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

Georges Méliès on his early struggles in cinema: “The inventor’s life is not all sweetness and light!”
Features

When sitcoms go large: Britain’s curious demand for the TV comedy film spin-off

By Jon Spira

When sitcoms go large: Britain’s curious demand for the TV comedy film spin-off
Features

Moustaches and turtlenecks: the glory days of TV detectives

By Jon Spira

Moustaches and turtlenecks: the glory days of TV detectives
Videos

Clio Barnard on her Wellcome Trust and BFI Screenwriting Fellowship

By Jon Spira

Clio Barnard on her Wellcome Trust and BFI Screenwriting Fellowship
10 great

10 great films that deserve to be better known

By Sam Wigley, Pamela Hutchinson and others

10 great films that deserve to be better known
Features

♫ Hear the song that links Groucho to Kermit to Breaking Bad...

By Jon Spira

♫ Hear the song that links Groucho to Kermit to Breaking Bad...
Lists

36 amazing dance scenes

By Josephine Botting, Jez Stewart and others

36 amazing dance scenes
Lists

International Women’s Day: 29 inspiring women in film

By Adrienne Rashbrook-Cooper, Alex Davidson and others

International Women’s Day: 29 inspiring women in film
Features

Inside Llewyn Davis: classic folk songs on film

By Jon Spira

Inside Llewyn Davis: classic folk songs on film
Features

Why I love... An American Werewolf in London

By Jon Spira

Why I love... An American Werewolf in London
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