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Animal Farm: Cutesy adaptation of George Orwell’s text falls flat
Director Andy Serkis’s animation updates Orwell’s political satire into a kid-friendly triumph over adversity with sloppy slapstick and an extended fart gag.
By Leigh Singer
Peter Watkins’ The Journey: the longest film, the grassroots vision
By Benjamin Cook
European premiere of director Simon Stone’s Elsinore to open the 70th BFI London Film Festival
European premiere of director Simon Stone’s Elsinore to open the 70th BFI London Film FestivalSight and Sound: the September 2026 issue
Sight and Sound: the September 2026 issueĐorđe Kadijević obituary: leading director of Serbian horror and the radical Black Wave movement
By Mina Radovic
“He was a giant for work”: Michal Leszczylowski, editor of The Sacrifice, on Andrei Tarkovsky
By Michal Leszczylowski
BFI Player’s August 2026 line-up
BFI Player’s August 2026 line-upEvents
Indian cinema icon Aamir Khan comes to BFI Southbank for a rare discussion spanning his award-winning, internationally acclaimed career.
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