WorldPingOur critic picks out some of the most outstanding cinema screening at the UK’s most prestigious film event in 2026 This film puts Andrew Scott in line to become the first out gay man to win the best actor Oscar .
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WorldPingWith its positioning in October after the likes of Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Toronto and Telluride have helped anoint most of the year’s buzziest and most talked about films, the BFI London Film Festival has long been an event where many of these films…
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WorldPingFenton’s successes include scores for Gandhi, Groundhog Day and 18 Ken Loach films, plus BBC TV news themes, Blue Planet and more George Fenton, the British composer who earned five Oscar nominations for scores to films such as Gandhi and Dangerous L…
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