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Joker Leads the Pack with the BAFTA Nominations

Nothing like a shift in nomination range to spice up the awards season. Though the announcement of the BAFTA film nominations today has been met…

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Roma and The Favourite dominate the 2019 BAFTA Awards

So the spoils on the British Isles were spread between The Favourite and Roma. Although Yorgos Lanthimos’ period romp near-swept, including both Actress awards, Alfonso Cuaron’s…

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The Filmotomy Seminar: Stirring the Pot with the 2019 BAFTA Preview

Bianca and I (Robin) are joined by Doug Jamieson and Ryan McQuade to delve deep into our picks for Sunday night’s BAFTA awards. As much…

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BAFTA Announces Nominations for EE British Academy Film Awards 2018

With the #BAFTA nominations 2 hours away I’m going to just say look out for You Were Never Really Here, Cold War, BlacKkKlansman, Widows, Stan…

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Filmotomy Podcast Episode 17 – BAFTA Preview

Welcome to another ensemble podcast. This week we squeeze in some BAFTA talk ahead of the awards announcement. Robin, Al, Bianca, and Rob are joined…

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71st BAFTA Awards Announced

The BAFTA awards have just been announced. While Guillermo del Toro continued his run of Best Director wins with the British Academy, it was Martin McDonagh’s…

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The BAFTAs: More than just the British Oscars

This Sunday sees the the 71st British Academy Film Awards known as the BAFTAs. And personally as a Brit I prefer the BAFTAs over the…

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Posted in Awards Season British Film

BAFTA Announce Their Film Nominations

The British Film Academy (BAFTA) announced their nominations in film for 2017 early this morning. Denis Villeneuve’s Director nod for Blade Runner 2049 was an…

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Roger Deakins & That Elusive Oscar – Is This His Year?

  Consider this: A filmography of 57 films The go-to camera dude for the A-List directors like the Coens and Denis Villeneuve 3 ASC (American…

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Masterpiece Memo: Le salaire de la peur (Wages of Fear)

The Fifties, that squeaky-clean decade of that saw the birth of the suburbs, strict morality and, the McCarthy era, also had the misfortune to precede…

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Preview: Film Honors 2016

Wherein I analyse my own choices ahead of Sunday’s big announcements. Check out the Film Honors 2016 Nominees in full, or go straight on ahead:…

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