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Reviews

The Sweet East: a risky, uncompromising road movie

A high school student falls in with strange and sinister characters as she drifts through America’s East Coast in a surreal picaresque from Sean Price Williams that revels in ideological chaos.

By Catherine Wheatley

The Sweet East: a risky, uncompromising road movie
News

38th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival wraps with audiences up, global talent attendance and 5 world premieres

38th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival wraps with audiences up, global talent attendance and 5 world premieres
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10 great Bible films

By Matthew Thrift

10 great Bible films
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

By Tony Rayns

“The conclusion we came to about equality is that nobody really wants it”: Krzysztof Kieślowski on the Three Colours trilogy
5 things to watch

5 things to watch this Easter weekend – 29 March to 1 April

By Sam Wigley

5 things to watch this Easter weekend – 29 March to 1 April
News

Melanie Hoyes appointed as BFI Director of Inclusion

Melanie Hoyes appointed as BFI Director of Inclusion
From the Sight and Sound archive

Godzilla mon amour

By Ken Hollings

Godzilla mon amour
News

First call for projects tackling critical challenges for UK screen sector

First call for projects tackling critical challenges for UK screen sector
Reviews

Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller

By Kate Stables

Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller
Interviews

Silver Haze: how we made our arson-attack survivor drama

By Leigh Singer

Silver Haze: how we made our arson-attack survivor drama
Reviews

Opus: Sakamoto Ryuichi performs his swan songs

By Sam Wigley

Opus: Sakamoto Ryuichi performs his swan songs
Reviews

Late Night with the Devil: an underwhelming horror with an ingenious concept

By Adam Nayman

Late Night with the Devil: an underwhelming horror with an ingenious concept
Where to begin

Where to begin with Víctor Erice

By Geoff Andrew

Where to begin with Víctor Erice
From the Sight and Sound archive

Naked miracles: Lars von Trier on Breaking the Waves

By Stig Björkman

Naked miracles: Lars von Trier on Breaking the Waves
Reviews

Baltimore: thrilling heist movie tells the story of Rose Dugdale, a British heiress turned IRA member

By Katie McCabe

Baltimore: thrilling heist movie tells the story of Rose Dugdale, a British heiress turned IRA member
5 things to watch

5 things to watch this weekend – 22 to 24 March

By Sam Wigley

5 things to watch this weekend – 22 to 24 March
From the Sight and Sound archive

“Scorsese has become the threnodist of frustration”: After Hours reviewed in 1986

By Richard Combs

“Scorsese has become the threnodist of frustration”: After Hours reviewed in 1986
Reviews

Immaculate: Rosemary’s Baby reimagined as a giallo in a convent

By Anton Bitel

Immaculate: Rosemary’s Baby reimagined as a giallo in a convent
Interviews

Alice Lowe on her time-skipping mortality comedy Timestalker: “Why don’t we make more fantastical things in the UK?”

By Lou Thomas

Alice Lowe on her time-skipping mortality comedy Timestalker: “Why don’t we make more fantastical things in the UK?”
Reviews

The Delinquents: a bank robbery movie that plays like an existential epic

By Adam Nayman

The Delinquents: a bank robbery movie that plays like an existential epic
Interviews

Robot Dreams: how we made our animated love letter to 1980s New York

By Lou Thomas

Robot Dreams: how we made our animated love letter to 1980s New York
From the Sight and Sound archive

Survival instincts: the cinema of Jaume Collet-Serra

By Nick Pinkerton

Survival instincts: the cinema of Jaume Collet-Serra
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10 great films set over one night

By Leigh Singer

10 great films set over one night
Interviews

The Summer with Carmen: Zacharias Mavroeidis on his metafictional gay comedy

By Georgia Korossi

The Summer with Carmen: Zacharias Mavroeidis on his metafictional gay comedy
Reviews

Robot Dreams: Pablo Berger’s touching silent animation shows how swiftly a bond of affection can mark a life

By Alex Dudok de Wit

Robot Dreams: Pablo Berger’s touching silent animation shows how swiftly a bond of affection can mark a life
Interviews

“Everything was ass-backwards”: Griffin Dunne on shooting After Hours with Martin Scorsese

By Brogan Morris

“Everything was ass-backwards”: Griffin Dunne on shooting After Hours with Martin Scorsese
Obituaries

In memory of David Bordwell, the ‘Aristotle of cinema study’

By James Naremore

In memory of David Bordwell, the ‘Aristotle of cinema study’
Interviews

Onir on landmark Indian gay film Pine Cone: “Despite being the world’s largest filmmaking country, not even 1% of our films tackle queer themes”

By Arun A.K.

Onir on landmark Indian gay film Pine Cone: “Despite being the world’s largest filmmaking country, not even 1% of our films tackle queer themes”
Reviews

Exhuma: Korean occult horror excavates multiple layers of weirdness

By Anton Bitel

Exhuma: Korean occult horror excavates multiple layers of weirdness
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