All articles about British cinema

The NHS at 75

From trans health to children’s palliative care: how three new short films tell untold stories of the NHS

Inspired by a treasure trove of archive healthcare films in the BFI National Archive, three filmmaking teams were tasked with making new short films tackling modern stories of the National Health Service. Xavier Pillai finds out more.

By Xavier Alexandre Pillai

From trans health to children’s palliative care: how three new short films tell untold stories of the NHS

Obituaries

Joan Plowright obituary: great dame of British stage and screen

By Kate Stables

Joan Plowright obituary: great dame of British stage and screen

Features

Limelight: the forgotten British film that goes backstage in 1930s London theatre world

By Josephine Botting

Limelight: the forgotten British film that goes backstage in 1930s London theatre world

Features

Pig Brother is watching you: 70 years of Animal Farm, Britain’s first animated feature

By Jez Stewart

Pig Brother is watching you: 70 years of Animal Farm, Britain’s first animated feature

Features

Britain’s first blonde bombshell: celebrating the centenary of Christine Norden

By Josephine Botting

Britain’s first blonde bombshell: celebrating the centenary of Christine Norden

10 great

10 great British Christmas films

By David Parkinson

10 great British Christmas films

Interviews

“Florence gave birth eight times that day”: John Crowley on his multiple timeline romcom We Live in Time

By Lou Thomas

“Florence gave birth eight times that day”: John Crowley on his multiple timeline romcom We Live in Time

News

British Independent Film Awards 2024: the winners in full

Interviews

“Nobody loves a dirty joke more than Judi”: Richard Eyre on directing the greats

By Alex Ramon

“Nobody loves a dirty joke more than Judi”: Richard Eyre on directing the greats

Then and now

The real locations from Watership Down: how they look today

By Adam Scovell

The real locations from Watership Down: how they look today

Lists

A short history of British propaganda... in 10 films

By Scott Anthony

A short history of British propaganda... in 10 films

Features

How Andrea Arnold’s Bird reclaims magic for the marginalised

By Juana Albina

How Andrea Arnold’s Bird reclaims magic for the marginalised

Interviews

Bill Nighy on his IVF origin story Joy: “This was an opportunity to put a bomb under the male tendency to bewilderingly underestimate women”

By Lou Thomas

Bill Nighy on his IVF origin story Joy: “This was an opportunity to put a bomb under the male tendency to bewilderingly underestimate women”

News

Nominations announced for the British Independent Film Awards 2024

Then and now

Witchfinder General: in search of the witchy Suffolk locations of the classic Vincent Price folk horror

By Adam Scovell

Witchfinder General: in search of the witchy Suffolk locations of the classic Vincent Price folk horror

Interviews

The post-punk look: Dick Pope on remastering Mike Leigh’s Naked

By James Bell

The post-punk look: Dick Pope on remastering Mike Leigh’s Naked

Obituaries

Alvin Rakoff obituary: veteran director of British film and TV

By David Parkinson

Alvin Rakoff obituary: veteran director of British film and TV

Obituaries

Maggie Smith obituary: scene-stealing star who became a national institution

By David Parkinson

Maggie Smith obituary: scene-stealing star who became a national institution

Features

How a death-penalty thriller proved Diana Dors was more than just ‘Britain’s Marilyn Monroe’

By Chloe Walker

How a death-penalty thriller proved Diana Dors was more than just ‘Britain’s Marilyn Monroe’

10 great

10 great quota quickies

By David Parkinson

10 great quota quickies

Then and now

The pretend East End of It Always Rains on Sunday, the classic Ealing noir

By Adam Scovell

The pretend East End of It Always Rains on Sunday, the classic Ealing noir

Then and now

David Lean’s This Happy Breed: how the wartime London locations look 80 years later

By Adam Scovell

David Lean’s This Happy Breed: how the wartime London locations look 80 years later

Interviews

How we made The Third Man: ”Welles came out with the line about the ‘cuckoo clock’. Nobody knew what was going to come out of his mouth”

By Sam Wigley

How we made The Third Man: ”Welles came out with the line about the ‘cuckoo clock’. Nobody knew what was going to come out of his mouth”

Features

The Music Lovers: how art reigns supreme in Ken Russell’s orgiastic Tchaikovsky biopic

By Lillian Crawford

The Music Lovers: how art reigns supreme in Ken Russell’s orgiastic Tchaikovsky biopic

Where to begin

Where to begin with Basil Dearden

By Alex Barrett

Where to begin with Basil Dearden

Interviews

Starve Acre and its roots in 1970s folk horror: “Stranger things were being made on television at the time, frankly”

By Adam Scovell

Starve Acre and its roots in 1970s folk horror: “Stranger things were being made on television at the time, frankly”

News

Restoration of Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases to premiere at the 68th BFI London Film Festival

Then and now

The Third Man: in search of the Vienna locations, 75 years later

By Adam Scovell

The Third Man: in search of the Vienna locations, 75 years later

In pictures

Polaroids from Michael Powell’s unmade Kensington romance

By Sam Wigley

Polaroids from Michael Powell’s unmade Kensington romance

Features

O Lucky Man!, revisiting Lindsay Anderson’s anarchic 1970s trip down the rabbit hole

By Stephen Dalton

O Lucky Man!, revisiting Lindsay Anderson’s anarchic 1970s trip down the rabbit hole