But the risk-taking exploits of the great silent comedian have also inspired Keanu Reeves and Brad Pitt in their respective stunting in John Wick (2014) and Bullet Train (2022). Tom Cruise is a fan ...
Not content with being one of the great iconoclasts of modern cinema, David Lynch has also been a trailblazing musical adventurer – and in recent years, it is music that has come to dominate his ...
A 1970s disaster movie classic, a double dose of slow cinema, and a romance set amid the London drag scene. What are you watching this weekend?
From fronting his own cookery show to rapping on the lead single from the biggest album of all time, the late career of horror legend Vincent Price took many unexpected directions.
The BFI has made 18 new awards through its UK Global Screen Fund, supporting international opportunities for the UK ’s independent screen sector. Financed through the Department for Culture, Media and ...
In an era preoccupied with misinformation, a new book tells the story of how the moving image has been wielded to shape opinion and push British political interests. Here, author Scott Anthony looks ...
Our Mediatheque at BFI Southbank provides access to the digital collections of the BFI National Archive, enabling viewers to travel back in time to other televisual eras.
Reviewing Victor Fleming’s now-classic musical upon its original UK release, our critic was full of praise but felt the film skewed towards a grown-up audience.
Hong Kong’s comedy kings Dayo Wong and Michael Hui reunite for a surprisingly serious-minded drama exploring family dynamics and the burden of tradition.
The Citadel, the gravity gun, the headcrab. Valve Corporation’s 2004 first-person shooter was a masterclass of game design that has endured, inspiring waves of video games, film and TV since.
With her new film Bird, Andrea Arnold gets closer to the spirit of magical realist literature than most movies have done, says Juana Albina, one of the critics on this year’s LFF Critics Mentorship ...