Samuel Wigley

Articles by Samuel Wigley

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  New films from Mike Leigh and Ken Loach to compete at Cannes

  A biopic of J.M.W. Turner and a story of political activism in 1920s Ireland are the British selections for this year’s Cannes Film Festival competition.

  Thursday, April 17, 2014

  Features

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  Around the world in 17 films: The Cinema of Childhood

  Take a cinematic trip around the globe with our guide to the international gems screening in Mark Cousins’ The Cinema of Childhood season in cinemas and on the BFI Player.

  Friday, April 11, 2014

  Features

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  Soutane impact: Brendan Gleeson and John Michael McDonagh on Calvary

  Brendan Gleeson plays a Catholic priest threatened with murder in the actor’s provocative new collaboration with director John Michael McDonagh. Just don’t call it a ‘little gem’…

  Thursday, April 10, 2014

  Interviews

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  10 great teen films

  We chart the growing pains of the coming-of-age movie across the decades with a selection of 10 terrific teen movies.

  Friday, April 4, 2014

  Lists

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  Mark Cousins tells A Story of Children and Film

  As his inspiring look at childhood on film opens across the UK and on the BFI Player, filmmaker Mark Cousins tells us about the unknown classics of children’s cinema.

  Wednesday, April 2, 2014

  Interviews

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  10 great films set in the spring

  As we shrug off the winter and head into spring, here are 10 films to get you in the mood for the warmer weather.

  Thursday, March 20, 2014

  Lists

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  From the Magazine

  Film of the week: Under the Skin

  Scarlett Johansson falls to Scotland – and Jonathan Glazer launches us into yonder void. Samuel Wigley probes a terrifically estranging movie.

  Thursday, March 13, 2014

  Reviews and recommendations

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  Oscars 2014: the winners in full

  Gravity pulls in seven Oscars, but 12 Years a Slave takes best picture at this year’s Academy Awards.

  Monday, March 3, 2014

  Features

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  10 to see at Borderlines Film Festival

  The UK’s biggest rural film festival brings a healthy helping of the best new world cinema to 32 venues across Herefordshire, Shropshire and the Welsh Marches. 

  Thursday, February 27, 2014

  Lists

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  10 great films about sex

  As Lars von Trier’s Nymph()maniac arrives in cinemas and on the BFI Player, we survey sex on film with a list of some of cinema’s naughtiest classics.

  Friday, February 21, 2014

  Lists