Argo Wins Top Honor at BAFTAs

Unlike recent years, one film did not dominate the winners list at the 2013 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards event....  read more

The Hurt Locker Wins Big at BAFTAs

As we reported last week, Britain’s annual BAFTA awards (honoring excellence in the film, television and video game industries) took place last night. If the outcomes there were any indication of what we might see in L.A. on March 7, Kathryn Bigelow’s going to be one happy director. Her 2009 film, The Hurt Locker, won six of the eight categories it was nominated for, including Best Film, Director and Original Screenplay....  read more

Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, More Lead BAFTA Award Nominations

It’s easy to get caught up in all the Oscar talk and predictions swirling around on U.S. soil, but believe it or not, there are other movie-award shows out there. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that hosts an annual awards ceremony quite similar to the Oscars. This year’s awards will be presented this Sunday, Feb. 21, and many of the contenders should sound really familiar to American ears: titles like Up In The Air, An Education, The Hurt Locker and, you guessed it, Avatar....  read more