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10 great modern British black-and-white films

As Shane Meadows' indie marvel TwentyFourSeven arrives on Blu-ray, we recommend 10 other monochrome masterpieces of the modern era, from directors including Christopher Nolan, Sally Potter and Isaac Julien.

By George Bass

10 great modern British black-and-white films

Object of the week

Object of the week: The Red Shoes wallpaper by the film’s designer Hein Heckroth

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: The Red Shoes wallpaper by the film’s designer Hein Heckroth

Rarities of British cinema

Edward G. Robinson’s rare British film: remembering 1930s fish-out-of-water drama Thunder in the City

By Josephine Botting

Edward G. Robinson’s rare British film: remembering 1930s fish-out-of-water drama Thunder in the City

Features

70 years of Hammer’s The Quatermass Xperiment: a very British alien invasion movie

By George Bass

70 years of Hammer’s The Quatermass Xperiment: a very British alien invasion movie

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10 great British animated feature films

By Jez Stewart

10 great British animated feature films

Interviews

“Sometimes you don’t need to have gone to film school”: Daisy-May Hudson on her debut fiction feature Lollipop

By Rachel Pronger

“Sometimes you don’t need to have gone to film school”: Daisy-May Hudson on her debut fiction feature Lollipop

Then and now

60 years of Repulsion: how the London locations look today

By Adam Scovell

60 years of Repulsion: how the London locations look today

Interviews

The game of observation: a new interview with Darling and Eyes Wide Shut screenwriter Frederic Raphael

By Alex Ramon

The game of observation: a new interview with Darling and Eyes Wide Shut screenwriter Frederic Raphael

Features

Smashing the goldfish bowl: how the Grierson sisters helped pioneer British documentary

By Ros Cranston

Smashing the goldfish bowl: how the Grierson sisters helped pioneer British documentary

Features

20 years on from the Cannes walkouts, a new look at The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

By Anton Bitel

20 years on from the Cannes walkouts, a new look at The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

Rarities of British cinema

Idol of Paris: the lusty 1948 costume drama with a sensational whip duel

By Josephine Botting

Idol of Paris: the lusty 1948 costume drama with a sensational whip duel

Interviews

“I can think of nothing more boring than a live concert film”: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Emiliana Torrini on The Extraordinary Miss Flower

By Leigh Singer

“I can think of nothing more boring than a live concert film”: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Emiliana Torrini on The Extraordinary Miss Flower

Finest hours

Finest hours: Michael Palin in A Private Function

By Alex Ramon

Finest hours: Michael Palin in A Private Function

Features

Bullet Boy at 20: it’s relevant, yes, but it’s also cinema

By Clive Nwonka

Bullet Boy at 20: it’s relevant, yes, but it’s also cinema

Features

Slade in Flame at 50: Noddy Holder, Tom Conti and director Richard Loncraine on the “Citizen Kane of British pop movies”

By Stephen Dalton

Slade in Flame at 50: Noddy Holder, Tom Conti and director Richard Loncraine on the “Citizen Kane of British pop movies”

Features

Mai Zetterling in the UK: from stardom to freedom

By Josephine Botting

Mai Zetterling in the UK: from stardom to freedom

Rarities of British cinema

Service for Ladies: how Alexander Korda’s glittering comedy brought a dash of continental sophistication to British cinema

By Josephine Botting

Service for Ladies: how Alexander Korda’s glittering comedy brought a dash of continental sophistication to British cinema

Features

Eclipse: how a little-seen 1970s psychological thriller emerged from obscurity

By Vic Pratt

Eclipse: how a little-seen 1970s psychological thriller emerged from obscurity

Interviews

Sex work and the city: Mikko Mäkelä on his intimate meta-narrative Sebastian

By Sam Wigley

Sex work and the city: Mikko Mäkelä on his intimate meta-narrative Sebastian

Interviews

“The more craic people are having on the shoot, the less funny it’s going to be”: Darren Thornton on his tragicomedy Four Mothers

By Josh Slater-Williams

“The more craic people are having on the shoot, the less funny it’s going to be”: Darren Thornton on his tragicomedy Four Mothers

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10 great British films of 1975

By Alex Ramon

10 great British films of 1975

Interviews

“We use virgin olive oil, and oil the eye”: the Quay brothers on the method behind their uncanny worlds

By Jonathan Romney

“We use virgin olive oil, and oil the eye”: the Quay brothers on the method behind their uncanny worlds

Rarities of British cinema

The Lost People: how an immersive play became a 1940s British film about wartime displacement

By Josephine Botting

The Lost People: how an immersive play became a 1940s British film about wartime displacement

Rarities of British cinema

The forgotten Technicolor fashion-world drama: It Started in Paradise

By Josephine Botting

The forgotten Technicolor fashion-world drama: It Started in Paradise

News

The Extraordinary Miss Flower, starring Emilíana Torrini, to be released by BFI Distribution in May

The NHS at 75

From trans health to children’s palliative care: how three new short films tell untold stories of the NHS

By Xavier Alexandre Pillai

From trans health to children’s palliative care: how three new short films tell untold stories of the NHS

Obituaries

Joan Plowright obituary: great dame of British stage and screen

By Kate Stables

Joan Plowright obituary: great dame of British stage and screen

Rarities of British cinema

Limelight: the forgotten British film that goes backstage in 1930s London theatre world

By Josephine Botting

Limelight: the forgotten British film that goes backstage in 1930s London theatre world

Features

Pig Brother is watching you: 70 years of Animal Farm, Britain’s first animated feature

By Jez Stewart

Pig Brother is watching you: 70 years of Animal Farm, Britain’s first animated feature

Features

Britain’s first blonde bombshell: celebrating the centenary of Christine Norden

By Josephine Botting

Britain’s first blonde bombshell: celebrating the centenary of Christine Norden