Trust issues at the BBC “tend to pass,” according to former interim DG Rhodri Talfan Davies. Faced with a question at today’s Enders TMT Leaders Live Conference over a string of scandals at the BBC that have taken place in recent months, damaging trust, Talfan Davies said the audience moves on. “Those things tend to […]
Continue ReadingRhodri Talfan Davies spoke at the Enders TMT Leaders Live conference in London about the U.K. public broadcaster’s recent scandals and challenges.
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EXCLUSIVE: Below is your first look at Chris Hemsworth and Taron Egerton in crime-thriller Kockroach, which has wrapped filming in Australia. The New York-set crime pic, based on the William Lashner novel, is the story of a mysterious stranger who takes on the city’s criminal underworld, transforming himself into a larger-than-life boss in a city where […]
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EXCLUSIVE: The Palestine Film Institute (PFI) has set the lineup of filmmakers and work-in-progress projects that it will present this year as part of its annual showcase at Sheffield DocFest. Presented in collaboration with Sheffield DocFest and supported by the British Council, the PFI Showcase takes place on 13 June at 10:00 BST at the […]
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Like the tip of a spear thrusting from the London skyline, The Shard has become an appealing landmark for filmmakers over the years. Jon Watts staged the climactic scenes of Spider-Man: Far from Home around the skyscraper. Christopher McQuarrie filled the screen with shots of The Shard for Mission: Impossible – Fallout. And the tower […]
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Canal+ began trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Wednesday as a secondary listing, fulfilling a local regulatory commitment tied to its acquisition of pan-African media and entertainment company MultiChoice Group last year. Under the move, Canal+ becomes the first ever French company to list on the JSE, with the entry giving local investors […]
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EXCLUSIVE: It’s a FAST world, and we’re just living in it – at least, that’s what a new report from European streamer Rakuten TV is telling us. Ahead of a presentation at SXSW London today, Rakuten shared insights from its study, The FAST Advantage, which shows that Europeans are taking FAST channels seriously as a […]
Continue ReadingGreek director Thanasis Neofotistos on ‘The Boy With the Light-Blue Eyes,’ his SXSW London debut — a folk horror allegory about otherness, queer identity and the randomness of being born different.
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The U.K. and Ireland box office witnessed a historic opening weekend as A24’s psychological horror “Backrooms” seized the top spot, grossing £4.2 million ($5.7 million). The film delivered the biggest opening weekend in A24’s history for the territory. Disney’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” moved to second place in its sophomore frame, earning $3.5 million. The […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Scott (All Of US Strangers) and George MacKay (1917) have been set to lead the voice cast in Russell Tovey’s (American Horror Story: NYC) debut novel Starlings, which is being published as an Audible Original. Set in the heart of Clapham in London, the drama will explore family estrangement and queer identity. Release is set […]
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