Michael Darvell reports. Between October 2019 and January 2020, the British Film Institute is holding its biggest ever season of film musicals. The musical film genre was popular right from the beginning of talking pictures in the late 1920s but eventually slowed down over the following 50 years and went out of favour from the […]
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BFI to celebrate the movie musical
The British Film Institute will celebrate the film musical with a major season dedicated to the silver screen’s best-loved song and dance movies. Running from October this year until January 2020 BFI Musicals! The Greatest Show On Screen will include hundreds of screenings and events at venues across the UK. Announcing the musical-themed season, Robin […]
La La Land at the Oscars – Hurwitz, Pasek and Paul win Best Song
Feelgood musical La La Land may have been involved in the biggest mix-up in Oscar history when it was mistakenly named Best Picture at Sunday’s ceremony, but the tuneful love note to Los Angeles still took home six trophies. Composer Justin Hurwitz won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the movie […]
Musical La La Land breaks records at the Golden Globes
Feel good musical La La Land was the big winner at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday with a record-breaking haul of seven trophies. The tuneful love note to Los Angeles that has been described as a ‘throwback to the Golden Age of the Hollywood musical’ won in every category for which it had been nominated at […]
