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Aquaman review: a quixotic misadventure
Warners DC’s amphibious Justice League also-swam superhero gets a feature outing and colour palette of his own; the film fails in sympathetically old-fashioned ways, says Kim Newman.
Monday 17 December 2018 -
Humphrey Jennings: how the documentarian inspired Danny Boyle’s London 2012 Olympic ceremony
Exploring the link between the opening ceremony of London 2012 and the extraordinary work of Humphrey Jennings, one of Britain’s finest documentary filmmakers.
Monday 17 December 2018 -
The Snowman – the animation based on Raymond Briggs’s book – enchants audiences of all ages every Christmas. Here the animation’s executive producer, Iain Harvey, describes how the festive favourite was made.
Monday 17 December 2018 -
At the Estonian festival, a strand devoted to cinema from the centenarian nations that emerged after the First World War revealed some refreshingly modern and absurd films, including many that were once banned. Anton Bitel reports.
Thursday 13 December 2018 -
Wang Bing on Dead Souls: “You have to show some truth”
The director’s latest work is a typically gruelling eight-hour documentary about the brutal regime in Chairman Mao’s re-education camps. He talks to Arjun Sajip about tracking down survivors, gaining their trust and fighting for the freedom to tell their story.
Thursday 13 December 2018 -
Film of the week: An Elephant Sitting Still is a howl of desperate defiance
Director Hu Bo interweaves four tales to create a psychologically acute portrait of the bleakness of modern Chinese life, but finds succour in his characters’ inner strength, writes Tony Rayns.
Thursday 13 December 2018 -
The writers, producer and stars of The Young Ones – the anarchic 80s comedy that captured the frenzy and fury of living in Thatcher’s Britain – talk about making the show.
Thursday 13 December 2018
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In 2018 British TV told stories of our nation that were ancient and unfolding, heart-warming and crushingly sad. Here the BFI curatorial team pick their favourite terrestrial TV shows of the year.
Wednesday 12 December 2018 -
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse review: a wider webbed world
The original Peter Parker is joined by five new iterations of the arachnoid superhero in this mercurial and visually dazzling caper. Review by Henry K. Miller.
Wednesday 12 December 2018 -
Our movie of the year is in black and white and went (almost) straight to a certain global web-streaming service.
Tuesday 11 December 2018
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