Cinema Cannes Jury Prize winner "The Lobster" hits movie theatres Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz star in The Lobster, from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos. It tells the story of a world where single people are given 23/10/2015
Cinema Bennett classic 'The Lady in the Van' on the big screen ‘The Lady in the Van’ is the true story of Alan Bennett’s strained friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd, an eccentric homeless woman whom the British 21/10/2015
Culture news Back to the Future II - what did the makers get right or wrong? Thousands of film and sci-fi fans around the world are celebrating what’s been dubbed Back to the Future Day in honour of the date in which the 21/10/2015
Cinema Star Wars fever hits Hollywood Two months before it opens in cinemas worldwide, the next ‘Star Wars’ is already setting records, with advance ticket sales breaking all previous 21/10/2015
Cinema Martin Scorsese honoured at Lyon's Festival Lumière It was to legendary film maker Martin Scorsese that this year’s Lumière Festival paid homage in the French city of Lyon – a week-long event without 19/10/2015
Cinema Crimson Peak a Gothic romance with a twist A crumbling mansion in Cumbria, northern England in the late 19th century is the setting for Crimson Peak, a film of dark secrets and a ghostly 14/10/2015
Cinema Trumbo: the true story of a screenwriter banned from Hollywood In Trumbo, actor Bryan Cranston plays a screenwriter blacklisted in the 1940s for his alleged involvement with the US Communist Party. 12/10/2015
Cinema Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford team up in 'Truth' Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford team up in ‘Truth’, a political drama set in the lead-up to the 2004 US presidential election. It is based on the 09/10/2015
Cinema Hitler is back in German satirical comedy Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, David Wnendt’s film ‘Look Who’s Back’ sees Adolf Hitler wake up to find himself in the 21st 08/10/2015
Cinema Keanu Reeves stars in erotic thriller 'Knock Knock' In his latest movie, Keanu Reeves plays a devoted husband and father, who is left alone for the weekend. When two attractive young women knock on his 07/10/2015
Cinema Multi-million dollar Hungarian movie hopes to compete with Hollywood Shooting is underway on the most expensive Hungarian movie of all time. Set during the Hapsburg reprisals after the failed Hungarian revolution of 06/10/2015
Cinema The Walk recounts the 'artistic crime of the century' In 1974, Frenchman Philippe Petit walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Called the artistic crime of the century, it's now the subject of a new vertigo-inducing movie f 02/10/2015
USA Porsche sued over death of Fast & Furious star Paul Walker The daughter of the late actor Paul Walker has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche. Meadow Walker claims the car maker skimped on safety 29/09/2015
Culture news New 007 theme from Sam Smith shakes and stirs The wait is finally over for the latest Bond theme song. The writing’s on the wall from Grammy-award winning artist Sam Smith is the first song to be 29/09/2015
Spain Icelandic director wins "Golden Shell" at San Sebastian film festival The “Golden Shell”, the top prize at the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain has been awarded to Icelandic director Runar Runarsson for 27/09/2015
Cinema Benoît Poelvoorde plays God in wacky Belgian satire This week in Cinema Box: ‘The Brand New Testament’ by Jaco Van Dormael, whose previous works include ‘Mr Nobody’ and ‘The Eighth Day’. In this 25/09/2015
Cinema Senior De Niro works for a youthful Hathaway in The Intern Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, widower and retiree Ben Whittaker (De Niro) becomes an intern at an online fashion site, founded by Jules Ostin (Hathaway). 23/09/2015
Cinema Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara star in CGI-infused blockbuster 'Pan' Starring Hugh Jackman as the legendary pirate Blackbeard and Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily, Pan is a live-action prequel of J. M. Barrie’s classic novel 22/09/2015
Cinema David Oyelowo stars in redemption thriller ‘Captive’ is a thriller based on the real story of Brian Nichols, who was on trial for rape in 2005 when he escaped from custody and murdered the 21/09/2015
Cinema Chewetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine, Margot Robbie in post-apocalyptic thriller Set in a post-apocalyptic world somewhere in a southern US state, ‘Z For Zachariah’ stars ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’‘s Margot Robbie as the last 21/09/2015
Business Qatari group takes over Rome's "Dolce Vita" hotel A Qatari hotel group is to buy the famous Westin Excelsior hotel in Rome for 222 million euros. The Excelsior opened its doors 1906 and became 18/09/2015
Cinema British short 'The Bigger Picture' wins Cartoon d'Or British animated short film ‘The Bigger Picture’ by Daisy Jacobs has won the Cartoon d’Or, a pan-European award for animation short films. Daisy 18/09/2015
Italy Night of surprises in Venice as debut film from Venezuela grabs Golden Lion An unknown first-time director has won one of world cinema’s most prestigious prizes, Venice’s Golden Lion. Lorenzo Vigas, for his film “From Afar” 12/09/2015
Canada 'Demolition' world premiere opens Toronto film festival The world premiere of ‘Demolition,’ starring Jake Gyllenhaal, has opened the 40th Toronto International Film Festival. More than 300 films from 60 11/09/2015
Italy French director Bertrand Tavernier awarded Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement French director Bertrand Tavernier was awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday (September 8). Receiving 08/09/2015
Cinema War in Afghanistan at Venice Film Festival Danish director Tobias Lindholm is teaming up again with Pilou Asbaek of the hit tv series ‘Borgen’ for the drama ‘A War’ screened at the Horizons 08/09/2015
