It was another fruitful night for Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland at the British Academy Film Awards, with BAFTA honouring the awards favourite with Best Film, Best Director (Zhao), Leading Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Cinematography. Other winners from this year’s awards include Promising Young Woman (Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay), The Father (Leading Actor – Anthony […]
Nomadland and Rocks lead nominations for the 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards
Fresh from its Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award successes, Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland has pulled in seven nominations for the 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film which it will contest against The Father, The Mauritanian, Promising Young Woman and The Trial of the Chicago 7. It may have missed out on a […]
Morfydd Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir among all-British list of nominees for BAFTA’s EE Rising Star Award
Saint Maud star Morfydd Clark and Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays Malcolm X in Regina King’s One Night in Miami, are among the all-British nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at this year’s BAFTAs. They will compete against His House and Gangs of London star Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù, County Lines actor Conrad Khan, and Bukky Bakray, […]
Critics’ Choice Awards and Golden Globes pushed back following Oscars move
Last week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the postponement of next year’s Oscars, and now it has been confirmed that the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards will also take place later than usual on February 28th and March 7th respectively. In a statement to the Critics Choice Association, CCA […]
1917 leads the winners of BAFTA’s 2020 British Academy Film Awards
Hollywood descended upon London this evening as BAFTA hosted the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards, with Sam Mendes’ World War I epic 1917 enjoying a fantastic night with seven awards in total including Best Film. Along with the top honour, 1917 was also awarded Outstanding British Film, Director (Mendes), Cinematography (Roger Deakins), Production Design, […]
Golden Globe Reactions & BAFTA Nominations | The Flickering Myth Podcast #131
Listen to the latest episode of The Flickering Myth Podcast… Allen and Tori discuss the Golden Globe winners and the BAFTA nominations. Also discussed, Scott Derrikson’s exit from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, further thoughts on The Witcher, Tori’s assessment of 1917, as well as our weekly streaming recommendations. Email in your questions, […]
Joker leads nominations for 2020 British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the nominations for the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards, with Warner Bros.’ Joker leading the pack with eleven nominations in total including Best Film, which it will contest with 1917, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Parasite. The Irishman and Once […]
2020 EE Rising Star Award nominees announced
Ahead of the British Academy Film Award nominations tomorrow, the nominees for the 2020 EE Rising Star Award have been revealed today. Set to content the coveted award, the only BAFTA voted for by the general public, are Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians, The Farewell), Jack Lowden (Fighting With My Family, Dunkirk), Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelievable, Detroit), […]
BAFTAs 2019: Roma won the top prize, but Olivia Colman won our hearts
Tom Beasley was at the glamorous BAFTAs ceremony last night on behalf of Flickering Myth. Here, he shares his take on the evening, the awards and that excruciating opening monologue… There were a lot of winners at the BAFTAs last night. Rami Malek cemented himself as the Best Actor frontrunner for the Oscars, The Favourite […]
BAFTAs 2019: Full list of winners from the British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Film Awards 2019 took place at London’s Royal Albert Hall this evening as BAFTA honoured the very best in cinematic achievement for the past twelve months. Taking home this year’s prestigious Best Film Award was Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma, with the Netflix release also receiving Best Director (Cuaron), Best Film Not in the […]