I enjoy the Golden Globes because no other awarding body takes into full account the achievements on both the big and small screen. The nominations for next year's ceremony have been released and, as can be expected from Globes, there are a few surprises.

Are you bored of films repeating themselves? Feel like you keep watching the same film over and over again? It's not just the endless remakes and sequels that are giving you a sense of filmic deja-vu, many films follow tried and tested formulas. First up, it's marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Spectre.

This year's Lumiere festival in Durham will feature an installation called 'Precious' created by Media Studies students from Durham Sixth Form Centre in collaboration with New Zealand company Storybox. Ellen Orange speaks to some of the students involved in the project to find out more.

This December, we'll be celebrating Arts Award's 10th Birthday by asking you to vote for the best of film from the last ten years! Here are some of our highlights to get you thinking…let us know what we've missed in the comments box

The BBC filmed ten pieces of classical music for Arts Award's tenth birthday! Well no, they didn't. But Ten Pieces? Tenth birthday? It's meant to be. They made the BBC Music Ten Pieces film in order to inspire young people of secondary school age to embrace classical music and filmmaking.

Garth Jennings has worked in both film and publishing, directing such classics as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and signing a three book deal with Macmillan Children's books. This weekend, he could be found at Bath Children's Literature Festival...

Last week, the first international trailer of the new film from Tom Hooper, the Oscar-machine director of The King's Speech and Les Misérables was released. His latest treat, The Danish Girl, is about one of the first people to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

Wes Craven, legendary director of horror films has died in his home in Los Angeles after a battle with brain cancer.

When films 'take a trip' and shoot in international locations, do these place become stereotyped or shown in a particular, exaggerated light?

Foreign film is always different because the way in which different cultures and people make films differ wildly.

Think there aren't enough films that tackle serious female issues? The London Feminist Film Festival hopes to fix that. We caught up with festival director, Anna Read to find out more.

Rianna Hobson is the first person to achieve her Gold Arts Award through a library project. Rianna's a keen photographer, who combined her love of image making, with words and library activity...