Jon Spira
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Features
Why I love... Morons from Outer Space
This sci-fi satire with a silly title from the director of Get Carter and Flash Gordon is much more fun than its death at the box office suggests.
By Jon Spira
Why I love... Morons from Outer Space
Features
Georges Méliès on his early struggles in cinema: “The inventor’s life is not all sweetness and light!”
By Georges Méliès and Jon Spira
Features
When sitcoms go large: Britain’s curious demand for the TV comedy film spin-off
By Jon Spira
Features
Moustaches and turtlenecks: the glory days of TV detectives
By Jon Spira
Videos
Clio Barnard on her Wellcome Trust and BFI Screenwriting Fellowship
By Jon Spira
10 great
10 great films that deserve to be better known
By Sam Wigley, Pamela Hutchinson and others
Features
♫ Hear the song that links Groucho to Kermit to Breaking Bad...
By Jon Spira
Lists
International Women’s Day: 29 inspiring women in film
By Adrienne Rashbrook-Cooper, Alex Davidson and others
Features
Inside Llewyn Davis: classic folk songs on film
By Jon Spira
Features
Why I love... An American Werewolf in London
By Jon Spira