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Reviews

Favoriten: the classroom becomes a model for society in Ruth Beckermann’s compassionate doc

Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann takes an unhurried and optimistic approach to documenting a class of primary school children in the working-class Viennese neighbourhood of Favoriten.

Favoriten: the classroom becomes a model for society in Ruth Beckermann’s compassionate doc

10 great

10 great Christmas action films

By Matthew Thrift

10 great Christmas action films

Reviews

Grand Theft Hamlet: a play inside a video game? Madness, but there’s method in it

By Gayle Sequeira

Grand Theft Hamlet: a play inside a video game? Madness, but there’s method in it

Reviews

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl: Rungano Nyoni finds elegant magic in the most painful places

By Leila Latif

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl: Rungano Nyoni finds elegant magic in the most painful places

Features

Once upon a time in Almería: the spaghetti western town that became a theme park

By Duncan Wheeler

Once upon a time in Almería: the spaghetti western town that became a theme park

From the Sight and Sound archive

Ian McEwan on collaborating with Richard Eyre for The Ploughman’s Lunch

By Jill Forbes

Ian McEwan on collaborating with Richard Eyre for The Ploughman’s Lunch

Festivals

Best of Baltic at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

By Lou Thomas

Best of Baltic at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

Reviews

Nightbitch: Marielle Heller depicts the challenges of motherhood with a satirical bite

By Savina Petkova

Nightbitch: Marielle Heller depicts the challenges of motherhood with a satirical bite

Features

Indiana Jones and the digital legacy: digging into Indy’s best gaming adventures

By George Bass

Indiana Jones and the digital legacy: digging into Indy’s best gaming adventures

Reviews

Rumours: How Guy Maddin learned to stop worrying and love the bog

By Saffron Maeve

Rumours: How Guy Maddin learned to stop worrying and love the bog

From the Sight and Sound archive

The Lubitsch touch in The Shop Around the Corner

By Nick James

The Lubitsch touch in The Shop Around the Corner

From the Sight and Sound archive

“A glimpse of perfection in an imperfect world”: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg reviewed in February 1965

By Elizabeth Sussex

“A glimpse of perfection in an imperfect world”: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg reviewed in February 1965

Where to begin

Where to begin with Guy Maddin

By Michael Brooke

Where to begin with Guy Maddin

5 things to watch

5 things to watch this weekend – 29 November to 1 December

By Sam Wigley

5 things to watch this weekend – 29 November to 1 December

Interviews

“Nobody loves a dirty joke more than Judi”: Richard Eyre on directing the greats

By Alex Ramon

“Nobody loves a dirty joke more than Judi”: Richard Eyre on directing the greats

Features

The chase is still on: how ‘human hunting’ movies have reshaped The Most Dangerous Game for the 21st century

By Craig Ian Mann

The chase is still on: how ‘human hunting’ movies have reshaped The Most Dangerous Game for the 21st century

10 great

10 great modern Indian independent films

By Omar Ahmed

10 great modern Indian independent films

Reviews

The Contestant: a sobering look at one of the earliest and strangest chapters in reality TV history

By Jason Anderson

The Contestant: a sobering look at one of the earliest and strangest chapters in reality TV history

Interviews

The Taste of Mango: “As the process of making the film went on, my anger turned into love and empathy”

By Rógan Graham

The Taste of Mango: “As the process of making the film went on, my anger turned into love and empathy”

News

BFI Distribution and Break Out Pictures partner to release Four Mothers in the UK and Ireland

Then and now

The real locations from Watership Down: how they look today

By Adam Scovell

The real locations from Watership Down: how they look today

Interviews

David Lynch on music, innovation and his future as a filmmaker: “I like to call it experimentation”

By Sam Wigley

David Lynch on music, innovation and his future as a filmmaker: “I like to call it experimentation”

Lists

The birth of action: 10 sensational stunts from the silent era

By David Parkinson

The birth of action: 10 sensational stunts from the silent era

News

39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival to be presented from 19 to 30 March 2025

5 things to watch

5 things to watch this weekend – 22 to 24 November

By Sam Wigley

5 things to watch this weekend – 22 to 24 November

Reviews

The Taste of Mango: a tender family reckoning

By Sophia Satchell-Baeza

The Taste of Mango: a tender family reckoning

Reviews

Wicked: there’s room on the broom for this dizzying movie musical

By Lillian Crawford

Wicked: there’s room on the broom for this dizzying movie musical

Reviews

Layla: Amrou Al-Kadhi’s vibrant drag fairytale

By Clara Bradbury-Rance

Layla: Amrou Al-Kadhi’s vibrant drag fairytale

Features

World TV Day 2024: how archive TV provides a portal to the past

By Lisa Kerrigan

World TV Day 2024: how archive TV provides a portal to the past

From the Sight and Sound archive

“Magnificently produced pantomime”: The Wizard of Oz reviewed in 1940

By E.P.

“Magnificently produced pantomime”: The Wizard of Oz reviewed in 1940