Close up: Baftas follow the royal line

The big story The King's Speech carriage rattled on towards the Oscars with a seven-strong haul at the Baftas . Yet more pictures of a grinning Colin Firth accompanied the news that Tom Hooper's account of the triumph of King George VI over his stutter had been named best film and best British film. Firth himself walked away with the best actor gong, but Hooper was pipped to the best director prize by The Social Network's David Fincher. Other notable winners included Natalie Portman, rewarded with the best actress Bafta for her performance in Black Swan, and Chris Morris, whose jihad-based comedy Four Lions was deemed the year's outstanding debut. The King's Speech also took both prizes for actors in supporting roles (Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter). It remains to be seen whether the Academy will bow in turn or whether the Facebookers or the marshals can overthrow the mighty monarch. A liveblog , a gallery of the winners and a frockwatch were just some of the methods we used to bring the event alive on the web. In other news • The Social Network triumphs at London critics' awards • One in five films will be 'sequels' in 2011 • Isabella Rossellini leads cast of Edinburgh film festival curators • Daniel Radcliffe snapped up to star in The Amateur Photographer • Matthew Vaughn set to film Jonathan Ross comic • Spider-Man gets an Amazing new title • Julien Temple to direct Marvin Gaye biopic • Al Pacino to play Henri Matisse • Dominic Cooper leaves Mamma Mia! far behind to play Saddam's son • Nazi 3D films from 1936 discovered On the blog • Monkey Business – it's an ace ape jape • ThunderCats: roaring back into cinemas? • Glasgow film festival is the real event in Scotland • How Never Let Me Go gave up and died • Forget America, nobody does cinematic dystopia better than the Brits • 11-11-11, I've got your number • Justin Bieber's Never Say Never: now I'm a Belieber (nearly) Multimedia • Catch up with our Oscar hustings series of videos in which critics put the case for each of the best picture nominees • Gianni di Gregorio on Salt of Life • Reel review: True Grit • Watch the trailer for Norwegian Wood • Wim Wenders on Pina: 'Pina had gone deep into research of the human soul' • In pictures: Bafta red carpet fashion Other site highlights • Reel history takes on Oliver Stone's The Doors in its quest for historical accuracy • UK box office analysis: Gnomeo and Juliet come up roses, but Never Let Me Go has butterfingers • Clip joint: The best film clips involving libraries Coming up online tomorrow Xan Brooks reviews Inside Job, a film that takes a look at the causes of the financial crash; our series of Oscar picks videos continues with Andrew Pulver putting the case for The Social Network and we analyse the poster for Yogi Bear for hidden meaning Coming up in the paper • In Film & Music, Sarfraz Manzoor looks at the new directions British-Asian film-makers are taking ahead of the release of East is East sequel West is West and Alex Cox writes about how François Truffaut is the honourable exception among directors who ended up in front of the camera • In G2, four bankers review Inside Job • In the Guide on Saturday, Steve Rose meets the director of Animal Kingdom and we let you know how to tell if you're watching a bad Nic Cage movie • Sunday's Observer features an interview with Felicity Jones, the toast of Sundance; Philip French, Sandra Hebron, Susanna White and Jason Solomons' tips for the Oscars and Nick James's Berlin festival roundup. Still want more? Follow @guardianfilm on Twitter