Britain’s first animated feature was a long way from Disney. It was an adaptation of George Orwell made at the height of the Cold War and part funded – in secret – by the CIA. Seventy years on, ...

Ahead of the release on Blu-ray and 4K UHD of Guillermo del Toro’s haunting debut feature Cronos, we delve into the rich history of Mexican horror – a world of gothic mystery, allegory and gonzo ...

Eisenstein’s debut feature, the labour drama Strike, which was released at the start of the year, well deserves a place on this list. However, 1925 was also the year that he directed the monumental ...

It contains one of cinema’s fleshiest kisses, but also a moment of pure spiritual transcendence. And it’s the interdependence of these elements that makes Carl Dreyer’s 1955 classic Ordet – which is ...

The festival for aspiring filmmakers aged 16 to 25 will be taking place in-venue at BFI Southbank, online globally for free, and in cinemas UK-wide from 20 February to 6 March.

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson strike up a risky, BDSM-charged office affair in Halina Reijn’s playful drama, Babygirl. Here the director talks about toying with audience expectations of an ...

The Russian filmmaker talks to us about the mastery and folly of humankind’s relationship with rock, the “emotional depression of boring architecture”, and his take on Megalopolis.

Greg and Cathy Abbott Richard Abela Paul Adams Adeem Altaf Rabbi James Baaden Miss E Barnett Francis Bennett Toby Botha Paul Bowen R L Brock Felicia Brocklebank The Broughton Family Charitable Trust ...

Sensational cinema, picked by the experts and offered exclusively for audiences in the United States.

As Richard Linklater’s beloved indie romance turns 30, we tread the streets of Vienna to find the record shop, that bridge and other locations where Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy once walked.

Each week the BFI publishes box office figures for the top 15 films released in the UK, all other British releases and newly-released films. The figures cover box offices grosses in pounds sterling, ...

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