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‘Sukiyaki’ Tokyo review: #TIFFJP opener is sprawling, feel-good drama about Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto’s 1963 global hit says Elizabeth Kerr. screendaily.com/reviews/5221…
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"The consensus in Hollywood is nobody goes to Netflix to watch the films and Sarandos wants to change that": What could the arrival of Peter Rice at Netflix mean for the streamer’s film culture screendaily.com/features/wha…
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Exclusive: Erotic thriller The Fixation and drama The Mirror have both sold for US distribution. The films will have limited theatrical releases after their world premieres in Florida this month: screendaily.com/news/wildsta…
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In 2016, filmmaker Charlie Shackleton made Paint Drying, a 10-hour film of paint drying on a wall, in protest at @BBFC fees. 10 years later, @BBFC CEO David Austin responds to the film and discusses the organisation's changed fee structure for classifying films: t.ly/OhLOG
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🌳Wildwood grows into a record number of cinemas this weekend for @BlackBearUK & @LAIKAStudios 🌳 The film, about a young girl on a quest to rescue her kidnapped brother, is the longest stop-motion film ever made: screendaily.com/news/uk-irel…
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What did the BBFC think of Charlie Shackleton's Paint Drying? "I didn't really completely understand it, if I'm honest, but we duly watched it. It was one where we watched like a relay," David said on The Screen Podcast.
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Heading towards Halloween, we're talking cinema scares on The Screen Podcast...👻🎃💀 David Austin, CEO of the @BBFC, joins Ben Dalton, senior reporter UK & international to discuss how UK film ratings are keeping up with changing attitudes to horror: screendaily.com/news/how-uk-…
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“The one thing that underpins our strategy at Studiocanal is the catalogue": Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh outlines group’s film and TV strategy ahead of ‘Ink’, ‘Elsinore’ launches screendaily.com/news/studioc…
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How much does it cost to get your film rated by the BBFC? "For small releases, the cost of a film classification is between £700 and £800... and I think for the largest releases, it's getting on for £2000," David said on The Screen Podcast.
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EXCLUSIVE: @universaluk has set its biggest year at the UK-Ireland box office with 10 weeks still to go. The studio has released three of the top five films of 2026, and is the first studio to score five films over £20m in one year post-pandemic: screendaily.com/news/univers…
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