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Sherwood: rewardingly knotty post-union drama
The ghosts of the 1980s miners’ strike haunt this beautifully realised portrait of a Nottinghamshire village riven by simmering conflicts. James Graham’s masterful script delivers twists, turns and narrative wallops aplenty.
By Kate Stables
Blaxploitation, from Shaft to Original Gangstas
By Mike Phillips
In the shadow of Apu: in praise of Satyajit Ray’s Calcutta trilogy
By Omar Ahmed
In the Black Fantastic: a conversation with Ekow Eshun
By Chrystel Oloukoï
“Every person is a universe”: Wim Wenders on Wings of Desire
By Lou Thomas
The Afterlight: a film of immortals en route to oblivion
By Jonathan Romney
Wandering souls: the ending of L’eclisse
By Paul Tickell
Approaching Shadows and a game-changing, people-centred model for film production
By Clare Baines
5 things to watch this weekend – 1 to 3 July
By Samuel Wigley
Time at the bar: how every scene in EastEnders’ Queen Vic pub became an epic film event
By Matthew Harle
All about StoryTrails, a new immersive storytelling project drawing inspiration from the UK’s moving image archive
All about StoryTrails, a new immersive storytelling project drawing inspiration from the UK’s moving image archiveNitram: a sensitive cautionary tale against lax gun laws
By Carmen Gray
There’s no Greek weird wave: Jacqueline Lentzou on Moon, 66 Questions
By Georgia Korossi
Tigers: a raw, revealing portrait of the beautiful game and its mental health hazards
By Tim Hayes
10 great black-and-white films of the 1980s
By Samuel Wigley
World premiere of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical to open 66th BFI London Film Festival
World premiere of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical to open 66th BFI London Film FestivalFaya Dayi: an oneiric overview of Ethiopia’s khat-farming communities
By Leila Latif
BFI Skills Review published for film and high-end television
BFI Skills Review published for film and high-end televisionEric Ravilious: Drawn to War – a touching search for a missing artist
By Philip Concannon
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert interviewed by Edgar Wright
By Edgar Wright
Announcing BFI Film on Film Festival, a new festival dedicated to celebrating the art of film and film projection
Announcing BFI Film on Film Festival, a new festival dedicated to celebrating the art of film and film projectionAparna Sen on her memories of Satyajit Ray, and her controversial new film The Rapist: “Someone or other is bound to get offended”
By Arun A.K.
66th BFI London Film Festival announces UK-wide and London venues and programme structure
66th BFI London Film Festival announces UK-wide and London venues and programme structureSignificant gap in careers advice presents major block for new entrants to screen industries, finds new research
Significant gap in careers advice presents major block for new entrants to screen industries, finds new researchStaying with the trouble: the ending of Wanda
By Becca Voelcker
Elvis: a frenetic jukebox musical that’s heavy on style and light on substance
By Simran Hans