https://www.bfi.org.uk/articles Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image. 54f852ea-bfec-4948-b0f0-5c813455e557 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/locations-germany-year-zero-roberto-rossellini-berlin One hundred and twenty years after the birth of Roberto Rossellini, we go looking for the original Berlin locations of one of his searing neorealist classics, which was filmed in the bombed out streets of the post-war city. Adam Scovell Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 479b6eac-cc58-4ad1-be5e-a511f5964495 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/queer-punk-powerful-music-doc-takes-viewers-road-with-radical-malaysian-punk-band Documentarian Yihwen Chen’s film about charismatic punk band Shh… Diam! has the feel of a hang-out movie, but uses the group’s experiences to probe the increasingly hostile policies faced by queer Malaysians. Blake Simons Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2945914f-81e9-4029-8f36-4718ae75931d https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/lists/original-verdict-15-cannes-biggest-palme-dor-winners As the Cannes film festival come around again, we look back through the archives to see how our critics responded to some of the festival’s most famous prize winners. Lindsay Anderson John Gillett Penelope Houston Richard Roud Derek Malcolm Lizzie Francke Jonathan Romney Nick James Christina Newland Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT b207fb93-9bbc-4614-8035-2856b20aa6ab https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/news/inside-archive-70-museum-dreamworlds-trip-blackpool This week discover more about a research project exploring silent film depictions of the ancient world and a BFI Replay event in Blackpool. Bryony Dixon Sinéad Beverland Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 32c737cd-bc5a-42b8-94b7-7a28530bb094 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/david-attenborough-zoologist-television-man As the beloved broadcaster turns 100, curator Elinor Groom digs into some unusual roles and archive daytime TV appearances from David Attenborough’s decades-spanning career as an irrepressible force of British TV. Elinor Groom Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT fb0fb5b4-ce3d-47d4-a8c1-22ee784c3410 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/david-attenborough-10-landmark-nature-series On his 100th birthday, we celebrate a man who has changed the way we see the natural world: British wildlife presenter David Attenborough. David Parkinson Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT 6b5c1c1a-41d8-42ac-a083-b2a65475f201 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/obsession-curry-barker-plays-twisted-ideas-manosphere-violent-make-wish-horror The American director follows up his Youtube horror success with an impressive genre-blend feature debut about a young guy whose obsessive desire is reflected back to him in the most nightmarish way possible. Virginie Sélavy Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 87bee929-062a-46cf-8681-956ca5be9f20 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/christophers-steven-soderbergh-pits-ian-mckellen-against-michaela-coel-film-rich-with-ideas-about-art-criticism-forgery The prolific American director returns to his favourite template: ‘two people in a room, talking’ in a quick-witted chamber piece exploring the friction between two broken artists. Kate Stables Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT b585eac9-90c1-4c05-9feb-929cb2e1fd6b https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-films-about-artistic-rivalry From All About Eve to Amadeus... As a sprawling new epic set amid the kabuki theatre world arrives in cinemas, we look at films where art and performance become battlegrounds of ruthless ambition. Carmen Gray Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 7a5c7c63-c5c6-429e-b44b-0bbf76bb0632 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/interviews/i-make-daily-effort-demolish-my-ignorance-roberto-rossellini-interviewed-1976 To mark 120 years since Roberto Rossellini’s birth, we revisit Philip Strick’s conversation with the Italian director about filmmaking, faith and learning from the past. From our Spring 1976 issue. Philip Strick Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 15ef585c-9b79-4106-8b39-45eedb46f71b https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/mike-figgis-leaving-las-vegas-nicolas-cage As Leaving Las Vegas returns three decades on, director Mike Figgis revisits the making of his bruising story of addiction, how he reinvented his career through radical low‑budget filmmaking, and his memories of working with Nicolas Cage on his Oscar-winning performance. Lou Thomas Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3079ece2-6e25-40e5-8157-c4ffeaed0566 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/great-8-showcase-cannes-2026 ’Great 8’ is the BFI and British Council’s annual showcase of new UK feature films from first-time and early career filmmakers, which will be shown to programmers and distributors attending the Cannes Film Festival. Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 5d7bef0b-2c18-4fa8-99f7-ca1eb6e771a3 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/guillermo-del-toro-bfi-fellowship-cate-blanchett The event was attended by leading filmmakers and talent including J. J. Abrams, John Waters, Rian Johnson, J. A. Bayona, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, David Bradley, Burn Gorman and more. Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT a3357f16-25c8-41a3-a21e-33a6eb626e0d https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/movies-with-guillermo-del-toro The Mexican director is receiving a BFI Fellowship for his prolific body of work straddling fantasy and gothic horror, as well as his unstoppable endeavours to support the wider film culture. Here he retraces the roots of his cinephilia, extolling little men, ecstatic monsters and his holy trinity of Hitchcock, Buñuel and Fellini. Mar Diestro-Dópido Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 77b6ace3-e03d-44eb-b754-f155a067933a https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/uk-global-screen-fund-latest-international-co-production-awards-may-2026 The latest awards see almost £1 million allocated to support six new co-productions collaborating with 13 territories. Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 38306724-2305-41d2-aa71-6e78d33fd704 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/news/sight-sound-june-2026-issue On the cover: Marilyn Monroe at 100 Inside the issue: the fifth anniversary of the Black Film Bulletin’s return to print; At the movies with Guillermo del Toro; Brazilian cinema in focus; Scanners Inc on their approach to analogue film preservation. Plus, reviews of new releases and we visit the archive to return to Derek Malcolm’s appraisal of filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 77f97706-c8e0-4c5c-b16c-9ad71fb4a41b https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/features/michael-ffolkes-punch-illustrations-this-sporting-life-1960s-british-classics In Punch magazine during the 1960s, the weekly film reviews were accompanied with evocative illustrations by cartoonist Michael Ffolkes, whose deft drawings cleverly captured the spirit of many celebrated films of the era. Melanie Williams Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT f6ba6d15-f111-4958-98da-74348f1f6782 https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/features/alberto-cavalcanti-for-them-that-trespass An atmospheric post-war thriller, For Them That Trespass marks Richard Todd’s screen debut while capturing director Alberto Cavalcanti at a moment where studio constraint, noir sensibility and personal disillusion briefly aligned. Josephine Botting Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT b70af659-a3e9-4568-bd8c-5f2c0075ee93 https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/news/inside-archive-69-bringing-national-collections-new-audiences This week learn more about the ways we are bringing the BFI National Archive to communities across the UK. Paola Martucci Molly Petter Anisa Ali Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 50085312-e424-4b94-8d15-818b7835d05a https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-player-may-2026-line-up Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague arrives as a subscription exclusive in a month packed with Brazilian classics and a gripping Nordic noir. Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2267ba7c-fc34-43a1-a9bc-f765263096cd https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-films-set-sao-paulo One of the world’s largest cities, São Paulo has inspired generations of filmmakers to engage with its scale and contradictions, transforming the city's tensions and dynamism into some of Brazilian cinema’s most vivid and enduring images. Filipe Furtado Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1b55aed0-9881-46de-9953-12b48c130c50 https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/christian-petzold-influences-miroirs-no-3 From Rebecca to Mulholland Dr. – Christian Petzold sorts through the older films that bubbled up into his imagination as he made his enigmatic new mystery drama Miroirs No. 3. Nick Chen Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1a31704a-2141-4c82-b50e-e065149f6172 https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/features/object-week-poster-man-who-fell-earth-david-bowie With its angular typeface and graphic elements that feel both space-age and like a throwback to the art deco era, this original quad for the David Bowie sci-fi – now 50 years old – is a classic of British film poster design. Melanie Williams Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT a0643134-8cfc-4db5-a4bb-7e0dee933ef1 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/olivia-mysterious-debut-about-missing-butcher-presents-bold-new-voice-argentinian-cinema A young Argentinian woman searches for her father in a defiantly introspective film from Sofía Petersen that looks like nothing else in the cinematic landscape. Travis Jeppesen Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT f37db26b-9061-40b1-ac7e-be7f0e1e1c7b https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/romeria-reality-fantasy-intertwine-this-ethereal-drama-about-buried-family-histories Carla Simón’s story of a young woman untangling a web of family secrets cements the filmmaker’s aptitude for naturalism while also marking a bold new step towards magical realism. Sophia Satchell-Baeza Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT c4d81e2e-277b-4888-9ef9-ee96a37c946b https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/hokum-damian-mccarthys-horror-finds-human-story-amid-all-creepy-grotesquerie A haunted Irish hotel becomes a site of personal reckoning for a haunted man played by Adam Scott in Damian McCarthy’s surreal horror-comedy. Anton Bitel Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 87dc41de-280a-42f3-826b-5f8021cb2ab9 https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/news/inside-archive-68-reflections-archiving-asexuality This week we hear from PhD researcher Rebecca Humphreys‑Lamford about their experiences undertaking a placement with the BFI to explore asexuality in the archive. Rebecca Humphreys-Lamford Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 6dbe9908-b59a-4451-a90f-00f14cea0fe9 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/surviving-earth-slavko-sobin-beguiling-presence-this-well-crafted-debut Croatian actor Slavko Sobin is the emotional core of Thea Gajić’s sensitive debut film, which follows a Serbian musician and recovering addict who is trying to keep his life on track. John Bleasdale Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT b0d1f490-2562-44d9-b3af-3b3a3cc09755 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/wild-foxes-body-keeps-score-this-affecting-drama-about-injured-young-boxer In this poignant story of a teen athlete ostracised by his teammates after a traumatising accident, Belgian director Valéry Carnoy captures the volatile nature of adolescent masculinity with striking empathy. Jason Anderson Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT f935d3b6-4583-4689-8526-1f380c4c7d1d https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/story-marshalled-with-dazzling-skill-precision-all-presidents-men-reviewed-1976 As Alan Pakula’s Watergate thriller turns 50, we revisit Richard Combs’ assessment of its masterful pacing, controlled performances and potent tension. From our Summer 1976 issue. Richard Combs Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT