BAFTA Award for Best Film

Zootopia is a beautifully plotted fantasy film set in a metropolis where anthropomorphic predators and prey live together in peace and harmony. This 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film (McNary, 2017) was produced by Walt Disney Animated Studios and release by Walt Disney Pictures in 2016. The film was co-directed by Bryon Howard Richard Moore and stars the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons, Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Alan Tudyk, Octovia Spencer…

the beginning of the film noir current. For nine years, USA has been the leading country in the production of this genre. In 1949, a famous American producer, David O. Selznick, the creator of Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, USA, 1939), and his British counterpart, Alexander Korda combined their strengths, producing the first British film-noir, which is so significant in the history of cinema. The Third Man (Carol Reed, UK, 1949) is a milestone in the development of film-noir. It was…

nomination: “No one could have played ‘The Elephant Man’ in such a memorable way. He knew how to take that film to the cinematic immortality. We will miss him terribly”. [Original tweet: “No one could have played The Elephant Man more memorably. He carried that film into cinematic immortality. He will be sorely missed.”] “I’m open to all genres, that’s what I am”, said John Hurt, with more than 130 films on his back, going from comedy, sci-fi, and fantasy to spies and superheroes. “Essentially…

creative expressions of resistance, for instance through the use of film direction and animation. One remarkable example of a creative expression of resistance film is Pan’s Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo del Toro. This literature review will discuss the historical background of the Spanish Civil War, the outline of Pan’s Labyrinth and its correlation to the war, in addition to the comparison of the film to other similar films…

Judith Ohikuare, a journalist and former producer at The Atlantic, examined how portraying a character using method acting can affect the mindset or feelings of an actor. In her case, she looked into how “Obie award-winning” actress, “playwright, and associate professor in Yale University’s undergraduate theater studies program” Deborah Margolin felt about playing an unattractive character on TV. Margolin felt that “the line separating her real self from her stage self became less defined the…

English actor, Andy Serkis is best known for his portrayal as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films Trilogy. His other notable works include The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Planet of the Apes reboot series (2011–17). Andy Serkis is married to actress Lorraine Ashbourne. He has three children from his marriage. His net worth is $28 million. He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards in his career. Andrew Clement Serkis was born on April…

When Harry met Sally premiered, this rom com by Rob Reiner starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan blew audiences away. The Castle Rock Entertainment production won 4 awards: The BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay, The ASCAP Top Box Office Films, The American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture, and the American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture. When Billy Crystal first states to Meg Ryan that men and women can’t be friends you realize that these two are somehow…

American actor Samuel Leroy Jackson came into this world on December 21, 1948. He is the highest-grossing actor of all time, and his films have earned over $27 billion worldwide. He is one of the most famous performers of his generation. The Academy honored him in 2022 with the title of "a cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres, generations, and audiences worldwide" for his work. Mother Courage and Her Children, which Jackson performed in 1980 at The Public Theatre, was his…

Both written and directed by Babak Anvari, 2+2=5 (2011) is a short film which highlights important social notions like human rights, natural freedoms, societal order and violent promotion of certain behavioral norms. In 2012, it was nominated under Best Short Film category for the Bafta Film Awards but never won, unfortunately. Anvari’s narration implicitly gives a hint to certain negative historical events of the humanity which should be avoided from repeating in the future. Namely, it reminds…

Free at Last… My overall impression of the movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is that it was very captivating and interesting. The initial book for the movie was written by Kenneth Kesey, who at the time was a medical guinea pig himself for psychoactive drug testing at the Menlo Park Veterans Hospital, CA. He used the opportunity to interview other patients that were under the influence of those drugs, as well. During his stay at the hospital, he realized that many patients weren’t insane…