise and attention from critics and fans alike. The actor began his career in theater, notably starring in theatrical productions of "The Great Gatsby" and "A Midnight Summer's Dream" before hitting screens everywhere in 2020 with "Normal People."

The series helped launch Mescal into the spotlight and led to his film debut in Maggie Gyllenhaal's 2021 Oscar-nominated film "The Lost Daughter." By 2022, Mescal had several acting credits under his belt, including "Aftersun," for which he earned a best actor Oscar nomination. Up next, the actor will share the screen with Saoirse Ronan in Amazon's "Foe," which hits theaters Oct. 6. He'll also star alongside "Fleabag" star Andrew Scott in "All of Us Strangers," out Dec. 22.

Given his level of stardom over the past few years, many have wondered about Mescal's personal life, including his romances, which...

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal from a screenplay by Bragi F. Schut Jr. and Zak Olkewicz. The film is based on a chapter titled “The Captain’s Log” from the 1897 book Dracula by Bram Stoker. The Lost Voyage of the Demeter follows the crew of a merchant ship named Demeter as Dracula picks them apart one by one.

The supernatural horror film stars Corey Hawkins (BlacKkKlansman) as Clemens, Javier Botet (Slender Man) as Conde Dracula, Aisling Franciosi (God’s Creatures) as Anna, Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) as Captain Eliot, and David Dastmalchian (The Boogeyman) as Wojchek.

Credit – Universal Pictures

While the critics are not actually loving the film, The Last Voyage of the Demeter could be a worthwhile watch for all the Dracula and gothic horror fans out there. So let’s find what the critics are actually saying about the supernatural horror film.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal from a screenplay by Bragi F. Schut Jr. and Zak Olkewicz. The film is based on a chapter titled “The Captain’s Log” from the 1897 book Dracula by Bram Stoker. The Lost Voyage of the Demeter follows the crew of a merchant ship named Demeter as Dracula picks them apart one by one.

While the critics are not actually loving the film, The Last Voyage of the Demeter could be a worthwhile watch for all the Dracula and gothic horror fans out there.

So, let’s see what we know about The Last Voyage of the Demeter including its cast, when is it coming out, what is it about, and most importantly where can you watch it.

The Last Voyage of the Demeter – When Did it Come Out? Credit – Universal Pictures

The Last Voyage of the Demeter...

The festival runs June 23 - July 1.

Films by Jessica Hausner, Elegance Bratton and Sebastian Silva are among 36 titles selected for the Filmfest München’s three international competition strands, CineMasters, CineVision and CineRebels. The festival runs June 23-July 1.

CineMasters

Hausner’s Club Zero will be joined by another four Cannes competition titles - Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, Marco Bellocchio’s Kidnapped, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters, and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster - to screen in Munich’s CineMasters competition for the €50,000 Arri Award which is presented to the producers of the best international film.

The 12-title line-up also includes...

Paul Mescal and Sharon Horgan were among the winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards.

Despite Colin Farrell losing out the best actor award to Mescal, “The Banshees of Inisherin” beat out competitors to win best film. In the international category “All Quiet on the Western Front” took home the top award on Sunday night.

Read on for the full list of winners.

Film Categories

Best Film

“Aisha”

“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Winner

“God’s Creatures”

“Lakelands”

“Róise & Frank”

“The Wonder”

Director – Film

“Aisha” – Frank Berry – Winner

“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Martin McDonagh

“It Is In Us All” – Antonia Campbell Hughes

“Joyride” – Emer Reynolds

“Let the Wrong One In” – Conor McMahon

“Róise & Frank” – Rachael Moriarty & Peter Murphy

Script – Film

“Aisha” – Frank Berry – Winner

“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Martin McDonagh

“God’s Creatures” – Shane Crowley

“Joyride” – Ailbhe Keogan

“Let the Wrong One In” – Conor McMahon

“Róise & Frank” – Rachael Moriarty,...

“Nomadland” director Chloé Zhao has landed two heavy hitters for her next film, “Hamnet,” set up at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners. Oscar nominees Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are both in talks to star in the film, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.

“Hamnet” is a historical fiction take on the Bard, William Shakespeare, that tells the story of his wife Anne “Agnes” Hathaway and her romance with the man who would become the world’s most famous playwright. The novel focuses on the death of the couple’s son, Hamnet, who died at age 11 in 1596 and has been speculated to be an inspiration for Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet.”

Specific character details for Buckley and Mescal were not disclosed.

“Hamnet” is based on a New York Times-best-selling novel from 2020 by author Maggie O’Farrell. Zhao is co-writing the script with O’Farrell.

Liza Marshall through Hera Pictures and Pippa Harris,...

Exclusive: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are in talks to star in an adaptation of Hamnet for Amblin Partners, Hera Pictures, Neal Street Productions and Book of Shadows. Chloé Zhao will direct the film based on the novel by Maggie O’Farrell, who will adapt the script with Zhao.

The New York Times bestselling historical fiction novel imagines the story of Agnes – the wife of the world’s most famous writer, William Shakespeare – as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. The novel charts the emotional, familial and artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to life a human and heart-stopping story as the backdrop to the creation of The Bard’s Hamlet.

Hamnet won the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Fiction Prize at the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Awards and was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize and longlisted for the Andrew...

The Irish Film And TV Academy (IFTA) have revealed this year’s nominees for the Screen Ireland – IFTA Rising Star award.

The five nominees are Aoife McArdle (Director – Severance), Danielle Galligan (Actor – Lakelands), Daryl McCormack, Éanna Hardwicke (Actor – Lakelands), and Kathryn Ferguson (Director – Nothing Compares).

Previous winners of the IFTA Rising Star Award include Saoirse Ronan, Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, John Michael McDonagh, Sarah Greene, Gerard Barrett, and Jamie Dornan.

Announcing the nominees, the Irish Academy said this year’s group of Rising Stars represents a new “vanguard of the next wave of Irish Screen Talent.”

“Ireland has recently enjoyed a record-breaking year in terms of film and television production. The past year saw Irish directors, writers, producers, cast, and crew create world-class stories that have engaged audiences around the globe,” the statement read.

Selected by a special jury, the winner...

Easter holidays boost takings of ’Mummies’, ‘Puss In Boots’; ‘Rye Lane’ tops £1m.

RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Apr 14-16)Total gross to date Week 1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal) £7.6m £35.9m 2 2. Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (eOne) £1.2m £10.8m 3 3. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) £823,064 £14.9m 4 4. Air (Warner Bros) £722,822 £2.8m 2 5. Renfield (Universal) £680,661 £680,661 1

Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.24

Audiences shelled out a further £7.6m on Universal animation The Super Mario Bros. Movie, as the blockbuster dropped just 14% on its opening session to comfortably hold the UK-Ireland box office lead.

Mario increased its Sunday takings by 9% compared to its opening session...

Further new releases to make the top five include ‘Air’ and ’The Pope’s Exorcist’.

Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Apr 7-9) Total gross to date Week 1. Super Mario Bros: The Movie (Universal) £8.7m £19.8m 1 2. Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (eOne) £1.6m £8.2m 2 3. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) £1.3m £13.4m 3 4. Air (Warner Bros) £807,693 £1.6m 1 5. The Pope’s Exorcist (Sony) £689,666 £921,015 1

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Super Mario Bros: The Movie blasted the competition at the UK-Ireland box office during the Easter bank holiday weekend, taking £8.7m from 720 locations for Universal –the biggest wide release for an animation in the territory.

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The film will have its international premiere at Hot Docs in May.

BFI Distribution has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Name Me Lawand, Edward Lovelace’s documentary about a deaf Kurdish boy who moves from Iraq to the UK, where he learns British Sign Language.

The film debuted at the BFI London Film Festival in October last year in the documentary competition; it will have its international premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto on May 1.

BFI Distribution acquired the rights from producers Pulse Films, and will release the film in cinemas this summer.

Name Me Lawand follows the eponymous Kurdish boy,...

Lionsgate’s ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’, Disney’s ‘Rye Lane’ hold well.

RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (Mar 31-Apr 2)Total gross to date Week 1. Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (eOne) £3.4m £3.5m 1 2. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) £2.6m £10.1m 2 3. Mummies (Warner Bros) £647,234 £647,234 1 4. Shazam! Fury Of The Gods (Warner Bros) £468,853 £4.9m 3 5. Creed III (Warner Bros) £424,645 £13.5m 5

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Action-adventure film Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves has opened top of the UK-Ireland box office with a £3.4m weekend.

The eOne title took a £4,940 average from 680 cinemas. It is up to £3.5m in total, with the film having made over...

Emily Watson in God's Creatures Photo: A24

Directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, and written by Shane Crowley from an idea he co-wrote with the film’s producer, Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly, God’s Creatures centres on the fallout from an accusation. Shortly after her estranged son Brian O’Hara (Paul Mescal) returns home from Australia, Aileen (Emily Watson) is forced to choose between her moral sense of duty and protecting her only son, when Sarah (Aisling Franciosi), who she supervises at the seafood processing factory, accuses him of rape. Eileen chooses to lie to the police, and then her family begins to slowly unravel. Meanwhile, Sarah withdraws and is shunned by the tight knit community.

In conversation with Eye For Film, Davis and Holmer discussed building the mechanics of their story around breathing rhythms and replacing words with images. They also spoke about exploring oppressive structures that trap men and women alike,...

Animation ‘Mummies’, French hit ‘The Night Of The 12th’ also open.

Action adventure Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves sets off on its UK-Ireland box office run this weekend in 680 cinemas through eOne.

The film depicts a charming thief and band of unlikely adventurers who embark on a quest to retrieve a lost relic, but run afoul of the wrong people.

It is based on the tabletop role playing game that was first published in 1974, which has become one of the most popular tabletop games worldwide, with the game’s publisher Wizards Of The Coast claiming that over 50 million people...

It may feel like we’re heading into our sixth month of winter, but whatever the weather says, spring is technically here.

Ringing in April (hopefully sans showers), The Independent’s team of critics and culture editors have hand-selected the very best TV series, films, music, exhibitions, books and theatre to enjoy over the weekend.

Chief art critic Mark Hudson heads to Dundee to learn about the history of tartan in Scotland, while TV editor Ellie Harrison checks out comedy queen Daisy May Cooper’s most serious role to date in Rain Dogs. In the film arena, Adam White celebrates both artsy Mubi releases (Please Baby Please) and surprisingly good blockbusters (Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves). Music editor Roisin O’Connor sings the praises of indie supergroup boygenius’s edgily titled five-star album the record. Arts editor Jessie Thompson delves into pop music’s recent past with Michael Cragg’s...

How did we get here?” Emily Watson asks, frustratedly. “Where the victims of a horrific crime aren’t believed and the perpetrators are protected?” In her new film God’s Creatures, the Oscar-nominated star of Breaking the Waves and Punch-Drunk Love plays Aileen, a seafood processor in rural Ireland whose son Brian (Normal People’s Paul Mescal) is accused by a local girl of rape. The residents of the small fishing town they live in rally around him. The accuser, on the other hand, is exiled. “This is baked into our institutions and how our society is structured,” Watson continues, forcefully now. “Somehow sexual assault doesn’t matter. Somebody breaks into your house? The police will sort you out in five minutes. If someone rapes your daughter… good luck!”

Watson has been an internationally acclaimed star and one of Britain’s very best actors for more than 25 years, but there’s still something mysterious about her.

Lionsgate’s “John Wick: Chapter 4” shot its way to the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office with a £5.3 million ($6.5 million) opening weekend, according to numbers released by Comscore.

In its second weekend, Warner Bros.’ “Shazam! Fury Of The Gods” collected £1.09 million in second place for a total of £4.09 million. In third place, Warner Bros.’ “Creed III” earned £731,273 and now has a total of £12.8 million after four weekends.

Paramount’s “Scream VI” grossed £597,937 in fourth place in its third weekend for a total of £6.2 million. Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “Allelujah” that took £463,973 in its second weekend for a total of £2.02 million.

The other debut in the top 10 was Paramount’s “80 For Brady” that earned £158,937 in ninth place.

Mubi release “The Five Devils” collected £16,766, including previews.

This week, among speciality releases, Kaleidoscope Entertainment is releasing “Heathers: The Musical,” the filmed version of the hit stage musical,...

An autumn theatrical release is planned.

Joanna Hogg’s gothic ghost story The Eternal Daughter has been acquired for distribution in the UK and Ireland by BFI Distribution.

The UK-us production marks the BFI’s second acquisition from A24, following God’s Creatures earlier this year.

A theatrical release is planned for autumn. It will also form part of a Joanna Hogg retrospective season running at BFI Southbank, also taking place in the autumn.

The film, which premiered at Venice, tells the story of an artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home,...

BFI Distribution has picked up Tilda Swinton and Joanna Hogg’s latest collaboration, The Eternal Daughter, for theatrical release in the UK and Ireland.

The pic will hit cinemas this autumn and form the centerpiece of a Joanna Hogg retrospective season hosted at BFI Southbank that will also include a programme of films that have influenced her work.

The Eternal Daughter is the BFI’s second acquisition from A24, following the Irish drama God’s Creatures, starring Paul Mescal and Emily Watson earlier this year. The film also marks Hogg and Swinton’s third collaboration following the acclaimed two-part Souvenir series, which starred Swinton’s daughter Honor Swinton Byrne.

Written and directed by Hogg with Martin Scorsese once again on board as Executive Producer, the film follows an artist and her elderly mother who confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.

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BFI Distribution has acquired Joanna Hogg’s gothic ghost story “The Eternal Daughter,” starring Tilda Swinton in a dual role, for theatrical release in the U.K. and Ireland and will release in cinemas this fall. In the film, an artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.

The film had its world premiere at Venice in 2022 and also screened at the London and Toronto festivals. Alongside its wider distribution, it will also screen at London’s BFI Southbank as part of a complete Hogg retrospective season, which will run alongside a program of films that have influenced her work. The film is the BFI’s second acquisition from A24, following “God’s Creatures” earlier this year.

Executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Rose Garnett and coproduced by Eimhear McMahon, the film is produced by Hogg alongside Ed Guiney,...

Actor Emily Watson has recalled the response Daniel Day-Lewis gave her when she asked him about his method acting.

The pair co-starred in the 1997 Ira drama The Boxer together. Day-Lewis, who is now retired, was known for using method acting techniques when inhabiting roles.

In a new interview with The Guardian, Watson remembered questioning Day-Lewis on why he chose that approach.

“He said to me: ‘I’m not a good enough actor not to,” she said.

Watson herself does not method act, but spoke about the lengths she would go to prepare for a role.

“I need to immerse myself very fully for a role. It’s really about kidding your body that this is real,” she said. “You can find all sorts of different ways of tricking yourself.”

The 56-year-old actor was speaking ahead of her new film God’s Creatures, co-starring Paul Mescal, in which she plays a mother...

The actor grew up in an alleged cult and was expelled after her explicit role in Breaking the Waves. She discusses method acting, the #MeToo movement and mixing work and family

Emily Watson had big plans to turn up for our interview looking immaculately made up, but then family members started getting sick and her morning fell apart. “When my husband’s ill, chaos descends,” she says, with a sigh. Despite this, she doesn’t seem ruffled. If anything, she is serene and calm, her skin glowing and those expressive blue eyes as piercing and soulful in life as they are on screen.

We meet at the BFI Southbank in London, a regular haunt of hers over the years, to talk about her new film God’s Creatures. Dressed in a short black dress, a black corduroy jacket and a black and white scarf, she has a gentle presence. In the film,...