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Only a dream: Gene Tierney

More than just one of the most beautiful actresses in movies, Gene Tierney didn’t so much act as embody the mysterious heroines of three unforgettable 40s films. From our March 2012 issue.

By Dan Callahan

Only a dream: Gene Tierney
Festivals

Trans films in the spotlight as BFI Flare returns

By Ben Walters

Trans films in the spotlight as BFI Flare returns
From the Sight and Sound archive

“It is about moments of connecting and not connecting”: Kelly Reichardt on Certain Women

By So Mayer

“It is about moments of connecting and not connecting”: Kelly Reichardt on Certain Women
From the Sight and Sound archive

City of God: angels with dirty faces

By Ismail Xavier

City of God: angels with dirty faces
From the Sight and Sound archive

Out of oblivion: Alice Guy-Blaché

By Francis Lacassin

Out of oblivion: Alice Guy-Blaché
Features

Lost and found: Ping Pong

By George White

Lost and found: Ping Pong
From the Sight and Sound archive

The eyes of Texas: Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven

By Richard Combs

The eyes of Texas: Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven
From the Sight and Sound archive

Out of the shadows: Sergei Parajanov

By Ian Christie

Out of the shadows: Sergei Parajanov
Features

Spirited away: a tour of Ghibli Park with Miyazaki Goro

By Andrew Osmond

Spirited away: a tour of Ghibli Park with Miyazaki Goro
From the Sight and Sound archive

Gojira mon amour

By Ken Hollings

Gojira mon amour
From the Sight and Sound archive

A monumental reckoning: how Abel Gance’s Napoleon was restored to full glory

By Paul Cuff

A monumental reckoning: how Abel Gance’s Napoleon was restored to full glory
Features

Kings of the movies: Martin Scorsese on Powell & Pressburger

By Philip Horne

Kings of the movies: Martin Scorsese on Powell & Pressburger
Features

Flick lit: writing in the dark

By Nicole Flattery

Flick lit: writing in the dark
Features

Staying with the trouble: the ending of Wanda

By Becca Voelcker

Staying with the trouble: the ending of Wanda
From the Sight and Sound archive

“The ecstasy of existing”: Kenneth Tynan on Greta Garbo

By Kenneth Tynan

“The ecstasy of existing”: Kenneth Tynan on Greta Garbo
Features

“I am burning, everyone is burning, the universe is burning”: Derek Malcolm on the films of Ritwik Ghatak

By Derek Malcolm

“I am burning, everyone is burning, the universe is burning”: Derek Malcolm on the films of Ritwik Ghatak
Talkies

Cine wanderer: Daughter of the Nile

By Phuong Le

Cine wanderer: Daughter of the Nile
Features

Finding Audrey Amiss: Carol Morley on Typist Artist Pirate King

By Sinéad Gleeson

Finding Audrey Amiss: Carol Morley on Typist Artist Pirate King
From the Sight and Sound archive

Blaxploitation, from Shaft to Original Gangstas

By Mike Phillips

Blaxploitation, from Shaft to Original Gangstas
From the Sight and Sound archive

Space is the place

By Roger Luckhurst

Space is the place
From the Sight and Sound archive

Jukebox and Johnny Boy

By Ian Penman

Jukebox and Johnny Boy
From the Sight and Sound archive

Douglas Fairbanks, the hero

By David Robinson

Douglas Fairbanks, the hero
Features

In love and war: Terence Davies on Benediction

By Ben Walters

In love and war: Terence Davies on Benediction
From the Sight and Sound archive

Sound and the fury: David Thomson on The Long Day Closes

By David Thomson

Sound and the fury: David Thomson on The Long Day Closes
From the Sight and Sound archive

Blood and redemption: Lizzie Borden on Raging Bull and male inhibition

By Lizzie Borden

Blood and redemption: Lizzie Borden on Raging Bull and male inhibition
Features

Heaven and hell on earth: the films of the Ormond family

By Sophia Satchell-Baeza

Heaven and hell on earth: the films of the Ormond family
The Greatest Films of All Time

L’avventura: the film that redefined the cinema

By Robert Koehler

L’avventura: the film that redefined the cinema
Features

TV Eye: ’Allo ’Allo!, a pièce de résistance

By Andrew Male

TV Eye: ’Allo ’Allo!, a pièce de résistance
Features

London Film Festival returns amid the strikes

By Thomas Flew

London Film Festival returns amid the strikes
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