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The best TV of 2021: the year in television
From It’s a Sin to Mare of Easttown to Squid Game, dramas that resonated with a widespread sense of anxiety, confifinement and grief made a strong showing in this year’s poll. Then again, so did shows like Succession and The WhWhite Lotus that turned the spotlight on the sins of the rich
By Lisa Kerrigan
The Lubitsch touch in The Shop Around the Corner
By Nick James
The best films of 2021: the year in cinema
By Isabel Stevens
The Hand of God leaves viewers to sort autobiography from fabrication
By Anton Bitel
C’mon C’mon is a quiet tribute to parenthood
By Ben Nicholson
In memory of Anthony Smith CBE (1938-2021), former director of the BFI and BFI Fellow
In memory of Anthony Smith CBE (1938-2021), former director of the BFI and BFI FellowPress Reset: BFI renews urgent call for change for disabled talent in the screen industries
Press Reset: BFI renews urgent call for change for disabled talent in the screen industriesNight Call: the 70s motorway safety film with a sting in its tail
By Steven Foxon
Somewhere over the rainbow: Ringan Ledwidge 1971-2021
By Professor Emily Caston
The Beatles: Get Back is a tender portrait of a band on the brink of change
By Jonathan Romney
50 great Christmas films currently streaming
By Katherine McLaughlin, David Parkinson and others
Off the beaten track: wilderness in video games
By Nadia Attia
Encounter takes unexpected turns on an apocalyptic sci-fi road trip
By Carmen Gray
Inside Rebel Dykes: the previously untold story of a punk-minded lesbian subculture
By El Hunt
5 things to watch this weekend – 26 to 28 November
By Samuel Wigley
In pictures: Dirk Bogarde, the reluctant movie star
By Jade Evans
Strike a pose: fashion and film through the ages
By Peter Wollen
Hellbound challenges ideas about faith and free will in six harrowing episodes
By Trevor Johnston
House of Gucci is a tragi-comic triumph of operatic proportions
By Rebecca Harrison
Back to the days of UK garage: Reggie Yates on Pirates, his nostalgic directorial debut
By Katherine McLaughlin
Anne at 13,000 ft follows a troubled protagonist in free fall
By Elena Lazic
“Kill all hippies”: the punk nihilism of Dennis Hopper’s Out of the Blue
By Christina Newland