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Pleasures and pains of the flesh: women, physical autonomy and the New French Extremity
In the taboo-busting films of the New French Extremity, female protagonists often break free of the shackles imposed by conventional cinema. Desires are quenched; boundaries tested.
By Nikki Baughan
Harvey Keitel on working with Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Abel Ferrara
By David Thompson
When Robert Altman made a rural horror movie: 50 years of Images
By Adam Scovell
Vampyr at 90: how Carl Dreyer conjured a waking nightmare
By Alex Barrett
Pointing the finger: the ending of The Housemaid
By Lisa Mullen
From the archive: can Spider-Man do the comics justice?
By David Thompson
Visions du Réel 2022: despatches from Lake Geneva’s documentary festival
By Lou Thomas
The woman in the moon: Barbra Streisand in A Star Is Born
By Garrett Stewart
Bronco Bullfrog: how the locations from the suedehead classic look today
By Adam Scovell
“I'm proud of being me”: Maggie Cheung, from As Tears Go By to Irma Vep
By Bérénice Reynaud
60 years of Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7: how the Paris locations look today
By Adam Scovell
Other Oceanias: a short history of Nineteen Eighty-Four adaptations
By George Bass
Where to begin with John Schlesinger
By Chloe Walker
Not Quite So Intimate: Nigel Kneale in 1959
Not Quite So Intimate: Nigel Kneale in 1959Dreaming in the light: Hugh Hudson on David Lean
Dreaming in the light: Hugh Hudson on David LeanFrom The Stone Tape to Quatermass: unearthing Nigel Kneale locations today
By Adam Scovell
TRAMPS! The glammed-up misfits pushing punk in a new direction
By El Hunt
In pictures: 16 striking film posters from BFI Flare 2022
In pictures: 16 striking film posters from BFI Flare 2022The Ipcress File: tracking down the locations for the Michael Caine spy classic
By Adam Scovell