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Samuel is news and features editor for the BFI. He is also a critic for Sight & Sound and has contributed to The Guardian and Total Film.

He still just about stands by this list of 10 favourite films and is proud of making up some of these ones.

Articles by Samuel Wigley

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Five things to watch this weekend – 15-17 February

At home or at the cinema, here’s a handful of recommendations to watch out for this weekend.

Friday, February 15, 2019

Lists
Five things to watch this weekend – 8-10 February

At home or at the cinema, here’s some recommended viewing to watch out for this weekend.

Friday, February 8, 2019

Lists
Five things to watch this weekend – 1-3 February

At home or at the cinema, try these…

Friday, February 1, 2019

Lists
What’s the best year a director ever had?

From the director who in one year had three films in the running for the major Oscars to the pioneering woman who released, oh, 13 pictures in 12 months…

Friday, January 25, 2019

Features
British films at Sundance 2019

New features from Joanna Hogg and Chiwetel Ejiofor are among the UK productions hoping for their share of the Sundance hype that amps up the year in film.

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Features
15 rare times when a director made great films in five or more different decades

Is a classic a decade a tall order?

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Lists
British films at Toronto 2018

New films from Steve McQueen, Claire Denis and Peter Strickland head up the UK premieres at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Features
Terence Davies on Distant Voices Still Lives, 30 years later

With a restored version of his debut feature back in cinemas, the great British director Terence Davies talks nostalgia, Brexit and things that make his heart sink.

Monday, September 3, 2018

Interviews
19 films every nostalgic 90s music fan should watch

Grieving for grunge? Pining for Portishead? As a new doc about James Lavelle and Mo’Wax hits cinemas, we prescribe 19 more music docs set to send you straight back to the 90s.

Friday, August 31, 2018

Lists
Where to begin with John Huston

Your next obsession: golden-age great John Huston

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Features

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@sjwigley RT @AdamScovell: Some words for the @BFI on the lonely landscapes of Michelangelo Antonioni's films. Expect barren islands, ghostly parks,…
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