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10 great French debut films by women directors
From Agnès Varda to Mati Diop: how these first fiction features announced the arrival of formidable talents.
By Catherine Wheatley
10 great French debut films by women directors
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Great 8 showcase films revealed for Cannes 2024
Great 8 showcase films revealed for Cannes 2024News
BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund announces first awards to project development programmes
BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund announces first awards to project development programmesNews
Starve Acre to be released by BFI Distribution in UK and Irish cinemas on 6 September
Starve Acre to be released by BFI Distribution in UK and Irish cinemas on 6 SeptemberFeatures
Fallout: the hit game turned TV show explained
By Stuart Burnside
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The Fall Guy: a witty, action-packed tribute to stunt performers
By Jonathan Romney
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How Anna Magnani became the face of Italian neorealism
By Chloe Walker
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Our Screen Heritage programme to bring new forms of digital filmmaking into the UK’s national collection of film and moving image
Our Screen Heritage programme to bring new forms of digital filmmaking into the UK’s national collection of film and moving imageInterviews
Pat Collins on his John McGahern adaptation That They May Face the Rising Sun
By Georgia Korossi
5 things to watch
5 things to watch this weekend – 26 to 28 April
By Sam Wigley
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BFI Southbank Studio to be renamed NFT4
BFI Southbank Studio to be renamed NFT4Reviews
Challengers: Luca Guadagnino summons the potent yearning of his finest work with a hot and heavy tennis drama
By Beatrice Loayza
From the Sight and Sound archive
“I have never felt accepted as a director”: Lindsay Anderson interviewed in 1989
By Gerald Pratley
10 great
10 great films about stunt people
By Gayle Sequeira
From the Sight and Sound archive
The roots of neorealism
By Pasquale Iannone
From the Sight and Sound archive
Support your local police movie
By Philip French
Reviews
That They May Face the Rising Sun: a quietly captivating experience
By Philip Concannon
From the Sight and Sound archive
“Few films, in my own experience, have bristled with so many problems”: Michael Balcon on Scott of the Antarctic
By Michael Balcon
Features
The unhappy happy ending of Douglas Sirk’s There’s Always Tomorrow
By Guy Lodge
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Programme highlights announced for June and July 2024 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX
Programme highlights announced for June and July 2024 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAXFeatures
Bushman rediscovered: how real life intruded into a 1970s US indie film
By Tomisin Adepeju
Reviews
There’s Still Tomorrow: a dark melodrama fuelled by humour, rage and neorealism
By Kate Stables
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Fantastic Machine: a frustrating whistlestop tour of humankind’s relationship with the camera
By Jordan Cronk
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Stephen: Muddled study of addiction blends hard-boiled crime drama with stark social realism
By Sophia Satchell Baeza
Reviews
Kidnapped: Marco Bellocchio’s operatic retelling of a Vatican scandal
By John Bleasdale
Where to begin
Where to begin with Roberto Rossellini
By Alex Barrett
5 things to watch
5 things to watch this weekend – 19 to 21 April
By Sam Wigley
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Last Summer: Catherine Breillat’s most heartbreaking film to date
By Ela Bittencourt
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Children’s Film Foundation: 10 fabulous films from the home of kid-based hijinks
By Vic Pratt