Natalie Wooding reviews Federico Fellini’s iconic film, in celebration of its 60th anniversary. La Dolce Vita is a party. It is a world of glamour and sophistication inhabited by larger […]
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Whos, Whats, Whens: A Short Guide to African-American Cinema
Featured image: Malcolm X (1992), dir. Spike Lee This Black History Month, Sam Hamilton takes a look at the timeline of African-American Cinema, and celebrates its prominent figures and iconic […]
From ‘Hard Eight’ to ‘Phantom Thread’: A Paul Thomas Anderson Retrospective
Raphael Duhamel runs through Anderson’s impressive career leading up to Phantom Thread. “We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?” – Interview […]
‘A Matter of Life and Death’ Retrospective Review
Milo Garner reconsiders #20 on the BFI’s Best 100 British Films list, recently restored and returned to the big screen. By late 1945, Anglo-American relations were particularly frayed. Despite their support […]
‘North by Northwest’ Retrospective Review
Madeleine Haslam revisits North by Northwest, recently shown at BFI Southbank. “The Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures” is how screenwriter Ernest Lehman envisioned North by Northwest. He saw […]
‘The Conversation’ Retrospective Review
Alexandra Petrache revisits a Coppola classic, recently screened at BFI Southbank for its Thriller season launch. Found in a brutal-looking brown glassy building with a friendly and welcoming restaurant on […]