
Matthew Thrift is a freelance film writer. He contributes to Little White Lies, The Guardian, bfi.org.uk and Sight & Sound.
Matthew Thrift is a freelance film writer. He contributes to Little White Lies, The Guardian, bfi.org.uk and Sight & Sound.
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Nothing banishes the ‘Bah, humbugs’ like a Christmas musical. Prepare to have your cockles warmed…
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Where to begin with Japan’s kaiju monster movies
Your next obsession: getting to grips with Godzilla and co
Monday, November 18, 2019
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
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
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
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
Where to begin with Budd Boetticher
Your next obsession: the spare, low-budget westerns and B movies of Budd Boetticher
Monday, September 23, 2019
Send in the clowns? Don’t bother, they’re here.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
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
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
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RT @BBCPolitics: “It is not too late. We have an interview prepared. Oven-ready, as Mr Johnson likes to say”
Andrew Neil issues a challeng…
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Obvs weird/acid westerns before, but at list time of year, what a smorgasbord!
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1971: McCabe & Mrs Miller, Zachariah, The Hired Hand, The Last Movie, A Girl is a Gun, Red Sun, The Beguiled - must… t.co/0UCZtzfg4O
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Not entirely sure what, but quite something, this one... t.co/WPt3mPYl0x
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