Talks, interviews and trailers

Under the influence: RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Sharon Needles

RuPaul’s Drag Race champion Sharon Needles discusses the 80s horror films that inspired her drag.

Chubby Funny filmmakers: “Our production base was a pub”

The stars of a film about a struggling actor talk about making low-budget comedy.

Toby Jones on Apocalypse Now Redux: “I'm obsessed with its legend”

The venerated character actor explains why Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam war movie is a favourite film.

Brakes director Mercedes Grower: “I was always fascinated by the idea of splitting up”

The director of a comedy drama about the break-up of a dozen couples explains why the end of love is a good start for comedy.

Trevor Griffiths: “Gratitude is necessary towards the end of a life”

The dramatist behind The Cherry Orchard and Oi for England reflects on a life in TV, theatre and film.

Hanna Schygulla on Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “We didn’t realise what his work was really into”

The New German cinema star describes the chaotic creation of The Marriage of Maria Braun.

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion filmmakers on the pan-Indian powerhouse

The makers of the Tollywood epic visit BFI Southbank.

Tom Hiddleston on The Night Manager: “It’s about the malleability of identity”

The star of the mega-budget BBC adaptation of John Le Carré’s spy novel talks about making the series.

The making of Rita, Sue and Bob Too: “It was a much more cavalier time”

The stars of Alan Clarke’s Thatcher-era satire talk about the lost art of risk-taking.

Julie Walters and Maxine Peake pay tribute to Victoria Wood: “She was a true genius”

The workmates and close friends of the late star share their memories of a British comic great.

Ju Anqi: “China’s film industry is very immature”

On his first visit to London the Chinese director talks about the challenge of making indie cinema at home.

Michael Palin at the BFI + Radio Times TV festival: “I was never good at discomforting people”

The Monty Python star on comedy, his legacy and travelling on (a train called) Delia Smith.

Michael Smiley on Adam & Paul: “It hits me in the gut every time”

The Kill List star presents a film that changed his life, the tragi-comic heroin drama Adam & Paul.

Gemma Arterton on Blitz comedy-drama Their Finest: “It was real time of liberation for women”

The actor joins the director Lone Scherfig and the London mayor Sadiq Khan to introduce the Mayor’s gala screening of Their Finest at the London film festival.

Sir David Attenborough on natural history TV

The world’s pre-eminent natural history broadcaster discusses the natural world on TV in the 1950s and 60s.

Screentalk with casting director Laura Rosenthal

The casting director looks back on her long career, from working with Woody Allen to her most recent collaborations with Todd Haynes.

Jenny Gage on All This Panic's teenage subjects: ‘Tight bonds, great friendships and some drama’

Director Jenny Gage talks about making a documentary about two teenage sisters growing up in New York City.

Louise Osmond on Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

The director discusses her documentary about the life and career of the veteran filmmaker and two-time Palme d’Or winner.

Director Fenton Bailey on Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Fenton Bailey on his documentary about the legendary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

Ben Rivers and Shezad Dawood in conversation

The artist-filmmakers discuss their work, including their film The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers (2015).

Ann Guedes and Steve Sprung on Cinema Action

Members of the filmmaking collective Cinema Action (1968-1970) discuss their work and how they captured key political and union actions.

Visual Pleasure at 40: Laura Mulvey in discussion

Filmmakers and critics mark the 40th anniversary of Laura Mulvey’s landmark 1975 essay on film and feminist theory, ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’.