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Following the release of a questionable poster on Monday (see featured image), the hype for Quentin Tarantino's 9th feature film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, his first since 2015's The Hateful Eight, has dominated social media and…

South African-born actor and musician Johnny Flynn has been cast as David Bowie in the upcoming biopic Stardust – and judging by the seismic reaction on Twitter, people don’t seem to be too happy about it. The actor, who starred in the…

The nominees for this year's Academy Awards have been announced after much speculation. 6000 members of the Academy voted for their favourite films of the year, and the shortlisted nominees were announced today in Hollywood by Kumail…

Here at Film on The Indiependent, we realise that sometimes, due to a plethora of options, most people struggle to know what to go and watch at the cinema. So to give you a helping hand this New Year's Eve, we've decided (in no particular…

From "A Star Is Born" to "The Favourite," see which films have scooped the most nominations for the 76th Golden Globe Awards. Best Motion Picture - Drama BlacKkKlansman Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody If Beale Street Could…

Timothée Chalamet is rumoured to be starring in Wes Anderson’s tenth feature-length film, a “love letter to journalists” called The French Dispatch. Allegedly, the film will depict a US newspaper office set against the backdrop of France…

Earlier this week, one of Britain’s leading ladies and star of the big screen, Emma Thompson, received a damehood from Buckingham Palace for her services to drama. Joined by her family and fellow recipients, Thompson dazzled in a navy…

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese's sixth collaboration will begin filming in Summer 2019. Killers of the Flower Moon will be an adaptation of the non-fiction novel of the same name by David Grann, which looks into the murders of…

Full of fiery locks, icy glares and plenty of "yaaas, Queen" moments, the newest Mary Queen of Scots trailer sees rivalries deepen between the two distant cousins vying for power. Saoirse Ronan plays the eponymous royal, who reigned in…

Polanski continues to elude the same punishment as Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey for similar actions.

JK Rowling has come under fire for casting the South Korean actress Claudia Kim as Nagini in the next Fantastic Beasts film, revealed in the final trailer. Critics point out that the only Asian actor in the cast plays a reptile and…

This year, the People's Choice Award went to Green Book directed by Peter Farrelly. Award-winning actors Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen star in the film, which tells the story of a working-class Italian-American bouncer who takes a job…

Roma, a tear-jerking Spanish-language drama centered around a Mexican family in the 1970's and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, has been awarded the Golden Lion at the 75th Venice Film Festival. The Mexican director, whose past films include …

After releasing his stop-motion animation Isle of Dogs only earlier this year, Wes Anderson is reportedly already working on his next feature film. Little is known so far, other than that it will be a musical set in France shortly after the…

Disney has come under fire for choosing to cast Jack Whitehall, a straight man, as Disney’s first “openly gay” character, who is set to be “hugely effete, very camp and very funny.” Members of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as many…