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On the best British film list, Francis Lee's terrific God's Own Country has a much - deserved nomination: a complex love story between two people and a love story between those two people and the Yorkshire countryside.

Not exact matches

Differences between American and British English can sometimes be spotted in films or books — it can be fun to make one's own list of the variations, including, sometimes, completely different words.

You might not expect a serious political website to cite a blood - bathed action film written by the directors of the Matrix at the top of its list of political movie of the decade, but V for Vendetta had a serious effect on the look and feel of British politics that it would be unwise to dismiss.

Tinder has released a list of the top right - swiped names in the UK Offers news, comment and features about the British arts scene with sections on books, films, music, theatre, art and architecture.

Bergman's film quickly made its passage into classic status; the 1972 poll of the world's film critics by Sight and Sound, the British film magazine, listed it among the ten greatest films ever made, and it is now considered by many Bergman scholars to be his best.

The list of 25 films compiled for the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound magazine features David Lynch and Mark Frost's 18 - part Twin Peaks: The Return at number two, behind Jordan Peele's Get Out.

I'm not sure why the British broadsheets are all falling over themselves to publish their «best of the 2000s» lists in early November, but mere days after The Telegraph critics declared Michael Moore's «Fahrenheit 9/11» the film of the decade, The Times has weighed in with their own Top 100.

From The Shape of Water to Lady Bird, the full list of films up for a gong at this year's leading British film awards

Its opening film is the British - produced mountaineering thriller Everest, featuring Anglo - American glamour in the shape of Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley and Josh Brolin; its competition strand has an impressive list of international auteurs, including Tom Hooper (The Danish Girl), Alexander Sokurov (Francofonia), Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash) and Charlie Kaufman (Anomalisa); and a number of authentic coups, including the world premiere screening of Black Mass, the much - hyped gangster film featuring Johnny Depp as James «Whitey» Bulger, and a first look at Beasts of No Nation, the African - set war thriller that represents Netflix's most serious shot yet across Hollywood's bows.

As far as snubs go, I was disappointed to see that my personal favourite of the year, Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin, was not on the best film list as well as best British film.

The Observer has just assembled one of the more interesting lists I've seen in some time — a collective of the 25 best British films of the last quarter - century, compiled from the votes of over 60 critics, film professionals and assorted outside voices, ranging from Ben Kingsley to Peter Morgan to our friend Anne Thompson.

High Fidelity, Chicken Run, dirty pretty things, children of men (again 1 of my favorites), united 93 might also be called British films and some might claim a place on that list.

In three weeks... Look out for superior British horror thriller Kill List... Terrence Malick's dazzling keynote film Days Of Heaven is reissued...

Perhaps the most realistic and gritty film on this list, Guy Ritchie's Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was considered to be a huge turning point in the history of British cinema.

Kill List and Sightseers director Ben Wheatley's A Field in England is drastically different from the British filmmaker's previous works, to the point that fans of his other films are having a difficult time wrapping their tastes — and minds — around this new one.

The Moët British Independent Film Awards have unveiled the nominations for 2015 — and the list is a reminder of both the awards» and VOD's importance to indie film.

Even those who cackled and cringed through Ben Wheatley's Brighton - based crime satire Down Terrace (also the best British picture of 2010), may find themselves recoiling at certain moments in his second film, Kill List.

Ben Wheatley's Kill List is a dark and often gruesome film that has echoes of one of the best British horror movies ever made, The Wicker Man.

We once again get some choice British Invasion tunes effectively married to slow - motion character strolls; The Kinks should be grateful for the potent exposure three of their songs are given, while the Rolling Stones» «Play with Fire» is employed for the film's most affecting sequence, adding to the list of instances where the director and band are in harmony.

With that in mind, and more importantly because any time is a good time to acknowledge it, I thought I would list my essential British films.

Here is the full list of nominations: BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM SENNA SHAME TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY TYRANNOSAUR WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN BEST DIRECTOR Ben Wheatley — KILL LIST Steve McQueelist of nominations: BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM SENNA SHAME TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY TYRANNOSAUR WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN BEST DIRECTOR Ben Wheatley — KILL LIST Steve McQueeLIST Steve McQueen...

Gravity, which stars US actors Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, has caused some controversy by being listed as a British film but it was filmed in this country and the team responsible for its visual effects are UK - based.

BAFTA nominations list Best film Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game The Theory of Everything Leading Actor Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler Michael Keaton - Birdman Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel Leading Actress Amy Adams - Big Eyes Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything Julianne Moore - Still Alice Reese Witherspoon - Wild Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl Supporting Actor Edward Norton - Birdman Ethan Hawke - Boyhood J.K. Simmons - Whiplash Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher Steve Carell - Foxcatcher Supporting Actress Emma Stone - Birdman Imelda Staunton - Pride Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game Patricia Arquette - Boyhood Rene Russo - Nightcrawler Outstanding British Film»71 The Imitation Game Paddington Pride The Theory of Everything Under the Skin Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Elaine Constantine (writer / director)- Northern Soul Gregory Burke (writer), Yann Demange (director)-»71 Hong Khaou (writer / director)- Lilting Paul Katis (director / producer), Andrew de Lotbiniere (producer)- Kajaki: The True Story Stephen Beresford (writer), David Livingstone (producer)- Pride Film Not in the English Language Ida Leviathan The Lunchbox Trash Two Days, One Night Documentary 20 Feet from Stardom 20,000 Days on Earth Citizenfour Finding Vivian Maier Virunga Animated Film Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls The Lego Movie Whiplash Adapted Screenplay American Sniper Gone Girl The Imitation Game Paddington The Theory of Everything EE Rising Star Jack O'Connell Gugu Mbatha - Raw Miles Teller Margot Robbie Shailene Woodley

Nina Forever (Chris & Ben Blaine, 2015) Superb, bloody, British meditation on grief, and not the only film from two brothers in this list.

of 2017 list: The British Film Institute's Sight & Sound list of the best films of the year is out for 2017 and we only have to make it down to No. 2 on the list to take issue; securing the runner - up slot right after top - ranked «Get Out» is «Twin Peaks: The Return.»

There's been a backlash against these films in recent years (partly levelled at the public school, Oxbridge provenance of the filmmakers), but the fact that most of them ride high on this list suggests they're still credited with initiating a new age of storytelling in British cinema, both in terms of the range, social and geographical, of subjects and a style of filmmaking that honours realism above all else.

Starting our list off is the wonderful, timeless classic British film, 1970's The Railway Children.

It was listed as one of critics» best films of 2016 in Sight & Sound, a monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI).

In his documentary film the return of the real (2005), which was short - listed for the 2006 Turner Prize, British artist Phil Collins invited former guests on talk and makeover shows who felt their lives had been ruined by the appearances to tell their stories at a press conference he set up in Turkey.

Last year Richard Wilson RA's Hang on a Minute Lads... I've Got a Great Idea, a replica coach inspired by 1969 British heist film The Italian Job, teetered on the edge of the hotel's seventh floor Grade I - listed façade.

She is joined on the short list by Laure Prouvost, 35, a French artist and filmmaker who works in London, and was nominated for «Wantee,» a performance piece, and several exhibitions; Tino Sehgal, 36, a British - born, Berlin - based artist, selected for his «This Variation» and «These Associations» exhibitions; and David Shrigley, 44, a British artist known for his darkly humorous works (including a stuffed Jack Russell terrier holding a sign that reads, «I Am Dead»), shortlisted for «Brain Activity,» a retrospective of his drawings, photography, sculpture and film.

The brothers chose from a list of titles of American and British films about vampires.