Josephine Botting
All articles by Josephine Botting
Blue Gene: Tierney in the UK
The three films that Gene Tierney made in Britain, including film noir Night and the City, found the Hollywood icon visiting London, Buckinghamshire and Cornwall. But it coincided with a difficult period in her private life.
By Josephine Botting
Glynis Johns obituary: veteran British star of Mary Poppins and Miranda
By Josephine Botting
The best British TV of 2023, as picked by BFI curators
By Xavier Alexandre Pillai, Josephine Botting and others
360 classic feature films: how an archive project sought to show the canon, all year round
By Josephine Botting
David Meeker obituary: film archivist who played a pivotal role in growing the BFI National Archive
By Josephine Botting
How Muriel Box broke down doors for female directors in Britain
By Josephine Botting
Papers, plans, diagrams: the making of The Draughtsman’s Contract
By Josephine Botting
40 years of Channel 4: 10 C4 gems currently streaming
By Josephine Botting, William Fowler and others
The best new British TV of 2021, picked by BFI curators
By Lisa Kerrigan, James Bell and others
“Servant? I’m nobody’s servant”: Dirk Bogarde in Pinterland
By Josephine Botting
Muriel Box: the government files on the work of Britain’s pioneering female director
By Josephine Botting and Sarah Castagnetti
Norman J. Warren: the gentleman of English exploitation
By Josephine Botting
10 great Christmas films
By Josephine Botting, Sarah Currant and others
The best British TV of 2020, picked by BFI curators
By Robin Baker, Josephine Botting and others
Remembering British film star Anne Crawford on the centenary of her birth
By Josephine Botting
Diana Rigg obituary: an independent, indefatigable star
By Josephine Botting
Britain on Lockdown: The online videos shaping the crisis #2
By Jez Stewart, Patrick Russell and others
Honor Blackman obituary: a new-model leading lady
By Josephine Botting
40 fabulous Flipside factoids
By Vic Pratt, William Fowler and others
The best British TV of 2019
By Josephine Botting, Mark Duguid and others
Alexander Korda and Winston Churchill: how the producer and the politician changed British cinema
By Josephine Botting
Peggy Cummins obituary: petite but powerful star
By Josephine Botting
The best British TV of 2017 so far
By Lisa Kerrigan, Josephine Botting and others
The Orchard End Murder and the forgotten world of the programme filler
By Josephine Botting
How British film celebrated the role of women during the Second World War
By Josephine Botting
Hell Drivers: remembering Stanley Baker and Patrick McGoohan in a British action classic
By Josephine Botting and Kieron Webb