I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with the BAFTA Awards. On the one hand, they can be far more daring and playful in their choices than the American Academy — this is an organisation, after all, that has handed their Best Film award to such enduring works as “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” […]
Will BAFTA stick by their own?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:15 am · November 16th, 2008
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‘Hunger,’ ‘Bruges’ lead British Independent nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:44 pm · October 28th, 2008
The British Independent Film Awards are an odd, under-the-radar institution that frequently like to avoid the obvious and champion the underdog. Last year, for example, they bypassed the starrier likes of “Eastern Promises” and “Notes on a Scandal” to award their top prize to Anton Corbijn’s magnificent, under-rewarded “Control.” The previous year, they were even […]
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