Coronavirus

COVID relief scheme offers respite for UK film and TV production

By Charles Bramesco

Filmmakers and producers effected by the pandemic can apply for financial aide to cover the cost of their losses.

Borat is back in the trailer for his Subsequent Moviefilm

By Charles Bramesco

Sacha Baron Cohen’s foolhardy Kazakh reporter tackles Trump and COVID in this sequel.

Ben Wheatley is making a COVID horror film between studio projects

By Charles Bramesco

Before Tomb Raider, he’s sneaking in a low-budget indie tackling our present pandemic crisis.

Ai Weiwei has made a sobering pandemic documentary in secrecy

By Charles Bramesco

The Chinese artist-filmmaker’s gorgeous, shattering CoroNation quietly arrived online over the weekend.

Now that it’s off the release calendar, when will we get to see Tenet?

By Charles Bramesco

Christopher Nolan’s time-fluctuation thriller has been downgraded to TBD.

A new Martin Scorsese short film is airing this week

By Charles Bramesco

The director has been processing the pandemic through the lens of classic cinema.

New survey suggests UK cinemas won’t reopen until September

By Charles Bramesco

And that’s the earliest projected date, according to a report from the Independent Cinema Office.

Hollywood prefers blondes (as index patients)

By Elizabeth Horkley

Attractive women of questionable virtue have long been a scapegoat for society’s literal ills.

A new documentary checks in with quarantining filmmakers around the world

By Charles Bramesco

The latest iteration of the Room H.264 series touches on the sweeping effects of coronavirus.

Cannes sidebars officially cancel their 2020 editions

By Charles Bramesco

The pandemic has prompted the Directors’ Fortnight, Critics’ Week and Acid festivals to set their sights on 2021.

“Virtual cinemas” aim to take US arthouse theaters online – and into the future

By Charles Bramesco

150 movie theaters have signed up for the possibly game-changing Kino Marquee.

A new relief fund will provide aid to the UK’s film and TV industries

By Charles Bramesco

Netflix has already pledged £1 million in a joint venture with BFI and The Film and TV Charity.

Is quarantine viewing a time for edification or relaxation?

By Charles Bramesco

On one hand, the comforting familiarity of a rewatch. On the other, broadened horizons.

Coronavirus throws the 2020 Cannes Film Festival into jeopardy

By Charles Bramesco

The festival is confident the show will go on, but concerns are mounting as the virus continues to spread.

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