Directed by Tom Hooper and starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter, THE KING’S SPEECH (2010) was honored in the year of its release with a 2010 AFI AWARDS SPECIAL AWARD, recognizing it among the most outstanding achievements of the year. According to the official rationale, “THE KING’S SPEECH proudly pronounces itself a...

Adapting the musical phenomenon for the scope and scale of theatrical cinema, director Tom Hooper’s LES MISÉRABLES (2012) was honored in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD in 2012, recognizing it as one of the most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “LES MISÉRABLES...

"THE CROWN carries on its radiant sparkle through the power of brilliant storytelling. As the sun now threatens to set on the British Empire, Peter Morgan’s addictively epic narrative ascends to an even higher throne – with Olivia Colman’s royal embodiment of Queen Elizabeth II evoking both power and pity as she stands in conflict...