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Why I love... Ghostwatch

On a chilly Halloween night in 1992, Ghostwatch was first broadcast to an unsuspecting public…
4 December 2013

Thomas Newman: a composer’s life in Hollywood

Meet the man behind the soundtracks for American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption and Skyfall – 11-time Oscar-nominated composer Thomas Newman.
2 December 2013

Jean Kent (1921-2013)

Like Margaret Lockwood and Phyllis Calvert, her co-stars in Gainsborough’s classic melodramas, the late Jean Kent was one of the great stars of the golden age of British cinema.
3 December 2013

10 great Italian gothic horror films

The Mask of Satan launched the cult of Barbara Steele and ushered in a golden age of Italian horror films. From houses of the damned to flesh-eating zombies, we tuck into 10 gothic greats all’italiana.
28 November 2013

Clio Barnard awarded BFI Screenwriting Fellowship

The Selfish Giant writer/director wins the first ever Wellcome Trust and BFI Screenwriting Fellowship.
27 November 2013

Shooting the message #11: World Television

A look at World Television, a corporate-film production company whose clients have run the gamut from environmental agencies to FTSE 100 giants.
27 November 2013

Why I love... An American Werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London provides one of horror cinema’s most perfect balances of laughs and scares. Is it also one of the great Jewish films?
26 November 2013

Breakthrough for women screenwriters in 2010-2012

New BFI research indicates that films written and/or directed by women performed strongly at the UK box office between 2010 and 2012.
25 November 2013

BFI’s £2m Neighbourhood Cinema Fund now open

A new BFI fund worth £2m over four years, which aims to bring cinema experiences and more specialised and independent British films to communities across the UK.
22 November 2013

Video: Kim Newman introduces Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Writer and critic Kim Newman introduces Dr. Phibes Rises Again, which sees Vincent Price reprise his role as a fiendishly inventive murderer.
9 December 2013

Video: Dead Set Q&A

Charlie Brooker and Jaime Winstone discuss Channel 4’s satirical zombie thriller.
28 November 2013

Video: George A. Romero on zombies

George A. Romero talks about his groundbreaking zombie film Night of the Living Dead and its follow-up Dawn of the Dead.
28 November 2013

Video: Peggy Cummins on Night of the Demon

Actor Peggy Cummins talks about her starring role in the British horror classic Night of the Demon.
26 November 2013

Video: An Adventure in Space and Time Q&A

Journalist Matthew Sweet leads a panel discussion on a new BBC drama that reveals the story behind Doctor Who’s genesis.
26 November 2013

Video: Vivien Leigh’s Oscar speech (1940)

Watch Vivien Leigh’s acceptance speech on receiving her Oscar for best actress for Gone with the Wind in 1940.
22 November 2013