Baftas 2023

Not so quiet on the western front | Letters

Letters: The new film sets up a myth in a way that would have delighted the National Socialists, writes Roger Macy, while Ian Ferguson thinks the remake adds nothing to the novel

03, Mar, 2023 @6:03 PM

Stray and God of War Ragnarök lead nominations at Bafta games awards

A cyberpunk cat, a murderous lamb and a lonesome fox battle Norse gods at this year’s Baftas for video games, with the winners to be announced on 30 March

Keza MacDonald

02, Mar, 2023 @5:48 PM

Germans are right to be incensed by All Quiet on the Western Front: it paints them as the good guys | Nicholas Barber

Making changes to a classic novel is one thing – but this retelling risks raising tensions at the worst possible time, says writer Nicholas Barber

Nicholas Barber

27, Feb, 2023 @10:00 AM

The Guardian view on diversity in film: slow progress | Editorial

Editorial: Despite complaints about the ceremony, the real embarrassment at the Baftas was the absence of winners of colour

Editorial

26, Feb, 2023 @6:25 PM

Actor Phil Davis resigns Bafta membership over ‘embarrassing travesty’ of film awards show

The actor, known for films like Quadrophenia and Vera Drake, described the Baftas show on BBC One as ‘toe-curling’

Andrew Pulver

23, Feb, 2023 @12:18 PM

The return of #BaftasSoWhite, three years after diversity outcry

With no wins for people of colour, actors’ union Equity says pool of nominees is not diverse enough

Geneva Abdul

20, Feb, 2023 @7:27 PM

Is Bafta’s work to increase diversity in danger of being undone?

No nominees of colour won a Bafta in the main awards this year – just three years on from the #BaftasSoWhite backlash that prompted an organisational overhaul. But is there more than meets the eye to Sunday’s whitewash?

Andrew Pulver

20, Feb, 2023 @2:53 PM

‘Electric Malady? Marie, girl, what a slay’: deconstructing Ariana DeBose’s personalised Bafta rap

The West Side Story star put in one of the all-time great berserk musical performances with a bespoke song celebrating, by name, many of this year’s female nominees

Stuart Heritage

20, Feb, 2023 @1:25 PM

Baftas 2023: ceremony and winners – as it happened!

Richard E Grant in a cape, Alison Hammond channelling the One Show, Florence Pugh in orange net: we were there for Britain’s biggest film awards

Stuart Heritage and Lauren Cochrane

19, Feb, 2023 @11:16 PM

All Quiet deserves its Baftas triumph – and not just for its horrible topicality

This year’s ceremony gave us something to think about. Meanwhile, there is irony in a very Irish creation winning best British film and Cate Blanchett’s win added a final flourish

Peter Bradshaw

19, Feb, 2023 @10:24 PM

All Quiet on the Western Front sweeps Baftas as Banshees also gets an Oscar boost

Anti-war film takes record-breaking seven awards, including best picture and best director, while Irish black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin and Elvis biopic both win four awards

Catherine Shoard and Nadia Khomami

19, Feb, 2023 @9:32 PM