Retrospective 2016 – A Year in Film

February

All Roads Lead To…

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The shortest month in the film calendar once again proved to be one of the most eventful, featuring the final stops in the awards season railway which culminated in the biggest nights in British and global cinema. February also saw an eclectic group of UK cinema releases; from socio-political biographical dramas like ‘Trumbo‘ and ‘Concussion‘ as well as horrors of varying quality like ‘Bone Tomahawk‘ and ‘The Forest’. But February 2016 will be remembered as the month where the r-rated superhero movie became a sub-genre unto itself, with the outrageous and hilarious ‘Deadpool‘ taking audiences and the box-office by storm.

 

 

And the Award Goes To…

Next stop, London town

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The awards season express made one of its final stops in “The Big Smoke” this Valentine’s day, for the biggest night in British cinema in the form of the 69th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), some of the notable winners were;

Best Film

• The Revenant

Outstanding British Film of the Year

• Brooklyn

David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction

• Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu for The Revenant

Best Actor and Actress

• Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant

and

• Brie Larson for Room

Best Supporting Actor and Actress

• Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies

and

• Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs

Best Screenplay (Original)

• Spotlight

Best Screenplay (Adapted)

• The Big Short

 

 

End of the Road, The Big Kahuna

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February also meant the “big one”, the most grandiose night of the global film calendar in the form of the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood California. Although awards for artistry are completely subjective, for better or worse they do matter and can make careers, not to mention celebrating achievements in filmmaking and giving publicity to films that normally wouldn’t get much, so here are some of the night’s notable winners;

Best Picture

• Spotlight

Best Director

• Alejandro González Iñárritu for The Revenant

Best Cinematography

• Emmanuel Lubezki for The Revenant

Actor and Actress in a Leading Role

• Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant

and

• Brie Larson for Room

Best Supporting Actor and Actress

• Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies

and

• Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl

Best Screenplay (Original)

• Spotlight

Best Screenplay (Adapted)

• The Big Short

 

 

Those We Lost

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February saw the passing, among others, of veteran Oscar-winning American actor George Kennedy (91) (Cool Hand Luke, The Naked Gun) and Canadian 80s pop-star turned actress Vanity (57) (Action Jackson, 52 Pick-Up), as well as American film & tv actor George Gaynes (98) (Police Academy, Punky Brewster) and legendary British cinematographer Douglas Slocombe (103) (The Italian Job, Raiders of the Lost Ark).

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