#Christopher Nolan to Get BFI Fellowship

#Christopher Nolan to Get BFI Fellowship

The British Film Institute (BFI) will present English director Christopher Nolan with its highest honor, the BFI Fellowship, in recognition of the Oppenheimer filmmaker’s “extraordinary achievements and enormous contribution to cinema,” the BFI announced Monday. The BFI Fellowship will be presented to Christopher Nolan at the BFI Chair’s Dinner in London on February 14, 2024,…

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#‘Oppenheimer’ Tops HPA Awards

#‘Oppenheimer’ Tops HPA Awards

Christopher Nolan’s epic Oppenheimer topped the feature competition at the annual HPA Awards for postproduction, with Jennifer Lame winning the award for outstanding editing and Fotokem’s Kostas Theodosiou and Kristen Zimmerman claiming the prize for color grading. Tuesday at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre, additional winners in the feature categories included John Wick: Chapter 4…

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#Christopher Nolan on the Danger of Streaming-Only Films Disappearing: “It Will Need to Be Fixed”

#Christopher Nolan on the Danger of Streaming-Only Films Disappearing: “It Will Need to Be Fixed”

Christopher Nolan is addressing the concern that filmmakers’ projects could vanish if they are removed from streaming platforms and not available to be seen via physical media. During a conversation with The Washington Post published online Friday, the Oppenheimer director discussed his film’s upcoming home release. Nolan clarified that a comment he made at a…

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#AFM Hidden Gem: Charles Band’s ‘Barbenheimer’ Mixes Bombs and Dolls for the Ultimate Low-Budget Comedy Cash-In

#AFM Hidden Gem: Charles Band’s ‘Barbenheimer’ Mixes Bombs and Dolls for the Ultimate Low-Budget Comedy Cash-In

Film industry cynics may take one look at a newly-announced low-budget comedy called Barbenheimer and a poster that uses Barbie’s iconic pink font over a picture of a nuclear explosion and features the tag-line “D-Cup, A-Bomb,” and immediately assume it’s simply a shameless attempt to cash in on a very recent cultural phenomenon. And those…

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#Martin Scorsese Says “Perfect Storm” Barbenheimer Came at the Right Time For Cinema

#Martin Scorsese Says “Perfect Storm” Barbenheimer Came at the Right Time For Cinema

Martin Scorsese is part of the majority of people who think Barbenheimer was a “wonderful” thing. During an interview with the Hindustan Times, the Oscar-winning director explained that the combination of the drastically different movies and the summer box office sensation they caused was truly “something special.” “It seemed to be, I hate that word,…

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