Get ready for the best LGBTQ films to hit London, as BFI Flare returns this week. Ahead of this year’s edition of the festival, we sat down with programmer Grace …
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Monster is a new hit from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda has become a hallowed name in world cinema, thanks to striking family dramas like 2018’s Shoplifters. After making his last two films, The Truth and Broker, …
Drive-Away Dolls is a half-baked comedy from Ethan Coen
Like a legendary rock band, The Coen Brothers have reached the period where they are pursuing solo projects. Joel hit the ground running, making the remarkable Tragedy of Macbeth in …
The New Boy review: Cate Blanchett stars in powerful drama
Cate Blanchett produces and stars in gripping religious drama, The New Boy set in 1940s Australia. She plays Sister Eileen, a nun who runs an orphanage for indigenous boys, part …
Bank of England to cut interest rates in June, economists forecast
The Bank of England is set to start cutting interest rates in June, according to a City A.M. poll of top economists, as inflation nears its target, the labour market …
Barbie, blockchain and the future of film financing
New technology has the potential to open up investing in films to a new generation, meaning we can all own a share in Barbie’s dream house, says Matt Ong Earlier …
Shell wants to stay in the fossil fuel game as long as possible
The energy transition is proving both a win-win and can’t win situation for Shell. On the one hand, the £164bn company has such a broad remit across all imaginable facets …
Lib Dems call for Biden-style tax on share buybacks at spring conference
The Liberal Democrats will call for a new tax on share buybacks by large companies as the party holds its spring conference in York. Sarah Olney, the Lib Dem Treasury …
Profile: Who is Wales’ next first minister Vaughan Gething?
Vaughan Gething has been elected as the next Welsh Labour leader and will become the new first minister of Wales. Mr Gething beat his only rival, the education minister Jeremy …
Sainsbury’s ‘technical issues’ affecting online grocery deliveries
Sainsbury’s has said it is experiencing “technical issues” at some stores meaning it will not be able to fulfil the “vast majority” of online grocery deliveries. The supermarket chain said …