London Evening Standard Awards Articles

Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield in Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go If you're in search of surprises this awards season, look no further than the London Evening Standard Award's roster of British cinema winners, which were announced this past Monday. [Full list of London Evening Standard Award winners and nominees.] For instance, the Evening Standard Award for Best Film? Instead of Tom Hooper's [...]

Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield in Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go London Evening Standard Awards' Unusual Winners BEST FILM Another Year (director Mike Leigh) The Arbor (director Clio Barnard) The Illusionist (director Sylvain Chomet) Kick-Ass (director Matthew Vaughn) The King's Speech (director Tom Hooper) * Neds (director Peter Mullan) Never Let Me Go (director Mark Romanek) BEST ACTOR Riz Ahmed (Four Lions) Jim [...]

The winners of London’s Evening Standard awards were announced on Monday, Feb. 8. Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank (above), the tale of a working-class teenager (Katie Jarvis) who resents her mother’s new boyfriend (Michael Fassbender) was chosen as the best British film of 2009. Although it's been received warmly by critics, Fish Tank is up for only one BAFTA Award: Best British Film. Anne-Marie Duff was [...]

Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish in Bright Star (Apparition) The winners of London's Evening Standard awards will be announced at the London Film Museum on Monday, Feb. 8. Curiously, all three best picture nominees were either directed or co-directed by women: Jane Campion's Bright Star, about the love affair between John Keats and Fanny Brawne; Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank, in which a teenager rebels against her [...]