Features and reviews
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Then and now
Beautiful Thing: finding the Thamesmead locations for the classic 90s gay romance
Romance blossoms during a hot summer in south London in the 1996 film Beautiful Thing, filmed on some of the same locations as A Clockwork Orange. How do they look today?
By Adam Scovell
Beautiful Thing: finding the Thamesmead locations for the classic 90s gay romance
Reviews
The New Boy: realism is undercut by magic in Warwick Thornton’s Outback fable
By Jonathan Romney
Reviews
Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s elemental love story has the air of a parable
By Annabel Bai Jackson
5 things to watch
5 things to watch this weekend – 15 to 17 March
By Sam Wigley
Interviews
Banel & Adama: Ramata-Toulaye Sy on her Senegalese love story turned cautionary tale
By Rachel Pronger
Reviews
Drive-Away Dolls: a lesbian road trip comedy that feels authentic to the 1990s but stuck there, too
By Simran Hans
Reviews
Monster: Koreeda Hirokazu’s elegant and imaginative expression of childhood
By Guy Lodge
Festivals
Layla: Amrou Al-Kadhi on their sparkling drag queen romance
By Lou Thomas
News
SPOTLIGHT programme announced by BFI Film Audience Network to invest in culturally underserved communities
SPOTLIGHT programme announced by BFI Film Audience Network to invest in culturally underserved communitiesReviews
Imaginary: a sufficiently creepy domestic ghost story
By Kim Newman
Festivals
Trans films in the spotlight as BFI Flare returns
By Ben Walters
Interviews
Chasing Amy and the LGBTQIA+ community: “There’s no consensus on this movie. It remains complicated to a lot of people”
By Josh Slater-Williams
News
6 emerging LGBTQIA+ creatives selected for BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development programme 2024
6 emerging LGBTQIA+ creatives selected for BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development programme 2024Where to begin
Where to begin with Warwick Thornton
By Stephen Morgan
5 things to watch
5 things to watch this weekend – 8 to 10 March
By Sam Wigley
Interviews
Edge of Summer: Lucy Cohen on her dreamy Cornish holiday coming-of-age drama
By Jamie Dunn
Interviews
“Unsuitable for females”: Copa 71 and the story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup
By Faye D. Effard
From the Sight and Sound archive
“You can’t let the audience get ahead of you”: Raoul Walsh interviewed in 1972
By James Childs
Reviews
High & Low: John Galliano: a thoughtful, expansive portrait of a disgraced fashion designer
By Nick Bradshaw
10 great
10 great Hollywood gangster films of the 1930s
By Matthew Thrift
Reviews
Origin: Ava DuVerney’s book biopic presents an ambitious study of caste systems
By Kate Stables
Reviews
Copa 71: the fascinating story of the unofficial Women’s World Cup
By Rachel Pronger
News
BFI and film industry welcome landmark move with increased expenditure credit to support UK film
BFI and film industry welcome landmark move with increased expenditure credit to support UK filmFeatures
The Taviani brothers on Bicycle Thieves: “It was like a course in directing”
By Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
Obituaries
Paolo Taviani obituary: younger of the Palme d’Or winning Taviani brothers
By Pasquale Iannone