Why is it so hard to see East Asian films in UK cinemas?
A few years back, East Asian cinema experienced a boom in popularity, but these days, most titles find it difficult to get even a small release in the UK. Can audiences learn to embrace Eastern cinema once again, asks Anton Bitel?
Anton Bitel
Monday 31 October 2016
Film of the week: Doctor Strange
Benedict Cumberbatch brings some supreme sorcery to the role of Marvel’s differently abled bighead in a movie that takes 3D to the Mirror Dimension, says Kim Newman.
Kim Newman
Saturday 29 October 2016
Ethel & Ernest: ‘It’s a history of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of an ordinary family’
Director Roger Mainwood and producer Camilla Deakin discuss the challenges of making a feature-length animated film in Britain, and how their hand-drawn adaptation of classic children’s book Ethel & Ernest brought its author Raymond Briggs to tears.
Joseph Walsh
Friday 28 October 2016
Hex appeal: how witches charmed the cinema
Witches are not just for Halloween, or for horror movies. Charlotte Richardson Andrews celebrates the screen’s sexier, more sisterly sorceresses: symbols of divine feminine magic and healing rather than bloodthirsty she-devils. With video by Leigh Singer.
Charlotte Richardson Andrews , Leigh Singer
Friday 28 October 2016
Martin Scorsese classics among BFI DVD releases for January-March 2017
Two of Martin Scorsese’s finest early films and a double bill by great Filipino director Lino Brocka head up our winter releases.
Friday 28 October 2016
Winona Ryder: 10 essential performances
From Beetlejuice to Stranger Things, we journey back through the remarkable film and TV career of Winona Ryder.
Alex Davidson
Friday 28 October 2016
“No diggin’ ’ere!” – Revisiting the ghostly locations of A Warning to the Curious
One of TV’s most terrifying films, the M.R. James ghost story A Warning to the Curious is perfect viewing for when the evenings grow darker. Leaving the spade at home, we set off in search of the eerie East Anglian landscapes that give it its strange power.
Adam Scovell
Friday 28 October 2016
10 great alternative horror films for Halloween
Movies to scare you silly at Halloween when you’re looking for something a little different…
Martyn Conterio
Friday 28 October 2016
Boyz n the Hood: 15 ways its 24-year-old director made his mark
Boyz to man… How John Singleton turned heads with his scorching 1991 debut Boyz n the Hood, which made him the youngest filmmaker ever to be Oscar-nominated as best director.
Leigh Singer
Thursday 27 October 2016
Unlocking Film Heritage wins top FIAT/IFTA award
The BFI’s trailblazing Unlocking Film Heritage programme has won a major award at the FIAT/IFTA world conference.
Wednesday 26 October 2016
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