5 things to watch
5 things to watch this weekend – 17 to 19 May
Twisting tales of growing pains, an urgent Italian classic and a cinematic page-turner. What are you watching this weekend?
By Sam Wigley
5 things to watch this weekend – 17 to 19 May
Features and reviews
Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image.
Features
Hidden City: mapping the co-ordinates of Stephen Poliakoff’s psychogeographic mystery
By Adam Scovell
Interviews
“Not all trauma smells the same”: Luna Carmoon on Hoard
By Katie McCabe
From the Sight and Sound archive
Luis Ospina: the politics of vampires
By Ela Bittencourt
10 great
10 great French avant-garde films of the 1920s
By David Parkinson
Reviews
Hoard: Luna Carmoon wields disgust like a weapon in this filthily captivating debut
Hoard: Luna Carmoon wields disgust like a weapon in this filthily captivating debutFeatures
Rome, Open City: Roberto Rossellini’s great leap for realism on screen
By Alex Barrett
News
Stop-motion animation season supported by Laika coming to BFI Southbank
Stop-motion animation season supported by Laika coming to BFI SouthbankReviews
Tiger Stripes: a ferocious Malaysian pre-teen horror
By Simran Hans
Features
O Lucky Man!, revisiting Lindsay Anderson’s anarchic 1970s trip down the rabbit hole
By Stephen Dalton
News
BFI Powell and Pressburger retrospective to tour US and Canada
BFI Powell and Pressburger retrospective to tour US and CanadaInterviews
It rained on the Sunday: a career interview with Roger Corman
By Matthew Thrift
Reviews
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: this Ape-ocalypto is an inspired addition to the saga
By Kim Newman
Interviews
Peel slowly and see... The return of Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet
By Leigh Singer
News
Sky Peals to be released by BFI Distribution in UK and Irish cinemas on 9 August
Sky Peals to be released by BFI Distribution in UK and Irish cinemas on 9 AugustNews
BFI launches ‘ScreenUK Industry’ brand promoting the UK screen sector
BFI launches ‘ScreenUK Industry’ brand promoting the UK screen sector5 things to watch
5 things to watch this weekend – 10 to 12 May
By Sam Wigley
News
Sight and Sound: the June 2024 issue
Sight and Sound: the June 2024 issue10 great
10 great British thrillers of the 1980s
By Georgina Guthrie
Interviews
“Neorealism is part of our DNA as Italians”: Paola Cortellesi on There's Still Tomorrow
By Jonathan Romney
Obituaries
Bernard Hill obituary: prolific star of Boys from the Blackstuff and three Best Picture winners
By David Parkinson
News
BFI industry event programme announced for UK Pavilion at Cannes
BFI industry event programme announced for UK Pavilion at CannesReviews
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger: Martin Scorsese presents a loving, personal tribute to the filmmakers’ legacy
By Nick Bradshaw
Then and now
In search of the locations for Lindsay Anderson’s If….
By Adam Scovell
5 things to watch
5 things to watch this bank holiday weekend – 3 to 5 May
By Sam Wigley
Interviews
Scene by scene with Hélène Louvart, one of the world’s great cinematographers
By Rachel Pronger
Interviews
Leila and the Wolves 40th anniversary: Heiny Srour on her time-travelling tale of Arab womanhood
By Elhum Shakerifar
Reviews
The Idea of You: pop star romance has a strangely inhuman quality
By Leila Latif
10 great
10 great French debut films by women directors
By Catherine Wheatley