https://www.bfi.org.uk/articles Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image. 0ff7b706-3519-4379-b486-cfb50116aa12 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/ken-russells-devils-definitive-4k-restoration-launch-ahead-major-bfi-retrospective BFI Distribution and Warner Bros. Clockwork unveil a 30 October 2026 cinema release and a major BFI Southbank retrospective celebrating Ken Russell’s work in summer 2027. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 9b3c8eff-b0de-422f-9aa7-946c07430475 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-network-alumni-growth-progress-success-celebrate-2026 From BAFTA wins and major festival premieres to international development opportunities and feature debuts, BFI NETWORK alumni continue to make their mark on the global screen industry, demonstrating the long-term impact of investing in emerging filmmaking talent across the UK. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT b0bee21d-1c5f-4f87-b219-ae72f39c73d2 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-backed-ish-premieres-luton From its roots in Luton to acclaim on the international festival circuit, Imran Perretta’s debut demonstrates how National Lottery funding helps bring underrepresented stories and distinctively British voices to the screen. Emily Maskell Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT eebe0da5-2c1f-4ee4-923c-a253d9008a15 https://www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-festival/news/jesse-eisenberg-debut-70th-bfi-london-film-festival The LFF Closing Night Gala is hosted at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 18 October with screenings around the UK. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3195dfd6-ac4a-44fa-b75b-24351130751d https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/how-nuclear-attack-locations-from-peter-watkins-war-game-look-today Sixty years after the premiere of Peter Watkins’ shocking docudrama about a nuclear attack on Britain, we go looking for the Kent locations where Watkins set the scene for a radioactive apocalypse. Adam Scovell Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT b66c26c8-0c42-4253-adb3-5fe3d3841244 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/watch-play-rise-video-game-adaptation With the success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Last of Us and Fallout, the film and TV industries are plugged into video games like never before. A genre historically spurned as a merchandising cashgrab now has some of the best filmmakers of their generation at the controls. Stuart Burnside Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 7d4c0525-05a7-41bc-9951-8bcd604cf0a8 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/spider-man-brand-new-day-underwhelming-spidey-spectacle-0 Tom Holland’s Peter Parker returns amid an existential crisis in a brand-extension blockbuster that lacks the springy spontaneity of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Adam Nayman Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 6fe82846-ecae-45f2-bfde-751183b71050 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/animal-farm-cutesy-adaptation-george-orwells-text-falls-flat Director Andy Serkis’s animation updates Orwell’s political satire into a kid-friendly triumph over adversity with sloppy slapstick and an extended fart gag. Leigh Singer Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT d0a237ee-5ffa-41ee-b6f6-6a56561996c3 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/peter-watkins-journey-longest-film-grassroots-vision At 14.5 hours, Peter Watkins’ nuclear arms opus The Journey is one of the longest films ever made. Ahead of a rare cinema screening, we look at how – in the face of Armageddon – Watkins’ epic pieces together a blueprint for global solidarity. Benjamin Cook Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT f85948dd-5f55-4b0a-b102-c119c172cf60 https://www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-festival/news/simon-stone-elsinore-70th-bfi-london-film-festival The LFF Opening Night Gala is hosted at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 7 October with screenings around the UK. Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 897789be-b87d-421e-bbc4-6c61ffdbdbf6 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/news/sight-sound-september-2026-issue On the cover: Award-winning director Christopher Nolan on The Odyssey, oral tradition and Imax Inside: tributes to Tony Rayns, Il Cinema Ritrovato report, Becca Voelcker looks back on Chantal Akerman and Martin Scorsese’s New York, Gary Owen on bringing Effi O Blaenau to the screen, Pedro Almodóvar on Bitter Christmas, his most autofictional film to date, Maite Alberdi on her new film A Child of My Own, and as the BFI Southbank hosts a retrospective we return to our Winter 1970/71 interview with Claude Chabrol Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT a816bd10-854c-4281-9aac-518367402fde https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/dorde-kadijevic-obituary-leading-director-serbian-horror-radical-black-wave-movement The Serbian director – who has died aged 93 – transformed film language as a key figure of the Yugoslav Black Wave during the 1960s, made the country’s first horror and brought remarkable versatility to decades of work across film, television and drama. Mina Radovic Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT ed8c6067-b15c-43aa-afdf-f72a5bb5f7c6 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/he-was-giant-work-michal-leszczylowski-editor-sacrifice-andrei-tarkovsky Now 40 years old, Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film The Sacrifice returns to cinemas this week. In this piece from our Autumn 1987 issue, the film’s editor Michal Leszczylowski recounts the year he spent collaborating with Tarkovsky, who fell ill shortly after shooting concluded. Michal Leszczylowski Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT c151107a-bfc0-42bc-8e74-17dc8735dd4b https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-players-august-2026-line-up A major Mark Jenkin retrospective, the welcome return of La notte and an eclectic selection of world cinema highlights make for an unforgettable August on BFI Player. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1b979169-0316-4e96-be36-711d5b660760 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/on-the-beach-stanley-kramer A haunting nuclear apocalypse drama that pairs A-list stars with an unusually intimate sense of doom, Stanley Kramer’s newly reissued On the Beach imagines humanity’s final months, finding romance, regret and fragile hope at the end of the world. Chloe Walker Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT b59203b4-c2d9-4e95-97dc-7016969701dc https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/child-my-own-maite-alberdis-tricksy-documentary-about-woman-who-stole-newborn-paints-moral-grey-areas-with-shades-pink Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi probes the case of Eleonor Alejandra Marín Mendoza – a Mexican woman who, after three miscarriages, faked a pregnancy and kidnapped a baby – in her stylised documentary, which seeks to understand its subject’s choices without excusing them. Katie McCabe Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT cb0f412a-7f05-4aaa-b07b-357126884b83 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-national-lottery-creative-challenge-fund-opens-further-applications Fund will invest up to £3 million in project development programmes across the UK over three years. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 5c84907e-8b48-498d-b75b-72e22b4dcab9 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/bouchra-striking-animation-about-identity-connection-creativity An animated New York populated by anthropomorphic animals is the backdrop for directors Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki’s tale of a queer filmmaker channelling her complicated relationship with her Moroccan mother into art. Blake Simons Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 859dad56-3817-4c1e-8f4e-f8a57d39a89b https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-east-german-films Between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the weird and wonderful film production line in communist East Germany included sci-fi, westerns, film noir and some uniquely disturbing fairytales. Eighty years after the formation of the DEFA film company, and with many of the films emerging on Blu-ray, we select 10 of the best. Craig Ian Mann Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 7d6be5a6-ba89-4e4f-94b9-53d0c675303c https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/small-masterpiece-cinematic-storytelling-chicken-run-reviewed-2000 In his review of Nick Park and Peter Lord’s Chicken Run, Kim Newman celebrated Aardman’s feature debut as an ingenious homage to wartime escape films, brought vividly to life through expressive stop-motion animation. Kim Newman Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 7d014f39-2a2d-4759-99ba-c4d7591a4699 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/isabel-davis-appointed-director-bfi-national-lottery-filmmaking-funds Isabel Davis will lead the BFI’s £20 million annual Filmmaking Funds and its strategic support for UK independent filmmakers when she joins from Screen Scotland as Director on a five-year contract starting in October 2026. Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 4149f9a4-4ce1-42dc-9b01-f61304631595 https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/news/inside-archive-74-nitrate-screenings-preservation-seminar-asexual-screen-histories This month, delve into the 2026 Nitrate Picture Show, discover more about a FIAT-IFTA Preservation and Migration Seminar, and explore Archiving Asexual Screen Histories (and Futures?). Sonia Genaitay James Bell Thom Walker Rebecca Humphreys-Lamford Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 287468f3-ebff-4c29-b25c-4acc7c7fa2b3 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/simon-field-obituary-adventurous-british-film-programmer-producer-festival-director-0 With influential posts leading the ICA and the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and as producer on the films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Field devoted his life to discovering, supporting and championing boundary-pushing filmmaking from around the world. Geoff Andrew Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 969ebed2-cfa0-412a-a500-fffc6181d09d https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/features/bugsy-malone-50-original-drawings-cartoons-from-making-alan-parkers-kids-with-splurge-guns-classic Fifty years after the release of Bugsy Malone, we share the illustrations with which director Alan Parker first imagined the idea of a gangster musical in which all of the parts would be played by children. Sarah Bemand Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 20d2ff8a-102f-4666-a242-45727a10e3de https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/finest-hours-danny-glover-malevolent-charmer-sleep-with-anger Danny Glover may be forever associated with Lethal Weapon’s wisecracking Sgt Murtaugh, but one of his finest performances came in a far stranger film. On Glover’s 80th birthday, we look at how he turned Southern charm into something quietly unsettling and enigmatic, in Charles Burnett’s To Sleep with Anger. Alex Ramon Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 61dd4290-a95a-4509-90a9-60a7f34fdca4 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/ish-imran-perrettas-remarkably-beautiful-film-captures-brutal-challenges-adolescence A police stop-and-search creates a rupture in the friendship between two Luton teens in this memorable evocation of childhood’s end. Jonathan Romney Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 09bebb63-f537-4439-b5d8-7a4c9cc90685 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/sea-two-fishermen-explore-their-desires-helen-walshs-sensitive-drama Set in a Welsh fishing community, Walsh’s low-budget queer romance traces a tender, risky affair shaped by illness, family duty and the pressures of tradition. Alex Davidson Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT df513f98-c9f1-4dcc-ad7d-293838507dfc https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bryan-forbes-100-remembering-whistle-down-wind-stepford-wives-director-his-centenary From 1960s British classics such as Whistle down the Wind and Seance on a Wet Afternoon to big-budget Hollywood productions, the genre-hopping films of British director Bryan Forbes often reflected his own generosity and humanity. To mark his centenary, curator Josephine Botting looks back over his six-decade career. Josephine Botting Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2ad9c526-9816-4388-bf3a-47e404d79fee https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/gods-monsters-spirited-away-reviewed-2003 Twenty-five years ago, Hayao Miyazaki’s surreal animated fairytale Spirited Away enchanted audiences across the globe. Reviewing it in our September 2003 issue, Andrew Osmond praised its richly detailed fantasy world and message of empowerment through labour. Andrew Osmond Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 6c16b1d4-1a67-46f6-bb1a-52ea3db32edf https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/all-out-puppet-attack-monster-puppetry-ishiro-hondas-kaiju-classics From Godzilla to Ghidorah, the giant monster movies of Ishiro Honda made creative use of puppetry to depict the killer creatures and their colossal campaigns against mankind. Here, Steven Sloss, author of an upcoming book on Godzilla, looks at the craft behind the carnage. Steven Sloss Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT