Tag: Sorry We Missed You

  • Lapsis review – sci-fi satire targets the gig economy

    Lapsis review – sci-fi satire targets the gig economy

    Noah Hutton’s techno fable lays bare the indignities of modern gig work – but dadaist touches blunt its edgeThis sensitive but flawed sci-fi comic dystopia walks the strange new frontier of the modern gig economy that has also been explored by Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You and Nomadland. It takes place, like Boots Riley’s…

  • Baftas 2020: full list of nominations

    Baftas 2020: full list of nominations

    Joker leads the way with 11 nominations. The Irishman and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood follow on 10.The nominations for the 2020 British Academy Film Awards were revealed today (Jan 7) at 194 Piccadilly, Bafta’s temporary London HQ.Joker leads the way with 11 nominations. The Irishman and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood follow…

  • Ken Loach: ‘The airwaves should be full of outrage’

    Ken Loach: ‘The airwaves should be full of outrage’

    As his new film Sorry We Missed You takes aim at zero-hours contracts, the director reveals why he still has to fight to get his films made, and how he thinks Labour should tackle the ‘piratical’ Boris JohnsonOn the film sets of legends, size matters: big equipment, big performances, big egos, big budgets, big screen.…

  • Watch the 2019 Cannes Awards: Live Stream Who Won the Palme d’Or

    Watch the 2019 Cannes Awards: Live Stream Who Won the Palme d’Or

    The 2019 Cannes Film Festival comes to a close today with the official awards ceremony. This year’s Cannes jury, headed by “Birdman” and “The Revenant” Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu, will be announcing their picks for the best films and performances at the 2019 festival. Iñárritu was joined on the jury by Elle Fanning, Maimouna…

  • Cannes: 2019 Lineup Includes Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodóvar, Four Films by Women

    Cannes: 2019 Lineup Includes Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodóvar, Four Films by Women

    The 72nd Cannes Film Festival announced its lineup, boosting the number of female filmmakers in official selection to 13, four of whom will compete for the Palme d’Or. The number of Americans is also up, including Terrence Malick (“A Hidden Life”), Ira Sachs (Isabelle Huppert starrer “Frankie”), and director Jim Jarmusch’s “The Dead Don’t Die,”…