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10 great Jane Austen adaptations

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a novel written by Jane Austen must be in want of an adaptation. Or several. Two hundred and fifty years after Austen was born, and with Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility back in cinemas for its 30th anniversary, we select 10 of the best.

By Lillian Crawford

10 great Jane Austen adaptations

Object of the week

Alan Whicker’s cue cards for interviewing Sean Connery on You Only Live Twice

By Nathalie Morris

Alan Whicker’s cue cards for interviewing Sean Connery on You Only Live Twice

Finest hours

Finest hours: Helen Mirren’s transformation into The Queen

By Kate Stables

Finest hours: Helen Mirren’s transformation into The Queen

Rarities of British cinema

A Question of Adultery: how an X-rated 1950s drama tackled the subject of artificial insemination

By Josephine Botting

A Question of Adultery: how an X-rated 1950s drama tackled the subject of artificial insemination

Then and now

Human Traffic’s Cardiff, then and now

By Adam Scovell

Human Traffic’s Cardiff, then and now

Object of the week

Object of the week: 96-year-old footage of Alfred Hitchcock in a test take for his thriller Blackmail

By Bryony Dixon

Object of the week: 96-year-old footage of Alfred Hitchcock in a test take for his thriller Blackmail

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10 great British pastoral films

By Miriam Balanescu

10 great British pastoral films

Interviews

“You can only truly tell stories if they’re in your skin”: Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Fiona Shaw on Hot Milk

By Lou Thomas

“You can only truly tell stories if they’re in your skin”: Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Fiona Shaw on Hot Milk

Object of the week

Object of the week: The colourful lists from Peter Wollen’s notebook

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: The colourful lists from Peter Wollen’s notebook

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10 great modern British black-and-white films

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

10 great

10 great British films of 1975

By Alex Ramon

10 great British films of 1975