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Michael Ffolkes’s Punch illustrations for This Sporting Life and other 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.
By Melanie Williams
“Never were cloth caps worn more rakishly”: Alberto Cavalcanti’s neglected British ‘low-life’ drama For Them That Trespass
By Josephine Botting
BFI Player’s May 2026 line-up
BFI Player’s May 2026 line-up10 great films set in São Paulo
By Filipe Furtado
The old movies again, in a different way: Christian Petzold shares 8 influences on Miroirs No. 3
By Nick Chen
Object of the week: The retro-futuristic poster for The Man Who Fell to Earth
By Melanie Williams
Olivia: Mysterious debut about a missing butcher presents a bold new voice in Argentinian cinema
By Travis Jeppesen
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Writer-director Thea Gajić visits BFI Southbank to discuss Surviving Earth, her drama about a Yugoslavian refugee forging a new life in Bristol while battling addiction, joined by cast members Slavko Sobin and Olive Gray.
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