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Interviews
Paul King on Timothée Chalamet as Wonka: “This movie allowed him to scratch an itch that he’s probably had for a long time”
By Lou Thomas
Paul King on Timothée Chalamet as Wonka: “This movie allowed him to scratch an itch that he’s probably had for a long time”
10 great
10 great Christmas films of the 21st century
By Georgina Guthrie
News
Here’s what we’ve got coming for audiences in 2024
Here’s what we’ve got coming for audiences in 2024Reviews
Trenque Lauquen: an epic hymn to the unclassifiable
By Arjun Sajip
News
Dates announced for 38th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Dates announced for 38th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film FestivalObituaries
Paul Watson obituary: British pioneer of fly-on-the-wall documentary
By Nick Bradshaw
Interviews
“With art, you’re just out there ready to be criticised and that’s terrifying”: Savanah Leaf on Earth Mama
By Katie McCabe
Features
In Prospero’s Room: the magick worlds of Derek Jarman and Powell and Pressburger collide at Prospect Cottage
By Brian Robinson
Lists
101 hidden gems: the greatest films you’ve never seen
101 hidden gems: the greatest films you’ve never seenReviews
Anselm: Wim Wenders’s innovative 3D documentary immerses the viewer in the art of Anselm Kiefer
By Katie McCabe
Interviews
“I like feeling uncertain, displaced and unnerved”: Todd Haynes on May December
By Amy Taubin
News
British Independent Film Awards 2023: the winners in full
British Independent Film Awards 2023: the winners in fullLists
50 great Christmas films currently streaming - updated for 2023
By Katherine McLaughlin, David Parkinson and others
5 things to watch
5 things to watch this weekend – 1 to 3 December
By Sam Wigley
From the Sight and Sound archive
A man for all seasons: Fritz Lang interviewed in 1967
By Axel Madsen
The NHS at 75
Behind the curtain on the modern public health film: “They’re rooted in the power of storytelling to help people walk in others’ shoes”
By Patrick Russell
Lists
Harry Belafonte: 10 essential performances
By Alex Ramon
News
Latest awards for international promotion of independent UK feature films announced by UK Global Screen Fund
Latest awards for international promotion of independent UK feature films announced by UK Global Screen FundTalkies
Poll position: ‘of its time’ or ‘of all time’?
By Kevin B. Lee
Talkies
Poll position: a global cinematic canon
By Kevin B. Lee
Features
Nuns, land girls, ballet dancers: the paradoxes of Powell and Pressburger’s women
By Rachel Pronger