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Sudan, Remember Us: capturing the sacrifice and jubilation of the Sudanese revolution

Director Hind Meddeb’s timely and arresting new documentary chronicles the the lives of Sudanese citizens in Khartoum during the 2019 uprising.

By Abiba Coulibaly

Sudan, Remember Us: capturing the sacrifice and jubilation of the Sudanese revolution

Reviews

From Hilde, with Love: a nuanced and moving biopic of two courageous German resistance fighters

By Kate Stables

From Hilde, with Love: a nuanced and moving biopic of two courageous German resistance fighters

Features

1975: the year that changed cinema forever

By Adam Nayman

1975: the year that changed cinema forever

Reviews

Sorry, Baby: Eva Victor’s tender portrait of a postgrad in crisis wears its jokes like armour

By Katie McCabe

Sorry, Baby: Eva Victor’s tender portrait of a postgrad in crisis wears its jokes like armour

Reviews

Elio: a little boy longs to be abducted by aliens in Pixar’s sweet space adventure

By Andrew Osmond

Elio: a little boy longs to be abducted by aliens in Pixar’s sweet space adventure

Reviews

28 Years Later: Danny Boyle imagines a dark British future in a thrilling expansion of his zombie classic

By Henry K Miller

28 Years Later: Danny Boyle imagines a dark British future in a thrilling expansion of his zombie classic

Reviews

Red Path: political violence is refracted through a child’s eyes in this stark Tunisian drama

By Chris Shields

Red Path: political violence is refracted through a child’s eyes in this stark Tunisian drama

From the Sight and Sound archive

“A piece of punk-rock movie-making”: 28 Days Later reviewed in 2002

By Mark Kermode

“A piece of punk-rock movie-making”: 28 Days Later reviewed in 2002

Reviews

Materialists: a rickety, unsettling rom com

By Adam Nayman

Materialists: a rickety, unsettling rom com

Features

Steven Soderbergh on Jaws: “Every time I look at the film, it gets better”

By Philip Concannon

Steven Soderbergh on Jaws: “Every time I look at the film, it gets better”

Interviews

Dorothy Dandridge: biographer Donald Bogle interviewed on her stardom and legacy

By Miriam Bale

Dorothy Dandridge: biographer Donald Bogle interviewed on her stardom and legacy

News

Sight and Sound: the Summer 2025 issue

From the Sight and Sound archive

“Offers more hope than any other British film of the 1980s so far”: Local Hero reviewed in 1983

By Nick Roddick

“Offers more hope than any other British film of the 1980s so far”: Local Hero reviewed in 1983

Reviews

Juliet & Romeo: a hollow Shakespeare musical

By Violet Lucca

Juliet & Romeo: a hollow Shakespeare musical

Reviews

Lollipop: an emotional rollercoaster through the UK’s Kafka-esque social housing system

By Catherine Wheatley

Lollipop: an emotional rollercoaster through the UK’s Kafka-esque social housing system

Reviews

How To Train Your Dragon: Like a special edition of an old favourite

By Andrew Osmond

How To Train Your Dragon: Like a special edition of an old favourite

Interviews

Backwards through the backwoods: music editors Dean Hurley and Lori Eschler on Twin Peaks

By Sam Davies

Backwards through the backwoods: music editors Dean Hurley and Lori Eschler on Twin Peaks

Festivals

Celluloid celebration: the BFI Film on Film Festival 2025

By Pamela Hutchinson

Celluloid celebration: the BFI Film on Film Festival 2025

Black Film Bulletin

Black Rodeo: the cinematic wild west re-envisioned

By Mia Mask

Black Rodeo: the cinematic wild west re-envisioned

Black Film Bulletin

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra at 100: a quiet construction

By Tambay Obenson

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra at 100: a quiet construction

Black Film Bulletin

Blacks Britannica: ‘storm chasing’ in search of Black Britishness

By Lanre Bakare

Blacks Britannica: ‘storm chasing’ in search of Black Britishness

From the Sight and Sound archive

“One thing this endlessly prurient film never shows is female sexual pleasure”: Showgirls reviewed in 1996

By Claire Monk

“One thing this endlessly prurient film never shows is female sexual pleasure”: Showgirls reviewed in 1996

Reviews

Ballerina: a lifeless John Wick spin-off

By Adam Nayman

Ballerina: a lifeless John Wick spin-off

From the Sight and Sound archive

“I’m telling the story of me... it might set a trend”: George Lucas on the set of Star Wars

By Philip Strick

“I’m telling the story of me... it might set a trend”: George Lucas on the set of Star Wars

Reviews

The Encampments: timely documentary captures the spirit of university students’ pro-Palestine protests

By Tara Judah

The Encampments: timely documentary captures the spirit of university students’ pro-Palestine protests

Festivals

Die My Love: Lynne Ramsay unlocks a fearless performance from Jennifer Lawrence

By Jessica Kiang

Die My Love: Lynne Ramsay unlocks a fearless performance from Jennifer Lawrence

From the Sight and Sound archive

“We need to proceed with great caution”: Natasha Lyonne on AI and the Sag-Aftra strike

By Dominic Lees

“We need to proceed with great caution”: Natasha Lyonne on AI and the Sag-Aftra strike

Interviews

“The audience will forgive bad animating but they’ll never forgive a bad story”: Adam Elliot on Memoir of a Snail

By Katie McCabe

“The audience will forgive bad animating but they’ll never forgive a bad story”: Adam Elliot on Memoir of a Snail

Reviews

The Ballad of Wallis Island: A folk duo is reunited by an obsessive fan in this bittersweet British comedy

By Francesca Steele

The Ballad of Wallis Island: A folk duo is reunited by an obsessive fan in this bittersweet British comedy

Festivals

The Mastermind: Kelly Reichardt pulls off a perfect slow heist movie

By Nicolas Rapold

The Mastermind: Kelly Reichardt pulls off a perfect slow heist movie