https://www.bfi.org.uk/articles Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image. 32a56283-edd1-4b61-bd70-2076b87f5d08 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-films-about-dinner-parties Drama is served... As Olivia Wilde’s The Invite arrives in cinemas, we celebrate the dinner-party movie’s tried and tested menu of heated rivalries, toxic revelations and cringey awkwardness. Gayle Sequeira Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 6e200262-21c8-47b2-bc8f-4f9d01f36e5f https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/uk-global-screen-fund-announces-latest-international-distribution-awards Over £700,000 allocated to support 25 projects with prints and advertising and festival launch funding. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT e47c4e20-52b3-4be7-b70b-6a08aabbe491 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/gods-lonely-man-amy-taubin-taxi-driver Vietnam, gunplay, race and bloodletting are all part of the Taxi Driver myth, but does the film – returning to cinemas this week for its 50th anniversary – deliver the truth about men in crisis? From our April 1999 issue. Amy Taubin Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 99f25764-331a-4e05-9a72-577482adb1cd https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/nirvanna-band-show-movie Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol are the comedian-filmmakers behind hit web series and TV show Nirvanna the Band. In their anarchic new big-screen mockumentary, they go back to the future in a film filled with tricks, antics and references to a certain 1980s time-travel film. Can they get away with it? James Mottram Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 8eaf903f-b621-41a7-b5f6-45d37d3caf7d https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/our-statement-governments-consultation-into-national-lottery-good-causes-funding The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced a 12-week public consultation, or call for evidence, that will ask the UK public to help shape the future of National Lottery funding in the UK. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2a29e941-4491-47a8-9d32-5462f44ce1d1 https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/features/back-room-from-dead-night-production-design-dusty-hiding-place In a section of Ealing’s classic anthology horror Dead of Night, children hide in an empty room that’s become a dumping ground for obsolete household items. The original production design sketched out this in-between space: a portal into the Victorian past. Melanie Williams Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT d09300b1-e35b-4cc5-8cbe-84b858b056a4 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-players-july-2026-line Otherworldly visitors meet radical homegrown visions in a July line-up spanning sci-fi classics, Free Cinema landmarks and early Peter Weir gems. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT a9b6a60c-4806-48b1-94ba-ea0c4a2a244a https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/supergirl-milly-alcock-carries-this-movie-her-cape Director Craig Gillespie’s addition to the DC Universe remains faithful to its comic book roots, but the cosmic adventure lacks colour and conviction. Kim Newman Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 8cb5f39b-a227-4702-8953-f767ea158c7f https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bfi-flare-through-years In its 40th anniversary year, explore the rich legacy of the ever-evolving BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.  Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 61bc8f09-3c0a-48bb-8665-5803d285c1f5 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/mel-brooks-five-essential-films For towering tastelessness and peerless parody, here are five of the best places to get to grips with the comedy of Mel Brooks on his 100th birthday. Originally published in 2015. Mike Sutton Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT 5e79ff77-2cd0-4f77-a4f6-cf8c8fbf8445 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/finest-hours-robert-walker-charm-school-sociopath-strangers-train As the friendly psycho who proposes a murder swap in Strangers on a Train, Robert Walker lodged his place in movie history just before his tragically early death. As Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller turns 75, we delve into Walker’s chilling balance of charm and malevolence. Chloe Walker Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 9e754646-81af-49bb-9bb7-748596687c85 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/six-new-governors-bfi-board The new BFI Governors are Tanya Cordrey, Mark Herbert, Ganan Kanagathurai, Hakan Kousetta, Ryan Prince and Jane Tranter (Wales Governor). Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT ac260156-ef03-42da-9137-7b5360176a57 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/furious-familiar-revenge-cinema-gets-exuberant-martial-arts-workout The award-winning action choreographer Tanigaki Kenji‘s tight revenge thriller pares the action movie back to its bruising essentials and gestures towards a Pan-Asian future for Hong Kong genre cinema. David West Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 8a5d41f6-468e-4a79-8552-36bd0f7e2d94 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-canadian-debut-features Ahead of the release of Sophy Romvari’s acclaimed Blue Heron, we revisit 10 Canadian debut features that signalled singular talents and quietly reshaped the national film landscape. Adam Nayman Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3a2d01e6-2b97-4ba1-9dfd-5282a2f13513 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/dont-try-this-home-jackass-movie-reviewed-2003 As Jackass: Best and Last hits cinemas this week, we revisit the franchise’s first big-screen offering, which our critic found both “pathologically puerile” and charmingly loose. From our March 2003 issue. Edward Lawrenson Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 16e1755b-f909-4912-9fcc-5b8e241497b0 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/programme-highlights-august-2026-monica-vitti-artistry-puppets-film-radical-films-director-peter-watkins This August we’re celebrating Italian movie star Monica Vitti, the craft of puppeteers, and the radical cinema of Peter Watkins. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT a96bfb28-25f0-47fa-83ee-397e7a059f56 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/public-encouraged-cool-culture-second-heatwave-year-hits-health-alerts-issued Together with Arts Council England and LIVE Green, we’re rolling out UK-wide campaign offering public vital refuge in cultural venues during heatwaves. Cool Off in Culture features a growing list of almost 80 venues offering cool spaces across the UK. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3f8042ec-c32d-46b0-96ee-b847fcf04c03 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/interviews/i-want-make-films-about-my-community-akinola-davies-jr Fresh on the heels of his Bafta win for Outstanding Debut by a British writer-director, filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr spoke to ‘Beyond Nollywood’ curator Nadia Denton about the zeitgeist, creating his own mythologies, and what comes next. Nadia Denton Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 01a40c57-af34-4236-9ab5-5776d5483800 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/excavating-legacies-euzhan-palcy-interviewed-june-givanni For her Pan-African cinema archive project ‘Excavating Legacies’, June Givanni sat down in Paris with Martinican director Euzhan Palcy for a conversation spanning tensions between awards recognition and access to funding, Palcy’s unrealised films and the geographies and figures that have defined both women’s itinerant careers. Abiba Coulibaly introduces their discussion. Abiba Coulibaly Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 937900d3-eb55-432e-86a4-63c3ae42b53c https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/lavender-hill-mob-london-locations As the beloved Ealing crime comedy turns 75, we track down the exact spots where Alec Guinness and his gang of gold bullion thieves carried out their heist. Adam Scovell Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3a5629de-c79e-4054-a2fa-89d7272801c4 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/monster-mirror-black-resistance-humour-cinema Examining a centuries-old tradition of Black resistance humour etched within the fraught social fabric of American culture, Artel Great appraises the cinematic power of Black comedy, parody and satire as signifiers of complex truths. Artel Great Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 57429a4b-07ce-4e6d-b8ed-e1b3f6128996 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/nirvanna-band-show-movie-gloriously-silly-time-travel-comedy-about-friendship-creative-ambition Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol scale up their old comedy web series into an impressive Toronto adventure, balancing prankish spectacle with a fond reflection on creative partnership and the pull of unfinished dreams. Will Sloan Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 29b8f902-b78a-44f5-9fe8-c0f38c1d3f2c https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/features/object-week-costume-designs-julie-christie-swinging-60s-drama-darling These costume designs by Julie Harris helped to create one of the iconic figures of swinging London: Julie Christie’s upwardly mobile fashion model in the 1965 drama Darling. Melanie Williams Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT f84d2be1-9c48-4f7d-9048-0b7371ab7634 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/history-1960s-british-cinema-10-songs From pounding rockers to haunting laments... As hit-single-launching teen musical The Young Ones arrives on Blu-ray, we select a key film song from each year of the swinging 60s. David Parkinson Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT c63d6e5f-1101-4487-ab2f-32a990dc1f75 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/try-new-bfi-cinemas-website-beta An update on the public beta release of the new BFI Cinemas website. Ellie Hilborne Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 77c7db8c-af44-4ba4-90ca-b68a8d58e304 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-queer-american-underground-features-1970s With the woozy erotic fantasia Pink Narcissus now restored and back out in the world, we dive into the outrageous, transgressive world of the 1970s midnight movie with a selection of films set to shock, scandalise and titillate. Sophia Satchell-Baeza Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 44970c3e-cd50-4e4e-a50a-eb6b1d2040a3 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/toy-story-5-screen-time-overtakes-creative-play-pixars-imaginative-tear-jerker Despite its overstuffed plot, this return to the franchise is guaranteed to break hearts all over again as the toys fight for imagination and relevance in a world of screen-addicted children. Leigh Singer Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 9ad329e1-6fd9-465d-a012-141328818c90 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/paris-amelie-locations The biggest French film of its era, Amélie conjures a world of wonder and good deeds out of the adventures of a shy café worker. Quarter of a century on, we went looking for the original locations. Adam Scovell Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT a9da16dd-475d-49c9-8ee8-a7f64c145b1e https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/news/inside-archive-73-from-west-london-north-west-morocco This month, we report back from FIAF Congress, revel in the delights of San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and explore the restoration of a Lino Brocka masterpiece. Milo Holmes Bryony Dixon Ros Cranston Alex Prideaux Selma Kerlow Elena Nepoti Natasha Fairbairn Katrina Stokes Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 0a38ae0c-26e5-4334-84dc-54441c7bdedd https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/death-becomes-visconti Notorious for their opulence and melodramatic flair, the later works of Luchino Visconti astound us with the inexplicable, argued Michael Wood in this May 2003 feature. Michael Wood Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT