https://www.bfi.org.uk/articles Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image. 57af3292-de95-40ae-9dce-686cdad0061d https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mike-leigh-secrets-lies-london-locations-locations-look-today Three decades after it won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, we went looking for the locations where Mike Leigh shot his bittersweet drama about an adopted daughter reconnecting with her birth mother. Adam Scovell Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT c4ea2f5d-3f3c-4a48-8b4d-b930b78fad06 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/interviews/close-encounter-with-steven-spielberg In our Spring 1977 issue, we joined Spielberg on the set of his fourth feature, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, to discuss UFOs, casting François Truffaut and the primal elements of his box office smash Jaws. Richard Combs Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT 8c8e74f0-11d5-4be5-a4fb-734c3bfc9832 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/dreamed-adventure-valeska-grisebachs-haunting-slow-burn-western-unearths-dirty-dealings-rural-bulgaria As in Grisebach’s 2017 film Western, the battle here is a lawless one over land and resources as a tough archaeologist tries to protect her work site from an interfering mafioso. Savina Petkova Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 012b2053-17b5-41e4-a4a0-055dc3cd900a https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/features/inside-1959-fan-magazine-marilyn-monroe In her centenary year, look inside a British fan magazine which reveals how Marilyn Monroe was packaged at the height of her fame – balancing the intimate promise of her ‘real’ life with the carefully curated allure of a global icon. Tamar Jeffers-McDonald Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT b7903856-3d0a-4e97-827a-60a15c8b551f https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/time-water-icelands-vanishing-glaciers-haunt-this-moving-climate-essay In Sara Dosa and Andri Snær Magnason’s lyrical documentary, Iceland’s vanishing glaciers become a haunting measure of family memory, deep time and climate catastrophe. Rachel Pronger Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 19cb85bf-947f-4070-bcb9-ac74b0e6a334 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/film-fate-helped-make-classic-misfits It had Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift. It was directed by John Huston from a script by Arthur Miller. But all that alone might not have been enough to make The Misfits an enduringly fascinating film. Tragic destiny played its part too… Geoff Andrew Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT 534dfa50-185f-4a25-bb93-73d5f2e7b2df https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/bitter-christmas-pedro-almodovar-makes-himself-butt-joke-slippery-meta-drama A creatively challenged writer-director is writing a screenplay about a creatively challenged writer-director in an entertaining self-reflexive experiment from the Spanish great that feels like a stopgap made with one eye on the next feature. Jessica Kiang Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 811a3b0c-e6c5-418f-84ed-7a55fbe8e755 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/reservoir-cops-quentin-tarantino-rip Writing exclusively for Sight and Sound, Tarantino sings the praises of Joe Carnahan's thriller The Rip, which puts the heat on Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's cops in a cartel stash house. It's an achievement savvy enough to show the most jaded of genre buffs that Hollywood can still make 'em like it did in the 1970s glory days. Quentin Tarantino Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT a3c484b2-34ec-42e9-b207-daeade9a3949 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-brazilian-films-directed-women While the global spotlight usually falls on Brazil’s male auteurs, the country’s rich cinematic history also pulses with vital, pioneering work by women. This selection spans decades of bold female filmmaking. Rafa Sales Ross Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT ab14b289-1c1e-4e7a-b797-1322fa03d314 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/minotaur-andrey-zvyagintsevs-beautifully-sinister-chabrol-adaptation-dissects-russian-authoritarianism Loosely based on Claude Chabrol’s psychological thriller The Unfaithful Wife, Zvyagintsev’s story of a CEO under personal and professional pressure doubles as a potent reflection on corruption in modern-day Russia. Jessica Kiang Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT d63cfae7-582d-4296-967d-2e77d4b871c4 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/marilyn-moment-monroe-100 During her lifetime, Marilyn Monroe was condescended to by critics, directors and other actors, who too often confused her with the dumb blondes she was asked to play. One hundred years after her birth it's time to put aside the distractions of her beauty and the tragic aspects of her life and consider the knockout moments in her films that illuminate what she really was – a hard-working, gifted and hugely original actress. Farran Smith Nehme Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT ae4c9daf-036b-401d-b740-7e18dedee1a8 https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/features/emeric-pressburgers-screening-room-pass-ufa-film-studios-pre-nazi-germany This is the pass that Emeric Pressburger – later half of Powell and Pressburger – used to access the screening theatre at Germany’s biggest film studio, just before he fled Berlin in the early 1930s. Melanie Williams Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 8f2dd437-7895-4eb9-8533-58f376f0d307 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/lethally-perfumed-neo-noir-david-lynchs-mulholland-dr Now 25 years old, Mulholland Dr. audaciously retools a discarded TV pilot into a fractured dream that is as alluring as it is chilling, argued Graham Fuller in our December 2001 issue. Graham Fuller Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT e63a66f4-7b66-41ca-8e7c-8deee90c9c0d https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/erupcja-charli-xcx-brings-natural-charm-this-whimsical-weightless-warsaw-hangout-movie Pete Ohs’ airy exploration of desire, travel and self-mythology feels like Premium-Class Mumblecore, starring Charli xcx as a restless British tourist hoping to reconnect with someone from her past. Kate Stables Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 5d23ed98-7fa8-4b87-a99e-df4f9cc36dc7 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/exit-8-loop Adapted from the sleeper-hit video game The Exit 8, a walking simulator in which a Tokyo commuter roams the glitchy labyrinth of a blank subway station, Kawamura Genki’s Exit 8 shuffles in the footsteps of a long line of fugue-state modernists, from Antonioni, Kubrick and Marker to Van Sant and Bi Gan. Adam Nayman Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 590dacb0-acd0-4e82-a676-6c4252e76895 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/marilyn-monroe-x-10-great-directors Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Howard Hawks, John Huston – one by one, many of the greatest Hollywood filmmakers of the time collaborated with the era’s most iconic screen goddess. This is the story of Marilyn and her directors. Christina Newland Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT 41e55a53-03c0-4e6a-9846-13ffc4b7246e https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-ritwik-ghatak As the nearly complete works of Ritwik Ghatak come to UK audiences for the first time, half a century after his untimely death in 1976, we plot a beginner’s path through the films of cinema’s greatest chronicler of Partition and dispossessed multitudes. Sanghita Sen Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3bba4404-bb33-4ed0-aef7-b598fa5df21e https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/enzo-french-coming-ager-poignant-farewell-from-director-laurent-cantet When director Laurent Cantet passed away, his longtime collaborator Robin Campillo stepped in to finish his final film, Enzo, a portrait of tetchy adolescence that gracefully blends their directorial styles. Guy Lodge Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT ac58b670-35b7-43d4-a38f-93147cc53b12 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/backrooms-kane-parsons-turns-internet-mythology-into-unsettling-inventive-horror The young director’s feature-length version of his YouTube shorts stays true to its creepypasta origins, turning a wasteland of cheap furniture into an infinite hellscape that entraps the viewer along with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve. Kim Newman Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 6963d653-fbda-4246-b17e-5d497cdc572d https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/parallel-tales-asghar-farhadi-plays-with-ideas-artistic-voyeurism-frustratingly-opaque-french-language-drama The Iranian director’s muddled meta-fictional experiment stars Isabelle Huppert as an author who begins snooping on her neighbours for inspiration. Tara Brady Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2d0141e7-1b7c-4673-b4d1-0e2b4f72871e https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-pledges-146m-national-lottery-good-cause-funding-education-skills-development-5-18-year-olds UK-wide partnerships with Into Film and National Saturday Club renewed over three years to deliver activity nationwide. Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 009a1fb8-410d-49d7-a5ff-3513b68018f5 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-meta-video-games From mind-bending narrators to fourth-wall-breaking mechanics, these games delight in exposing the wires beneath the medium, turning play into a self-aware experience. George Bass Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 88615563-ed2e-48cd-b434-2861ff5012d8 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/guillermo-del-toros-advice-young-filmmakers-stay-untamed-irrational-stubborn Following his recent BFI Fellowship, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro gave a masterclass to young creatives from the BFI Film Academy, exploring the craft behind his dark fairytales and how human hands are vital to great art. Ivie Uzebu Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT cc4b6d0b-ef52-469c-ac98-6d7a3cc30276 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/blonde-ambition-legally-blonde-reviewed-2001 As Legally Blonde struts back into cinemas for its 25th anniversary, we revisit our original review of the film, where our critic praised its skilful satire and Reese Witherspoon’s winning performance. From our November 2001 issue. Kay Dickinson Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT d3ef0838-8f03-4ea0-819c-d020ab4bb3fd https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-aleksandr-rou Long overlooked in the West, Soviet director Aleksandr Rou’s dazzling, effects-driven fairytale films reveal a pioneering master of fantasy whose enchanting worlds deserve a central place in cinema history. Deborah Allison Wed, 27 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 We look back through the S&S archives to see how our critics first 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 4f7e9ed8-de5c-4322-ad08-897e9c683f1c https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-players-june-2026-line Scorching passions and radical visions lead the month, headlined by the towering genius of Ritwik Ghatak. Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 4fdcd838-eaf6-4c6b-a4c7-5b83cec2d05d https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/locations-bicycle-thieves-rome How do the original sites in Rome where Vittorio De Sica shot his Italian neorealist classic Bicycle Thieves look today? Adam Scovell Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT ee243d25-a89d-43ac-9fe3-6761f547734b https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/11-discoveries-from-cannes-2026 Back from Cannes, a selection of our critics pick the first, second or breakthrough feature that bowled them over during this year’s festival. John Bleasdale Rory Doherty Thomas Flew Giovanni Marchini Camia Katie McCabe Sophie Monks Kaufman Savina Petkova Nicolas Rapold B. Ruby Rich Isabel Stevens Lou Thomas Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT ae7ce448-4366-43a9-a5f3-70215aaa82d5 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/man-his-time-emmanuel-marres-daring-world-war-ii-drama-explores-dark-side-bureaucratic-ambition Swann Arlaud plays a weak-willed Vichy bureaucrat whose craving for status and relevance draws him steadily into collaboration and moral compromise. Thomas Flew Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT