Sight & Sound’s Weekly Film Bulletin

Weekly Film Bulletin #48 – 26 February 2021

Setting our calendar for the hopeful reopening of cinemas. Plus Peter Strickland’s awe-inspiring favourites, and Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on our Winter 1952 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #47 – 19 February 2021

Dates with the movies we’re looking forward to this year; Christine Molloy’s big-screen favourites; and Benicio del Toro on our November 2000 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #46 – 12 February 2021

Our Valentine's video party, Guy Maddin’s top ten, and Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney on our Summer 1967 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #45 – 5 February 2021

Oncoming awards, including the off-Coela Golden Globes. Plus Luca Guadagnino's top ten films, and Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio on our Spring 1986 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #44 – 29 January 2021

Sundance at home, and the shape of film festivals to come soon. Plus the late Michael Apted's film influences, and Michelle Reis on our September 1996 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #43 – 22 January 2021

22 January: silent cinema’s most star-etched date? Plus Mania Akbari’s pendulum films, and Paul Newman on our Spring 1979 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #42 – 15 January 2021

Blue movies to dispel the January blues. Plus Laura Mulvey’s 10 greatest films and Michelle Yeoh on our December 2000 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #41 – 8 January 2021

The loneliness of the Göteberg Film Festival-goer (and the rest of us). Plus Radu Jude’s refreshingly different top ten, and Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter and Martin Scorsese on the June 1975 Monthly Film Bulletin.

Weekly Film Bulletin #40 – 1 January 2021

Check your Christmas Critical Conundrum quiz answers here. Plus the best podcasts of 2020, and our March 2003 Far from Heaven cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #39 – 25 December 2020

Test your festive knowledge with our Christmas-film quiz. Plus the Christmas-born Humphrey Bogart on the September 1978 Monthly Film Bulletin cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #38 – 18 December 2020

The female filmmakers of 2020; Gregg Araki’s favourite films; Samuel L. Jackson on our classic cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #37 – 11 December 2020

Unveiling our ten best films of 2020. Plus the Maysles brothers from our archive, and George Clooney on our October 1998 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #36 – 4 December 2020

Looking back at 2020; Gillian Wearing’s favourite films; Marlene Dietrich and Orson Welles on our Summer 1958 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #35 – 27 November 2020

Unveiling our best Blu-rays of 2020; the late Les Blank’s favourite films; and the fair Audrey Hepburn on our July 1964 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #34 – 20 November 2020

Francis Lee in his happy place, for #MyDreamPalace; Martin Scorsese’s Greatest Films of All Time; and Björk on our classic cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #33 – 13 November 2020

Small Axe on the BBC, Steve McQueen on our latest cover, Edgar Wright opens our #MyDreamPalace campaign, and Orson Welles on our Autumn 1968 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #32 – 6 November 2020

A second lockdown, and the launch of our #MyDreamPalaces campaign. Plus Tsai Ming-Liang’s top ten films, and Ethan Hawke on our cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #31 – 30 October 2020

Independent cinema struggles, Roy Andersson’s favourite films, and Klaus Kinski and Isabelle Adjani on our Autumn 1978 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #30 – 23 October 2020

The Ladykillers and a holiday to 1955. Plus Terence Davies’s 50s favourites, and Jean Gabin dancing the French Can-Can on our cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #29 – 16 October 2020

Immersive movies, from lockdown projectors to LFF Expanded; plus The films that made Abel Ferrara want to make films, and Angela Lansbury on our Winter 1969/70 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #28 – 9 October 2020

October means… our horror movie special issue, from Saint Maud and Relic to Psycho and more. Plus the Final Girls’ favourite female performances in horror.

Weekly Film Bulletin #27 – 2 October 2020

Instagram at ten – and our favourite Insta-movie accounts. Plus Mike Hodges’s top ten, and Ralph Fiennes on our December 1995 cover for Strange Days.

Weekly Film Bulletin #26 – 25 September 2020

Hollywood and the cinema of soccer, plus the best films of 2000 as chosen by Simran Hans and Tara Joshi, and James Dean in a tux on our Spring 1956 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #25 – 18 September 2020

Venice – in real life! – and the new film festival etiquette. Plus Malgorzata Szumowska's greatest films of all time, and The Red Shoes on our Winter 1948-49 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #24 – 11 September 2020

Remembering Jiří Menzel, hero of the Czech New Wave (including his ten greatest films). Plus a floral Pedro Almodóvar on our classic cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #23 – 4 September 2020

BFI Southbank and more cinemas re-open; Mulan director Niki Caro’s greatest films; and a 1940 S&S cover from the rubble of WWII.

Weekly Film Bulletin #22 – 28 August 2020

Tenet lands alongside our Nolan-fronted October issue; plus Cate Shortland's cool classics and Fight Club’s Ed Norton makes our vintage cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #21 – 21 August 2020

Recreating Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato at home; plus Quentin Tarantino's all-American greatest films, and Gene Kelly on our Jan-March 1953 cover.

Weekly Film Bulletin #20 – 14 August 2020

The importance of cinemas, from East London to São Paulo; plus Michaela Coel's acting highlights reel, and a classic Wim Wenders cover to mark his 75th birthday.

Weekly Film Bulletin #19 – 7 August 2020

Sunset Boulevard at 70, the state of Hollywood, and a meeting with Billy ‘Whiplash’ Wilder.

Weekly Film Bulletin #18 – 31 July 2020

Silver cinema linings, the films Miranda July thinks about, and a 1967 audience with the fearsome Fritz Lang.

Weekly Film Bulletin #17 – 24 July 2020

Tenet delayed, Hong Sang-Soo’s favourite films, and a flashback to 1990s Black female filmmakers.

Weekly Film Bulletin #16 – 17 July 2020

We Are Parable on their BFI online takeover – and a top ten of the past decade’s most successful films by Black British directors at the UK box office.

Weekly Film Bulletin #15 – 10 July 2020

Drive-ins, virtual cinema and even the occasional brave walk-in. Plus Carol Morley's desert island films.

Weekly Film Bulletin #14 – 3 July 2020

Lockdown’s not-quite-as-normal cinema, from Hamilton to the London Film Festival; plus Olivier Assayas’s ten greatest films choice.

Weekly Film Bulletin #13 – 26 June 2020

Online festivals in lieu of Glastonbury and Pride; Horace Ové's top ten – and an early-bird offer on our new Jean-Luc Godard special.

Weekly Film Bulletin #12 – 19 June 2020

How TV has reacted to lockdown. Plus Andrew Haigh's formative films.

Weekly Film Bulletin #11 – 12 June 2020

Pride, Black Lives Matter and more conscious-raising recommendations, plus Wanuri Kahiu’s global greatest films.

Weekly Film Bulletin #10 – 5 June 2020

Black rage, black cinema, and Steve McQueen's top ten films.

Weekly Film Bulletin #9 – 29 May 2020

We Are One global film festival, new BFI Film Classics – and the Dardennes on life in lockdown.

Weekly Film Bulletin #8 – 22 May 2020

Looking towards cinema re-opening, Whit Stillman's favourite mid-century classics and more.

Weekly Film Bulletin #7 – 15 May 2020

Film through female eyes with Women Make Film, Joanna Hogg’s greatest films of all time and more.

Weekly Film Bulletin #6 – 8 May 2020

Cooking and cocktails with the stars, Guillermo del Toro’s feast of favourite films and more.

Weekly Film Bulletin #5 – 1 May 2020

Film critics and their family quarantine viewing.

Weekly Film Bulletin #4 – 24 April 2020

Really long (and short) films for lockdown, Ben Rivers’ contemplative classics and more.

Weekly Film Bulletin #3 – 17 April 2020

DVDs and Blu-rays for lockdown, Mia Hansen-Løve's cinematic education and more.

Weekly Film Bulletin #2 – 10 April 2020

How filmmakers are spending their quarantine, Gaspar Noé's greatest films of all time and more.

Weekly Film Bulletin #1 – 3 April 2020

Introducing the WFB, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's greatest films of all time, reviews, recommendations and more.