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London's new influentials

10.11.09
'The 1000' - the Standard's list of the capital's top movers and shakers - is out tomorrow. Here's a preview of 25 bright sparks who make this year's selection for the first time... more

Lights, camera, funding £166m for new film centre on South Bank

16.10.09
London is to get a £166million state-of-the-art film centre, Gordon Brown said... more

Top 10 Brit flicks that could be next Slumdog

23.04.09
The pressure is on to emulate the surprise global success of Danny Boyle's film. Here are this year's top 10 homegrown movies that could hit the jackpot.... more

F***! – New film In the Loop restores swearing to an art form

27.03.09
In the Loop, the film extension of The Thick of It, isn't released for three weeks yet but it is already making waves... more

Anger over Bronson's jail plea for freedom at film premiere

06.03.09
Britain's most notorious prisoner is to broadcast a plea for his freedom at the premiere of a film about his life... more

Kate and the Brits toast their victory with fizz and a fry-up

23.02.09
Our homegrown stars partied into the early hours today but, at Hollywood’s biggest celebration, nothing was more intoxicating than success. Nick Curtis and John Arlidge report... more

Slumdog Millionaire ready for a bite of Oscars

09.02.09
Slumdog Millionaire looks set for an inexorable sweep to Oscars glory after storming the Orange British Academy Awards... more

Booming cinemas are great escape from recession

12.01.09
Analysis: The movie industry has been celebrating itself at the Golden Globes. Given the success of Danny Boyle and Kate Winslet, the UK cinema industry itself could be a star this year... more

Ignore the bleatings of the bendy bus brigade

27.10.08
Following the brilliant success of its efforts to defend Lee Jasper, LDA croynism and Ian Blair, the London Left has hit on yet another sure-fire electoral winner... more

Film

08.10.08
Given the financial hurricane that devasted the City last month, that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for British film and our leading directors and actors ... more

£100,000 for black film

24.09.08
Film audiences are to get the chance to see more black cinema thanks to a new £100,000 fund... more

British film boom: Industry in 60 per cent hike in takings thanks to Keira and Harry Potter

21.07.08
Keira Knightley and JK Rowling have helped the British film industry enjoy its best year, earning a record £1.65 billion around the world.... more

Britain's £1.5bn box office record

21.07.08
Keira Knightley and JK Rowling have helped the British film industry enjoy its best ever year, earning a record £1.6 billion around the world.... more

UK films make great box office with £1.6bn record

21.07.08
Keira Knightley and JK Rowling have helped the British film industry enjoy its best year, earning a record £1.65 billion around the world... more

Donkey Punch: Punch drunk from sickening sadism

17.07.08
Oliver Blackburn's British horror film is yet another of those movies in which dim-witted, morally illiterate teenagers you don't care about die in insufficiently rapid succession. ... more

The King of Cannes

23.05.08
British director Terence Davies is the toast of the Riviera following a screening of his new film, Of Time and the City.... more

Indy’s going to Cannes – but where are all the Brits?

24.04.08
Among the 19 names revealed for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival only two directors are flying Union Jacks.... more

21-year-old's first play hits West End

18.02.08
A sellout first play by 21-year-old writer Polly Stenham is to transfer to the West End.... more

21-year-old's first play hits West End

18.02.08
A first play by a 21-year-old writer is to transfer to the West End... more

Box office boost for British films

13.11.07
Home-grown films accounted for more than a quarter of the UK box office this year, according to new figures.... more

Director who puts himself in the frame

27.04.07
Shane Meadows, director of new release This Is England, has made a name creating movies which reflect his working-class Midlands upbringing.... more

Bond joins Pirates in top 10 film list

24.04.07
Casino Royale and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest have secured a place in the top ten highest grossing films at the British box office.... more

Londoners buy a quarter of all cinema tickets

23.04.07
A quarter of all cinema admissions in the Britain were in London last year with Casino Royale, the latest James Bond, the most popular film.... more

Chancellor's U-turn lets films off tax crackdown

08.03.07
Gordon Brown has made one of his swiftest U-turns after fears that a tax crackdown would cripple British films such as Casino Royale.... more

Brits sweep the Globes

16.01.07
The Brits are celebrating their biggest ever haul of Golden Globes. Helen Mirren led the way at the Beverly Hills ceremony seen as a forerunner to the Oscars.... more

Hollywood bows down to Potters

15.01.07
The British movie industry is seeing increased levels of investment thanks to movies such as the Harry Potter series and the current Beatrix Potter biopic.... more

Warning of 007 defection

14.11.06
He is the most famous British spy on the planet - but Bond producers have warned they may have to stop filming in the UK because it has become too expensive.... more

Fears for film industry without TV licence rise

10.11.06
Film industry chiefs have warned that Britain will struggle to produce hits if the Government does not increase the BBC's licence fee.... more

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