All articles about British cinema

Features

Mai Zetterling in the UK: from stardom to freedom

Before she established herself as a pioneering Swedish auteur, Mai Zetterling worked as a movie star in Britain. But despite star billing alongside the likes of Dirk Bogarde, the experience helped her determine exactly what she didn’t want to do.

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

10 great

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

10 great

10 great British Christmas films

By David Parkinson

10 great British Christmas films

Interviews

“Florence gave birth eight times that day”: John Crowley on his multiple timeline romcom We Live in Time

By Lou Thomas

“Florence gave birth eight times that day”: John Crowley on his multiple timeline romcom We Live in Time

News

British Independent Film Awards 2024: the winners in full

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

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

Lists

A short history of British propaganda... in 10 films

By Scott Anthony

A short history of British propaganda... in 10 films

Features

How Andrea Arnold’s Bird reclaims magic for the marginalised

By Juana Albina

How Andrea Arnold’s Bird reclaims magic for the marginalised

Interviews

Bill Nighy on his IVF origin story Joy: “This was an opportunity to put a bomb under the male tendency to bewilderingly underestimate women”

By Lou Thomas

Bill Nighy on his IVF origin story Joy: “This was an opportunity to put a bomb under the male tendency to bewilderingly underestimate women”

News

Nominations announced for the British Independent Film Awards 2024

Then and now

Witchfinder General: in search of the witchy Suffolk locations of the classic Vincent Price folk horror

By Adam Scovell

Witchfinder General: in search of the witchy Suffolk locations of the classic Vincent Price folk horror

Interviews

The post-punk look: Dick Pope on remastering Mike Leigh’s Naked

By James Bell

The post-punk look: Dick Pope on remastering Mike Leigh’s Naked

Obituaries

Alvin Rakoff obituary: veteran director of British film and TV

By David Parkinson

Alvin Rakoff obituary: veteran director of British film and TV

Obituaries

Maggie Smith obituary: scene-stealing star who became a national institution

By David Parkinson

Maggie Smith obituary: scene-stealing star who became a national institution

Features

How a death-penalty thriller proved Diana Dors was more than just ‘Britain’s Marilyn Monroe’

By Chloe Walker

How a death-penalty thriller proved Diana Dors was more than just ‘Britain’s Marilyn Monroe’

10 great

10 great quota quickies

By David Parkinson

10 great quota quickies