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From the Sight and Sound archive
“The conclusion we came to about equality is that nobody really wants it”: Krzysztof Kieślowski on the Three Colours trilogy
In our June 1994 issue, we heard from the Polish auteur about his three-film masterwork, his homeland’s post-communism troubles and his retirement from filmmaking.
By Tony Rayns
“The conclusion we came to about equality is that nobody really wants it”: Krzysztof Kieślowski on the Three Colours trilogy
From the Sight and Sound archive
Survival instincts: the cinema of Jaume Collet-Serra
By Nick Pinkerton
Obituaries
In memory of David Bordwell, the ‘Aristotle of cinema study’
By James Naremore
Then and now
Beautiful Thing: finding the Thamesmead locations for the classic 90s gay romance
By Adam Scovell
Festivals
Trans films in the spotlight as BFI Flare returns
By Ben Walters
Where to begin
Where to begin with Warwick Thornton
By Stephen Morgan
Features
The Taviani brothers on Bicycle Thieves: “It was like a course in directing”
By Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani
Features
After the end? Exploring the BFI National Archive in the wake of Covid-19
By Dr Kelechi Anucha
From the Sight and Sound archive
“It is about moments of connecting and not connecting”: Kelly Reichardt on Certain Women
By So Mayer
Festivals
What to watch at Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2024
By Alex Ramon
From the Sight and Sound archive
City of God: angels with dirty faces
By Ismail Xavier
Then and now
Carry On Regenerating: how locations from Britain’s sauciest series have changed since
By Adam Scovell
From the Sight and Sound archive
Out of oblivion: Alice Guy-Blaché
By Francis Lacassin
Features
What to see at BFI Future Film Festival 2024: the programmers’ picks
By Rosie Bailey, Bethan Celeste Davies and others
From the Sight and Sound archive
The eyes of Texas: Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven
By Richard Combs
Then and now
Mind the doors! In search of the locations for the underground horror Death Line
By Adam Scovell
Where to begin
Where to begin with Dorothy Arzner
By Caroline Cassin
Where to begin
Where to begin with the Taviani brothers
By Pasquale Iannone
Bookends
Sidney Lumet’s first and last films: 12 Angry Men and Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
By Brogan Morris
From the Sight and Sound archive
Out of the shadows: Sergei Parajanov
By Ian Christie