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“Brigitte Bardot seems available to everyone,” Simone de Beauvoir mused in 1959, “and yet, she is intimidating.”  Perhaps nobody has better summed up the fury and idolatry surrounds Bardot, the sultry-faced, wild-haired French beauty, whose…

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…

The 1930s saw the rise of two of the world’s finest comedy actors and performers, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Earning fans from America to Australia, the dynamic duo soon became a power act that everybody wanted to see. Fast forward to…

1879, Norway. A frustrated and belittled housewife decides to leave her ostensibly kind husband and children to try and find a life for herself after realizing that she has spent years living in the shadows. So goes the classic play by…

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…

The legendary (if overused) tale of Robin Hood is back again in Otto Bathurst’s latest directorial adventure, featuring the skilled archer as he battles to save his land from the cunning leadership of the deceitful Sheriff of Nottingham…

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…

Essence of the supernatural and paranormal have been around for centuries: ghost sightings, the unholy and even the odd poltergeist. The film industry has been no stranger to this element of our supposed afterlife, with films such as The…

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…