Kes (1969)

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Interviews

The Incomer: director Louis Paxton on his darkly funny tale of siblings, islands and isolation

Filmed on the windswept fringes of Caithness and inspired by abandoned Scottish island communities, Louis Paxton’s debut – which opens the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 13 August – blends surreal comedy, fantasy and family tension as it follows two isolated siblings and an interloper from the mainland.

By Lou Thomas

The Incomer: director Louis Paxton on his darkly funny tale of siblings, islands and isolation

Then and now

How the nuclear attack locations from Peter Watkins’ The War Game look today

By Adam Scovell

How the nuclear attack locations from Peter Watkins’ The War Game look today

Features

Bugsy Malone at 50: original drawings and cartoons from the making of Alan Parker’s kids-with-splurge-guns classic

By Sarah Bemand

Bugsy Malone at 50: original drawings and cartoons from the making of Alan Parker’s kids-with-splurge-guns classic

Features

Bryan Forbes at 100: remembering the Whistle down the Wind and The Stepford Wives director on his centenary

By Josephine Botting

Bryan Forbes at 100: remembering the Whistle down the Wind and The Stepford Wives director on his centenary

Object of the week

How to train a kestrel: the original notes from the making of Kes

By Melanie Williams

How to train a kestrel: the original notes from the making of Kes

Rarities of British cinema

Three weeks, two lovers, one shelved film: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s forgotten blackmail drama 21 Days

By Josephine Botting

Three weeks, two lovers, one shelved film: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s forgotten blackmail drama 21 Days

Object of the week

The back room from Dead of Night: the production design for a dusty hiding place

By Melanie Williams

The back room from Dead of Night: the production design for a dusty hiding place

Then and now

75 years of The Lavender Hill Mob: how the London locations look today

By Adam Scovell

75 years of The Lavender Hill Mob: how the London locations look today

Object of the week

Object of the week: Costume designs for Julie Christie in the swinging 60s drama Darling

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: Costume designs for Julie Christie in the swinging 60s drama Darling

One per year

A history of 1960s British cinema in 10 songs

By David Parkinson

A history of 1960s British cinema in 10 songs

Reviews

“The whole film is centred upon Hockney’s art”: A Bigger Splash reviewed in 1975

By Philip French

“The whole film is centred upon Hockney’s art”: A Bigger Splash reviewed in 1975

Interviews

Here be tourists: how a Scottish black comedy satirises cultural Disneyfication

By Katherine McLaughlin

Here be tourists: how a Scottish black comedy satirises cultural Disneyfication

Then and now

30 years of Mike Leigh’s Secrets & Lies: how the London locations look today

By Adam Scovell

30 years of Mike Leigh’s Secrets & Lies: how the London locations look today

Object of the week

Emeric Pressburger’s screening room pass for the UFA film studios in pre-Nazi Germany

By Melanie Williams

Emeric Pressburger’s screening room pass for the UFA film studios in pre-Nazi Germany

Object of the week

When Brighton Rock was called ‘The Worst Sin’ – the rare original poster

By Alex Prideaux

When Brighton Rock was called ‘The Worst Sin’ – the rare original poster

Object of the week

Object of the week: Sight and Sound’s Festival of Britain special from 75 years ago

By Alex Prideaux

Object of the week: Sight and Sound’s Festival of Britain special from 75 years ago

Object of the week

Michael Ffolkes’s Punch illustrations for This Sporting Life and other 1960s British classics

By Melanie Williams

Michael Ffolkes’s Punch illustrations for This Sporting Life and other 1960s British classics

Rarities of British cinema

“Never were cloth caps worn more rakishly”: Alberto Cavalcanti’s neglected British ‘low-life’ drama For Them That Trespass

By Josephine Botting

“Never were cloth caps worn more rakishly”: Alberto Cavalcanti’s neglected British ‘low-life’ drama For Them That Trespass

Object of the week

Object of the week: The retro-futuristic poster for The Man Who Fell to Earth

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: The retro-futuristic poster for The Man Who Fell to Earth

Object of the week

Object of the week: David Lean’s unmade Nostromo – the production designs

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: David Lean’s unmade Nostromo – the production designs

Rarities of British cinema

The one-and-done directorial debut that sparkles with audacity and risqué humour

By Josephine Botting

The one-and-done directorial debut that sparkles with audacity and risqué humour

10 great

10 great British films of 1976

By Alex Ramon

10 great British films of 1976

Interviews

How we brought the ‘Madfabulous’ life of Wales’s ‘dancing marquess’ to the screen

By Lillian Crawford

How we brought the ‘Madfabulous’ life of Wales’s ‘dancing marquess’ to the screen

Object of the week

Object of the week: Derek Jarman’s workbook for Blue

By Tabitha Austin

Object of the week: Derek Jarman’s workbook for Blue

Object of the week

Object of the week: Signed cast and crew photo from 1940s hit melodrama The Seventh Veil

By Melanie Williams

Object of the week: Signed cast and crew photo from 1940s hit melodrama The Seventh Veil

Interviews

Plague and panic in 1870s Wisconsin: inside the apocalyptic western A Prayer for the Dying

By Lou Thomas

Plague and panic in 1870s Wisconsin: inside the apocalyptic western A Prayer for the Dying

Rarities of British cinema

The British New Wave outlier that tested Laurence Olivier

By Josephine Botting

The British New Wave outlier that tested Laurence Olivier

Object of the week

Object of the week: The film that launched Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

By Steven Foxon

Object of the week: The film that launched Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Influences and inspirations

“There’s a kind of wet heat in there that you can feel”: Emerald Fennell on 7 films that influenced her version of Wuthering Heights

By Lillian Crawford

“There’s a kind of wet heat in there that you can feel”: Emerald Fennell on 7 films that influenced her version of Wuthering Heights

Object of the week

Object of the week: Douglas Slocombe’s home movie from the making of Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt

By Josephine Botting

Object of the week: Douglas Slocombe’s home movie from the making of Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt