Bafta readies its gongs – but is it more than just an Oscars bellwether?
The 2015 Bafta awards may well end up with the same major-category winners at the Academy Awards a fortnight later. Does this spell the end for the British Film Academy’s cultural distinctiveness?They...
View ArticleBafta bingo! Six things to look out for on the British Academy's big night
It’s eyes down for a full house as the stars take to the red carpet on Sunday for British film’s premier awards ceremony. Here’s what we’re hoping to see at the Royal Opera HouseThe Bafta awards are...
View ArticleSelma review – heartbreaking and inspiring
David Oyelowo deserves an award for his commanding performance as Martin Luther King in this triumphant account of America’s civil rights struggleGuy Lodge reviews Ava DuVernay’s 2010 film Middle of...
View ArticleDavid Oyelowo: black history should be taught in British schools
Selma star backs online petition calling for black history to be mandatory element of primary curriculumIt is “invaluable” that British children learn about black history in school, Selma star David...
View ArticleDavid Oyelowo: UK doesn't tell stories with heroic black characters
The Selma star once again decried the inequality in the British film industry, saying ‘the class system in the UK is very real, the old boys’ club is very real’Selma star David Oyelowo has claimed...
View ArticleIs Selma historically accurate?
Ava DuVernay’s civil rights drama has been accused of misrepresenting Lyndon Johnson. But its emotive account rings true with witnessesFive star review for Selma: ‘a stirring and thrilling film’Selma...
View ArticleDavid Oyelowo takes the civil rights fight to the acting profession
Actor who plays Martin Luther King in Selma was early voice on racial inequality on screen and stage, friends suggestThere’s a theatrical anecdote in which the wife of a leading performer advises a...
View ArticleOscars 2015: what will win best picture?
It looks like a straight fight between Birdman and Boyhood – but can any of the other contenders make a dent in the tussle over the biggest Oscar of all?Read the rest of the Oscar predictions hereSo it...
View ArticleOscars 2015: why Selma should win best picture - video
Continuing our series of videos in which Guardian critics make the case for films shortlisted for the best picture Academy Award, noted orator Caspar Llewellyn Smith takes to the podium to argue that...
View ArticleOscars whitewash: why have 2015's red carpets been so overwhelmingly white?
Selma star David Oyelowo has been snubbed at the Oscars, and Kanye wasn’t the only person to call out the Grammys for failing to recognise black artists. Industry insiders on awards, racism and...
View ArticleOscars 2015: Birdman and Boyhood set for a sumo contest
I’ll be on tenterhooks on Sunday night, hoping Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age classic gets the attention it deserves – though will Birdman’s Iñárritu take off with the best director gong? It’s all...
View ArticleOscar nominees on the red carpet - video
As the 87th Academy Awards get under way, the stars and film-makers throng the red carpet on the way into the auditorium. Nominees Michael Keaton, Stave Carell, Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne and...
View ArticleOscars 2015: Birdman takes flight but Boyhood suffers growing pains | Peter...
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s fantasia of mid-life crisis came out on top, but surely it’s an injustice that Boyhood failed to win best pictureOscars 2015: Birdman wins bigSo a perfectly decent,...
View ArticleUgandan chess prodigy's story to become Hollywood film
Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo are tipped to feature in a new Disney production telling the story of Phiona Mutesi’s rise from nine-year-old chess enthusiast to international star playerPhiona Mutesi...
View ArticleDavid Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike set for racially charged African drama
Oyelowo will play Seretse Khama, a royal exiled from Bechuanaland by the British in 1951 after he controversially married a white English office clerkHe was an Oxford-educated African king, while she...
View ArticleDavid Oyelowo: I won't play 'the black best friend'
The Selma star says he’s turned down many roles because they are just stereotypes based on ethnicityGiven the variety of roles played by David Oyelowo in the past year (a civil rights leader in Selma,...
View ArticleDavid Oyelowo: Spielberg asked me to reprise Martin Luther King role
The Oscar-winning director still holds the rights to make an official biopic of the influential civil rights leader that would use King’s actual speeches, and is courting Selma star for the partIt was...
View ArticleWhy the black best friend has had its day | Maurice Mcleod
David Oyelowo has said he will not play BBFs – it’s time to consign these jive-talking, fist-bumping, two-dimensional donkeys of roles to historyIf you are white, don’t bother sending David Oyelowo,...
View ArticleSelma; Love Is Strange; Taken 3; Wild Tales; The Green Prince; Far From the...
David Oyelowo produces a career-defining performance as Martin Luther King, while prejudice and ruthlessness collude in Love Is StrangeThe icon biopic is a tricky genre to nail: unexamined reverence...
View ArticleUK period drama scores Emmy nominee success with Downton and Wolf Hall
Mark Rylance, David Oyelowo and Ricky Gervais competing for best actor as Downton Abbey continues US television awards success with three nominations Emmy awards nominations 2015: full listEmmy...
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