Willie Doherty’s Loose Ends review: revolution remembered
The Northern Irish artist’s deceptively serene, detached diptychs relate a little-told story of Dublin’s Easter Rising, which begins on the Donegal island of Gola, writes Ian Christie.
Ian Christie
Friday 14 July 2017
Five things we learned about David Lynch from The Art Life
Director Jon Nguyen explains what his new documentary on David Lynch reveals about the film-maker Mel Brooks labelled “Jimmy Stewart from Mars”.
Martyn Conterio
Thursday 13 July 2017
Five reasons to celebrate Princess Mononoke – Hayao Miyazaki’s animated masterpiece turns 20
It’s 20 years since the release of one of Studio Ghibli’s best-loved films, yet Princess Mononoke’s influence is still being felt today. Here’s why it’s so special.
Paul O’Callaghan
Wednesday 12 July 2017
From fleapits to picture palaces. When people in movies go to the movies…
David Parkinson
Tuesday 11 July 2017
BFI announces Stephen King on Screen, including screenings, events and films chosen by the author
The season will include films based on the horror master’s work, personal picks from the author and preview of Andrés Muschietti’s remake of It.
Tuesday 11 July 2017
In the era of Nymph()maniac and Fifty Shades of Grey, we survey sex at the movies with a list of some of cinema’s naughtiest classics. Warning: this feature contains explicit imagery!
Samuel Wigley , Katy McGahan , Josephine Botting , Michael Brooke , Alex Davidson , Jasper Sharp , Georgia Korossi
Monday 10 July 2017
Five films to watch to get the most out of The Beguiled
This handful of films echo through Sofia Coppola’s enthralling new southern gothic drama The Beguiled, starring Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning and Colin Farrell.
Samuel Wigley
Monday 10 July 2017
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami: “A stick like that of Punch”
A puppet show gives Albert Lewin’s picaresque “history of a scoundrel” its leading metaphor – a symbol of patriarchal privilege, female oppression and sexual energy, writes Brad Stevens.
Brad Stevens
Friday 7 July 2017
10 great Italian films of the 1970s
Fellini, Argento and Antonioni are included in our round-up of some of the best Italian cinema to come out of the 1970s.
Pasquale Iannone
Friday 7 July 2017
Visions on: creative documentary at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017
Under new chief programmer Luke Moody, Britain’s biggest (and broadest) documentary festival reinforces its interest in documentary cinema’s artistic edge. By Ben Nicholson.
Ben Nicholson
Wednesday 5 July 2017
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