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Pasta as prologue: the Spaghetti House siege on film
Two different dramatisations of the 1975 siege of a Knightsbridge restaurant by Black British radicals remind us that history also needs its agitators.
By Charlie Shackleton
Critics’ talk: an introduction to anime (for BFI at Home)
By Michael Leader, Kambole Campbell and others
Video: BFI CEO Ben Roberts talks to Screen about navigating the ongoing COVID-19 crisis
Video: BFI CEO Ben Roberts talks to Screen about navigating the ongoing COVID-19 crisisVideo: Misbehaviour director Phillipa Lowthorpe and producer Suzanne Mackie
Video: Misbehaviour director Phillipa Lowthorpe and producer Suzanne MackieVideo: Tilda Swinton interviewed by Mark Kermode
Video: Tilda Swinton interviewed by Mark KermodeVideo: Bacurau directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
Video: Bacurau directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano DornellesVideo: Tilda Swinton and Bong Joon-ho on Snowpiercer
Video: Tilda Swinton and Bong Joon-ho on SnowpiercerVideo: Michael Morpurgo and Ben Cookson on Waiting for Anya
Video: Michael Morpurgo and Ben Cookson on Waiting for AnyaPortraits of young women on fire: Céline Sciamma on female art, identity and intimacy
By Leigh Singer
Video: Stephen Woolley, Michael Caton-Jones and the crew behind Scandal
Video: Stephen Woolley, Michael Caton-Jones and the crew behind ScandalVideo: Flipside at 40 – the label that celebrates British film oddities
Video: Flipside at 40 – the label that celebrates British film odditiesBong Joon Ho’s rampaging metaphors – a video essay
Bong Joon Ho’s rampaging metaphors – a video essayVideo: Parasite director Bong Joon-ho and star Song Kang-ho
Video: Parasite director Bong Joon-ho and star Song Kang-hoVideo: Fellini and fakery: the viral quote he never said, but sums up Il Maestro perfectly
Video: Fellini and fakery: the viral quote he never said, but sums up Il Maestro perfectlyVideo: Tim Burton on working with Danny Elfman and scoring strangeness
Video: Tim Burton on working with Danny Elfman and scoring strangenessVideo: Carol Morley on Federico Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria
Video: Carol Morley on Federico Fellini’s Nights of CabiriaVideo: I Am (Not) A Monster director Nelly Ben Hayoun
Video: I Am (Not) A Monster director Nelly Ben HayounVideo: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché Q&A
Video: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché Q&AVideo: Spaced at 21 – Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Jessica Hynes on their cult sitcom
Video: Spaced at 21 – Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Jessica Hynes on their cult sitcomVideo: Ricki Lake and the stars of the musical Hairspray
Video: Ricki Lake and the stars of the musical HairsprayVideo: Nish Kumar guests on Films to be Buried With’s end of decade special
Video: Nish Kumar guests on Films to be Buried With’s end of decade specialGotta film dance! The evolution of the movie musical – a video essay
By Leigh Singer