Matthew Thrift

Articles by Matthew Thrift

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  10 great Christmas musicals

  Nothing banishes the ‘Bah, humbugs’ like a Christmas musical. Prepare to have your cockles warmed…

  Wednesday, December 4, 2019

  Lists

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  Where to begin with Japan’s kaiju monster movies

  Your next obsession: getting to grips with Godzilla and co

  Monday, November 18, 2019

  Features

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  The best musical of every year – from the dawn of sound to the rise of the jukebox musical

  We pick the finest film musical for each and every year of the genre’s 90+ year history, and find some surprises along the way.

  Thursday, October 17, 2019

  Lists

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  Seven things we learned from Robert De Niro

  Robert De Niro came to the BFI to talk about everything from his early days with Martin Scorsese to his views on Donald Trump. Here’s what we learned.

  Monday, October 14, 2019

  Features

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  Donald Pleasence: 10 essential performances

  From The Great Escape to Halloween… 100 years after he was born, we pick just 10 of the 200+ films featuring the irreplaceable character actor Donald Pleasence.

  Friday, October 4, 2019

  Lists

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  Angela Bassett: 10 essential films

  From her work with Spike Lee and John Sayles to her career-defining turn in Kathryn Bigelow’s dystopian sci-fi Strange Days, we celebrate the career of Angela Bassett.

  Friday, September 27, 2019

  Lists

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  Where to begin with Budd Boetticher

  Your next obsession: the spare, low-budget westerns and B movies of Budd Boetticher

  Monday, September 23, 2019

  Features

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  10 great clown films

  Send in the clowns? Don’t bother, they’re here.

  Thursday, September 12, 2019

  Lists

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  Beyond the bounds of depravity: an oral history of David Cronenberg’s Crash

  As a restored version of Crash finally emerges at the Venice Film Festival and producer Jeremy Thomas donates his personal archive to the BFI, we asked Thomas to cast his mind back to the unparalleled British media furore and Westminster ban that greeted the film’s release in 1996.

  Thursday, September 5, 2019

  Interviews

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  Five things to watch this weekend – 30 August-1 September

  A dozen for the price of five this week, as we head in to the weekend with our top viewing recommendations…

  Friday, August 30, 2019

  Lists