Britain’s first animated feature was a long way from Disney. It was an adaptation of George Orwell made at the height of the Cold War and part funded – in secret – by the CIA. Seventy years on, ...

Ahead of the release on Blu-ray and 4K UHD of Guillermo del Toro’s haunting debut feature Cronos, we delve into the rich history of Mexican horror – a world of gothic mystery, allegory and gonzo ...

Eisenstein’s debut feature, the labour drama Strike, which was released at the start of the year, well deserves a place on this list. However, 1925 was also the year that he directed the monumental ...

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic contribution of the UK’s film, high-end TV, video games and animation programme sectors. This is the fifth report in the series on the UK ...

Douglas Sirk’s poetic adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel Pylon. Perhaps Douglas Sirk’s most underrated film (possibly because it’s in ravishing black and white, not lurid colour) and certainly one ...

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It contains one of cinema’s fleshiest kisses, but also a moment of pure spiritual transcendence. And it’s the interdependence of these elements that makes Carl Dreyer’s 1955 classic Ordet – which is ...

The festival for aspiring filmmakers aged 16 to 25 will be taking place in-venue at BFI Southbank, online globally for free, and in cinemas UK-wide from 20 February to 6 March.

15 rare times when a director made great films in 5 or more different decades ...

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Adapted from the real-life story of Danish serial killer Dagmar Overbye, Magnus von Horn’s gothic fairytale is set in post-World War I Copenhagen, but its horrifying reality does not feel so far from ...

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