The Queen Articles

Helen Mirren in The Queen (top); Forest Whitaker in The Last King of England (bottom) Perhaps there's something I'm missing here, but the Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts has decided that Kevin Macdonald's The Last King of Scotland is the outstanding British film of 2006, coming out ahead of United 93, Notes on a Scandal, Casino Royale, and Stephen Frears' The Queen. [...]

Helen Mirren, James Cromwell in The Queen (top); Trish Gates in United 93 (bottom) The winners of the 2007 London Film Critics' Circle Awards were announced this evening at a ceremony held in aid of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children at the Dorchester Hotel. London Film Critics' Awards chair Marianne Gray stated that The Queen — winner of the best [...]

2007 London Film Critics' Circle Awards 2007 London Film Critics' Circle Award nominations: December 14, 2006 2007 London Film Critics' Circle Award winners: Dorchester Hotel on February 8, 2007 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)     Film of the Year The Departed Little Miss Sunshine Volver * United 93 The Queen The Attenborough Award for Best British Film Children of Men * The [...]

Dame Judi Dench roughs up Cate Blanchett after learning that her Notes on a Scandal co-star voted for fellow Dame Helen Mirren as best actress of 2006 As The Queen, Helen Mirren has brought back to her castle just about every best actress award in the United States. Ironically, she hasn't fared all that well in Britain. First, she lost to Kate Dickie (Red Road) [...]