As Moscow's legendary chandeliered underground fills with water, thousands of terrified commuters flee through flooded tunnels in a disaster movie that has topped Russia's box office.

"Rust and Bone", Jacques Audiard's moving romance about a street fighter and a killer-whale trainer, was named best picture at the London Film Festival late Saturday.

The Rolling Stones will rock the stage once again with four gigs in Britain and the United States to mark their 50th anniversary, the legendary British band confirmed Monday.

After last year's triumph for a terrier who went on to Oscar glory with "The Artist", the 2012 pack of celluloid canine talent was looking strong Thursday for Cannes' unofficial Palm Dog award.

Protesters in William Shakespeare's home county were on Tuesday to temporarily remove the writer's name from street signs in support of a campaign against a new film which suggests the Bard was "a fraud".

Madonna admitted to an attack of nerves as she brought her new film W.E. to the UK to be screened at the BFI London Film Festival.

LONDON (Reuters) - The BFI London Film Festival will honor Canadian director David Cronenberg and British actor/director Ralph Fiennes with fellowships at the end of this year's event, organizers said on Tuesday.

TORONTO (Reuters) - The global financial crisis and a 111-year-old play about sexual intrigue helped inspire the latest film by "The Queen" screenwriter Peter Morgan, in which characters from different global cities find themselves interlinked by good and bad choices.

LONDON (Reuters) - George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes and David Cronenberg will parade the red carpet of the British Film Institute's (BFI) 55th London Film Festival, which is set to showcase a varied line up of big titles and emerging talent, organizers said Wednesday.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Western film fans who thought they knew Indian city Mumbai after seeing "Slumdog Millionaire" can forget that, and Indian moviegoers expecting a Bollywood spectacle should be prepared. "Dhobi Ghat" is no musical.

The movie explores the themes of isolation and alienation through the story of two men -- played by Sergei Puskepalis and Grigory Dobrygin -- who spend a summer working at a meteorological station in the Arctic Circle.

Russian Arctic drama 'How I Ended This Summer' takes top prize at London Film Festival. Icy Russian Arctic drama "How I Ended This Summer" won the best-picture prize at the London Film Festival on Wednesday, and British director Clio Barnard took two awards for her innovative drama-documentary "The Arbor."

Model Christy Turlington Burns' documentary 'No Woman No Cry' to open at London Film Festival. Model Christy Turlington Burns' first foray into documentary filmmaking is to be shown Saturday at the London Film Festival.

Model Christy Turlington Burns' documentary 'No Woman No Cry' to open at London Film Festival. Model Christy Turlington Burns first foray into documentary filmmaking is to be shown Saturday at the London Film Festival.

Red carpet rolled out in Leicester Square as London Film Festival opens with 'Never Let Me Go'. The London Film Festival opened Wednesday with the European premiere of "Never Let Me Go," a movie with a hauntingly off-kilter setting and a universal emotional punch.

LONDON (Reuters) - British talent and some extraordinary feats of digital restoration are just a few of the highlights promised for this year's BFI London Film Festival, due to run from 13th to 28th October.

London Film Festival includes Colin Firth, George Clooney pictures and host of British flicks. In an age of austerity, the London Film Festival is hoping that uncertainty will be good for creativity, and that Hollywood glamour and plucky British filmmaking can be a balm for economic woes.

London Film Festival to close with Danny Boyle film about climber who cut off own arm. This year's London Film Festival will close with a film based on the true story of a mountaineer who escaped death in a remote canyon by cutting off his own arm.

London Film Festival to open Oct. 13 with European premiere of 'Never Let Me Go'. London Film Festival organizers said Friday that this year's event will open with the European premiere of "Never Let Me Go."

Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood's holiday spirit; season also has vamps, aliens, doomsday. Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash?