It was a night of triumph for British film. Well, okay, it wasn’t. “UK Overlooked By Oscar Voters” was the BBC headline. “Whatever Happened To The Brit Pack?” wondered The Scotsman. “Ring Of Failure,” declared a gloomy Birmingham Post, waking up to the bleak realization that the only Tolkien tourism boom was going to be the stampede to New Zealand to see the actual Shire where the great Kiwi author wrote his famous fantasy. So it was a crummy night for British film. But it was a great night for British Commonwealth film – New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, even...