https://www.bfi.org.uk/articles Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image. aeb51f34-7804-4509-812e-df035e21845b https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/paper-tiger-adam-driver-brings-dangerous-charm-james-grays-tense-crime-thriller The family life of a young father (Miles Teller) begins to unravel after his flashier brother (Adam Driver) gets him mixed up with the Russian mob in James Gray’s handsomely shot story of dirty money and 1980s greed. John Bleasdale Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3fc929b1-54f4-4785-a538-6cf575a84592 https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/tarik-saleh-cairo-trilogy-eagles-republic Exiled from Cairo after clashing with Egypt’s security apparatus, filmmaker Tarik Saleh has built a trilogy of thrillers anatomising power, surveillance and corruption under the Sisi regime. As he completes it with Eagles of the Republic, he reflects on propaganda, celebrity politics and the fraught act of telling the truth. James Mottram Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2a7d5703-6841-46b6-8629-e589aa3a12e4 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/interviews/when-you-look-roles-i-played-i-made-difference-every-movie-bruce-dern-his-life-film As Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern premieres at Cannes, Dern talks working with Hitchcock, Tarantino and Chabrol, and his journey from playing “little tiny roles” to critical acclaim. Nicolas Rapold Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT c2a73207-8300-4a04-a93b-bb83974925a3 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/beauties-beast-lina-wertmullers-seven-beauties-martin-scorseses-taxi-driver 50 years after Taxi Driver won the Palme d’Or, we revisit Colin L. Westerbeck Jr’s analysis of the connections between Scorsese’s film and Lina Wertmüller’s Seven Beauties. From our Summer 1976 issue. Colin L. Westerbeck Jr. Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT 00b1a028-6ff7-46a4-a4c8-4dff35f9f6bf https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/her-private-hell-nicolas-winding-refns-gory-neon-fairytale-puts-style-before-substance The Danish director returns to feature filmmaking with more violent eye-gouging, ambiguous irony and neon-fetishising cinematography in a story of a fantastical metropolis that suffers from wafer-thin characterisation. Giovanni Marchini Camia Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 0a748bb2-45e4-467b-8a03-aa162ae08b10 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-cinema-novo-films Cinema Novo was Brazil’s New Wave, a revolutionary body of films that reinvented Brazilian moviemaking via revolt, politics and radical style – with an impact that was felt around the world. Tiago de Luca Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 9d520f22-c81a-470a-b933-3377e8cf81af https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/fatherland-thomas-mann-takes-postwar-roadtrip-pawel-pawlikowskis-brisk-beautiful-father-daughter-drama Sandra Hüller brings her clipped brilliance to the role of Erika Mann as she accompanies her father, the Nobel-prize winning author Thomas Mann, on a ceremonial trip from Allied West Germany to Soviet-occupied East Germany in the postwar devastation of 1949. Nicolas Rapold Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 7e25048d-b711-4419-ac6f-48ecd3773d57 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/i-see-buildings-fall-like-lightning-british-housing-crisis-ever-present-clio-barnards-touching-story-birmingham-friendship-group Embedded in a group of long-time pals from a working-class area of Birmingham, Barnard’s latest film captures a genuine sense of community; one forged in happiness as much as sorrow. B. Ruby Rich Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT ba323c57-5b8d-4171-9c2b-66ceefa75720 https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/sigourney-weaver-star-wars-mandalorian-grogu As the Alien star joins the Star Wars franchise with The Mandalorian and Grogu, we spoke to Sigourney Weaver about her first memories of George Lucas’s original film, the appeal of sci-fi, and the usefulness of depictions of futuristic worlds. Lou Thomas Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT f28bd3cc-4801-49c7-b088-1af7b773274c https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/news/inside-archive-72-from-edge-chronically-online-hertfordshire This month, discover how we archive online corporate filmmaking, how we’ve been bringing online video to the big screen, and a special pop-up exhibition. Patrick Russell Will Swinburne Kitty Robertson Paola Martucci Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 8b936b53-8c37-4a47-812b-06e9255fbce9 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/screen-production-workforce-development-training-across-uk The first awards from a total of £35.55 million BFI National Lottery funding for Skills and Workforce Development include £9 million to seven partners across the UK to lead BFI Skills Clusters, and a further £2.85 million pledged for additional Clusters in areas where local production centres are developing. Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 22e15af5-c0af-4c88-a950-845008c19313 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/full-programme-announced-we-crip-film-festival-2026 At BFI Southbank from 18 to 19 July, the festival returns with a programme of premieres, talks and events championing disabled filmmaking, community and creativity. Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT d34bf80e-563d-46ea-8d53-97f1f905ad4c https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/object-week-sight-sound-festival-britain-special Seventy-five years after the 1951 Festival of Britain brought the nation a mood of post-war optimism and excitement about the arts, this week’s object from the archive – which can you read in full here – is the supplement that Sight and Sound magazine produced to accompany the innovative film programme. Alex Prideaux Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT f76918d0-4bf2-491b-902d-8fae9585a06a https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/hope-big-bold-south-korean-creature-feature Na Hong-jin follows up his cult horror The Wailing with a maximalist monster movie that takes its cue from the pure action cinema of Mad Max: Fury Road. John Bleasdale Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 7643b437-61c8-424f-91f1-67a4b45f7599 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/teenage-sex-death-camp-miasma-jane-schoenbruns-open-hearted-slasher-playful-about-sex-cinema The American director’s third narrative feature explores the relationship between the spectator and the spectated with a meta story of a young director who has been tasked with reviving a cult horror franchise and goes in search of its original ‘final girl’ Billy Presley (Gillian Anderson). Blake Simons Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT dc1da115-730f-4278-aab8-df79b740445d https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/all-about-online-video-third-age-moving-image From coffee-pot webcams to algorithmic feeds, this sweeping tour traces how online video exploded from scrappy experiment into an all-encompassing, ever-shifting universe of images – and how we might begin to make sense of it. Mark Duguid Patrick Russell Kristina Tarasova Iris Mathieson Will Swinburne Becky Vick Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 9d1b65c2-339f-42c4-9c80-be8a1befb2c8 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/tuner-daniel-rohers-stylish-neo-noir-finds-surprising-harmony-between-crime-romance Leo Woodall stars as a piano tuner with hypersensitive hearing and a knack for safecracking in this suspenseful meditation on artistic envy and romantic uncertainty. Henry K Miller Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 24f48e0b-5cdf-4d63-84bb-f3664e431d44 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/claws-desire-lino-brocka-macho-dancer In the first of a new series celebrating films returning to the spotlight in new restorations, Tony Rayns looks at an erotic Manila nightlife drama that troubled the censors but launched a subgenre of imitators. Tony Rayns Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT b975f606-e1bb-4a36-b279-34016bcb40d1 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/sheep-box-jarringly-sentimental-exploration-ai-grief Koreeda’s latest extends grace to all its characters, including AI robots, with a cloying story of bereaved parents who decide to create a humanoid version of their deceased son. Mark Asch Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 5eb9ba02-ef79-4b35-b462-053a7de81015 https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/news/inside-archive-71-online-video-archive-assembly This week, learn about a brand-new collection on BFI Replay and our assembly celebrating the archive’s progress, planning, and future. Alex Prideaux Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 70292699-5b29-4d3d-85c9-67112ea1dce1 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/normal-ben-wheatley-bob-odenkirk-unleash-chaos-small-town-america Wheatley’s gleefully violent comic thriller pairs Coen-esque absurdity with inventive action and sly commentary on US gun culture. Kim Newman Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT e9047fb1-3362-4c9a-8c98-37377cbd5e61 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-films-about-forgers-fakes With faking and forgery at the heart of Steven Soderbergh’s new art-world drama The Christophers, we went looking for further frauds on film and came up with these 10 genuine originals. Rory Doherty Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1299bb0f-0ec7-4250-ac49-63df0dee723e https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/latest-uk-global-screen-fund-international-business-development-awards-may-2026 The latest awards will support 24 UK independent screen content companies. Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3fdb376e-1b6d-4d42-b669-191e3777ef9a https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/revealed-bfi-blu-ray-dvd-releases-july-september-2026 Highlights include acclaimed Cornish director Mark Jenkin’s latest film, a pioneering 1975 feature from Horace Ové and an infamous sci-fi oddity from Ed Wood. Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 400eac9b-7387-4fb9-9e30-f76aaa05a789 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/filipinana-rafael-manuel Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award at this year’s Sundance, the debut feature from Filipino writer/director Rafael Manuel will be released in autumn 2026. Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dc81db4-5eb8-4fa0-86d9-cd820c49c56e https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/object-week-1930s-publicity-song-book-hindi-romance-jeevan-naiya Lavishly illustrated and featuring all the lyrics, song books were routinely created as part of the publicity for films released in India during the 20th century. Look inside this example from 1936. Jesse Woodd Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 8ed14090-69e6-4ae2-ac82-04fb9d9574be https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/kazuo-ishiguro-top-ten-train-films Ahead of his upcoming BFI Southbank season Station to Station: Kazuo Ishiguro’s Top Ten Train Films, the Nobel prize-winning author writes exclusively about some of the finest films set aboard trains. Kazuo Ishiguro Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 626422f8-b76c-4c85-9f72-e59ffcda998f https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/cannes-film-festival-1976-report We reported from the 30th edition of Cannes, where a bustling lineup included films by Bertolucci, Rohmer, Visconti, Rivette, Scorsese and more. From our Summer 1976 issue. Penelope Houston Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT 83b521b3-7b2e-49c7-bbb0-d27fbdd6058c https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/film-marvels-if-not-quite-marvellous-film-shrek-reviewed-2001 As Shrek returns to cinemas this week for its 25th anniversary, we revisit Kim Newman’s appraisal of its fairytale gags, zany characters and CGI innovations. From our July 2001 issue. Kim Newman Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT b70ee27f-e77c-4015-97d8-f131fdb7ffcc https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/eagles-republic-egypts-film-industry-becomes-political-battleground-tarik-salehs-sharp-thriller The concluding chapter of the director’s Cairo trilogy is an angry portrait of censorship, propaganda and complicity under the rule of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Joseph Fahim Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT