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The King's Speech

March 2024

  • Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech

    Oscar winner David Seidler, writer of The King’s Speech, has died aged 86

    Screenwriter who had stammer as a child wrote script about George VI, played by Colin Firth, overcoming speech impediment

August 2023

  • In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Bradley Cooper appears in a scene from "American Sniper." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Keith Bernstein)

    From Titanic to American Sniper: the biggest lies in fact-based movies

    Controversy over debunked elements of Oscar-winning drama The Blind Side won’t be the first time a film based on a true story has taken liberties with the truth

September 2022

  • The Queen in a sketch with Paddington Bear to mark her platinum jubilee.

    From Paddington to 3D speeches: the Queen’s dazzling seven-decade TV career

    Be it her iconic speech in lockdown, or her landmark decision to televise her coronation – against Churchill’s advice – the Queen embraced TV in a way that helped her connect to her subjects

September 2021

  • Guy Pearce … ‘I feel honoured and proud. But on another level, I’ve got nothing to do with it.’

    Guy Pearce: ‘There’s always someone you want to punch’

    Neighbours launched him, and since then the star of Memento and Zone 414 has seized his Hollywood roles with a unique intensity. He talks about death, drugs, being a dad and divorce

July 2019

  • ‘A lot of pornographic references’ … Sausage Party – given a 15 certificate.

    Sex, violence, f-bombs and randy sausages: a day inside the BBFC

    They decide what we see. But how do they draw the line? Our writer encounters a cartoon food orgy, a potty-mouthed king and a horror film too vile to show, at the British Board of Film Classification

August 2018

  • Adults and children in front of the Beats Bus in Hull

    Why can children watch a film with violence, but not swearing?

    Sean McAllister
    My documentary A Northern Soul was certified 15 for featuring the F-word, says British documentary filmmaker Sean McAllister

November 2017

  • A still from the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Teaching in alternative settings
    Teaching on a film set: 'I’ve found myself in all sorts of bizarre locations'

    Judith Phillips has taught child actors for a decade. She reveals the joys and challenges of squeezing in lessons between costume fittings and scene takes

November 2016

  • In this image released by Paramount Pictures, David Oyelowo portrays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a scene from "Selma," a film based on the slain civil rights leader. The 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights marches in Selma and the hit movie that tells the story are expected to bring thousands of visitors to this Alabama city. Visitors can still walk across the bridge where voting rights marchers were beaten in 1965 and visit the churches where they organized the protests. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Atsushi Nishijima)

    Selma is 100% historically accurate but Imitation Game just 41.4%, says study

    A scene-by-scene analysis of recent Oscar contenders by data site Information is Beautiful gives full marks for historical accuracy to Martin Luther King biopic

February 2015

  • Oscar nominations for best film. Clockwise from top left: The Imitation Game, Boyhood, Birdman, Selma, Whiplash, American Sniper, The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Theory of EverythingCREDITS: Rex / Allstar Composite.

    Oscar predictions 2015
    Oscars 2015: what will win best picture?

    It looks like a straight fight between Birdman and Boyhood – but can any of the other contenders make a dent in the tussle over the biggest Oscar of all?

November 2014

  • Jason Donovan King's Speech

    Jason Donovan to star in stage adaptation of The King's Speech

    Australian actor will take role of the speech therapist Lionel Logue in 2015 UK theatre tour

July 2014

  • The Humbling, Time Out of Mind, The Invention of Everything and The Riot Club, all of which premiere at Toronto this September

    Toronto film festival 2014 programme release kicks off 2015 Oscar race

  • Harvey Weinstein

    King’s Speech backer Harvey Weinstein plans TV production expansion

June 2014

  • Colin Firth as George VI in The King's Speech

    Film recap
    The King's Speech: did you notice how weird it is? – film on TV recap

    Stuart Heritage: It was a shoo-in for a bunch of Oscars, pleased monarchists and history buffs, and got an older generation back in cinemas. But watch Colin Firth as George VI again on the small screen, on Channel 4 at 9pm on Saturday, and its oddness – the skewed camera angles, endless close-ups – will hit you immediately

  • colin firth as george VI

    Five best moments
    Colin Firth: five best moments

    He's currently starring in Arthur and Mike, and last week we praised his decision to pull out of Paddington – he is one of Britain's great acting exports, but what are his five finest moments?
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    Five best moments
    Helena Bonham Carter: five best moments

    Some of the her best performances to date. What others would you add to the list?

May 2011

  • Colin Firth in The King’s Speech.

    Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
    Mark Kermode's DVD round-up

    Colin Firth finds his voice in Tom Hooper's pleasingly old-fashioned The King's Speech, writes Mark Kermode

April 2011

  • The King's Speech

    The King's Speech resounds in Germany

    Tom Hooper's Oscar-winning film becomes surprise smash in Germany as it prepares to overtake Slumdog Millionaire's success worldwide

28 February 2011

  • Colin Firth and Tom Hooper hold their Oscars during the 83rd Academy Awards in Hollywood

    Oscars 2011: The King's Speech resonates as The Social Network blips

    Royal drama picks up four Oscars, including best picture, best actor for Colin Firth, and surprise best director prize for Tom Hooper, while other fancied contenders falter

  • Colin Firth accepts the Oscar for best actor for The King's Speech

    Oscars 2011: The King's Speech reigns triumphant

    • British drama takes best picture, Colin Firth wins best actor, Tom Hooper best director and David Seidler picks up best original screenplay
    • Natalie Portman wins best actress
    • The Fighter stars take both best supporting actor and actress

  • Tom Hooper (left)

    Tom Hooper wins best director Oscar for The King's Speech

    British director defeats David Fincher and other Hollywood heavyweights to take Oscar with royal tale
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