All Obituaries articles
Jean-Louis Trintignant obituary: masterful French actor who brought a shy but sexy masculinity to the screen
Jean-Louis Trintignant, who has died aged 91, conveyed quiet virility in classics such as My Night with Maud and The Conformist during a decades-spanning career.
By Ginette Vincendeau
Ray Liotta obituary: magnetic Goodfellas star and one of cinema’s great wise guys
By Brogan Morris
Dennis Waterman obituary: British TV star from The Sweeney, Minder and New Tricks
By David Parkinson
Gavin Millar obituary: distinguished film and TV director, presenter and critic
By Philip Horne
Brian Winston obituary: leading media academic, documentary studies pioneer and former BFI governor
By Nick Bradshaw
Michel Bouquet obituary: acting veteran with a line in despicable types for Chabrol and Truffaut
By Ginette Vincendeau
William Hurt obituary: 1980s Oscar winner with a final chapter in Marvel
By David Parkinson
Roger Graef obituary: fly-on-the-wall documentary master
By Nick Bradshaw
Anthony Stern obituary: a psychedelic artist in film and glass
By Sophia Satchell Baeza
Douglas Trumbull, visual effects visionary behind 2001 and Blade Runner, 1942 to 2022
By David Parkinson
Lata Mangeshkar, legendary playback singer and ‘nightingale of India’, 1929 to 2022
By Naman Ramachandran
Monica Vitti, international arthouse star and 1960s style icon, 1931 to 2022
By Pasquale Iannone
Hardy Krüger, war film veteran and Barry Lyndon star, 1928 to 2022
By David Parkinson
Jean-Jacques Beineix, director of Diva and Betty Blue, 1946 to 2022
By Phil Powrie
Sidney Poitier, a giant who broke ground and changed perceptions, 1927 to 2022
By Leila Latif
In memoriam: the filmmakers we lost in 2021
By Bob Mastrangelo
Lina Wertmüller, director of razor-sharp satires who made Oscar history, 1928 to 2021
By Pasquale Iannone
In memory of Anthony Smith CBE , former director of the BFI and BFI Fellow, 1938 to 2021
In memory of Anthony Smith CBE , former director of the BFI and BFI Fellow, 1938 to 2021Somewhere over the rainbow: Ringan Ledwidge, 1971 to 2021
By Professor Emily Caston
Michael Kenneth Williams, forever Omar in The Wire, 1966 to 2021
By Leila Latif
Nino Castelnuovo: remembering the Umbrellas of Cherbourg star, 1936 to 2021
By David Parkinson
Jean-Paul Belmondo: the face of the New Wave, the body of popular cinema, 1933 to 2021
By Ginette Vincendeau
Ned Beatty brought a spark to his character parts
By Tom Charity
RIP Monte Hellman, patron saint of obsessional cinephiles
By Brad Stevens
RIP Bertrand Tavernier, a stalwart of social-minded cinema
By David Thompson
Norman J. Warren: the gentleman of English exploitation
By Josephine Botting
In memory of Raymond Cauchetier: the man who photographed the French New Wave
By Jonathan Romney
Giuseppe Rotunno was one of the great Italian cinematographers
By Pasquale Iannone