British cinema

Carol Morley: “I could tell straight away that Audrey Amiss was a completely fascinating person”

By David Jenkins

The intrepid British director on being one of the first people to lay their eyes on the archives of the late artist Audrey Amiss – subject of Typist, Artist, Pirate, King.

Busting the Bias presents a myth-shattering collection of shorts from Disabled filmmakers

By Meg Fozzard

Now in its second year, the BFI’s moving-image showcase centres Disabled filmmaking talent and their vital stories.

It Is In Us All

By Jamison Kent

Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ compelling feature debut offers a moody account of hometown Stockholm syndrome and repressed emotion.

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Aftersun – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Paul Mescal doesn’t quite nail his role as a depressed young father in this emotionally furtive debut drama from Charlotte Wells.

Francis Lee’s Ammonite to close the 64th BFI London Film Festival

By Lillian Crawford

The British writer/director’s lesbian romance will cap off this year’s LFF on 17 October.

Why it’s time to revisit this landmark British LGBTQ+ drama

By Katie Goh

Ron Peck’s Nighthawks survives as much more than a historical document of gay life in a bygone era.

Fanny Lye Deliver’d – first look review

By David Jenkins

This slow-burn folk horror set in old, weird England marks the auspicious return of talented British director Thomas Clay.

Nocturnal – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Cosmo Jarvis shines in this portrait of flawed, inarticulate masculinity by first-time feature director Nathalie Biancheri.

Rialto – first look review

By Tom Bond

Pete Mackie Burns' first rate follow-up to Daphne explores the repressed homosexuality of a shy dock worker.

Watch: An alternative history of British cinema in 10 films

By Luís Azevedo

Lesser-known works that broke the mould, from Kenneth Macpherson’s Borderline to Sally Potter’s Orlando.

Exploring the Best of British cinema at the 2019 Edinburgh Film Festival

By Iana Murray

This year’s EIFF showcased a diverse crop of homegrown films, from a monochrome Cornish curio to a love letter to Dundee.

In praise of Blue – Derek Jarman’s haunting reflection on HIV

By Max Ramsay

The pioneering British filmmaker’s final work remains a profoundly personal and poetic work.

How British cinema fell out of love with the seaside

By Tom Beasley

Coastal towns have long been a source of nostalgia on screen, but this setting has come to signify something else in recent years.

Adding the voices of rebellious women back into the British film archives

By Hannah Clugston

The producer of Born a Rebel speaks about the challenge of documenting more than a century of female protest.

How A Taste of Honey put a female spin on the British New Wave

By Stephen Puddicombe

Shelagh Delaney’s voice stood out from the angry young men who dominated British cinema in the mid 20th century.

10 recent London realist films you should watch

By Lou Thomas

Contemporary stories offering a diverse mix of authentic, recognisable London voices.

Why This Sporting Life is one of the greatest British films ever made

By James Oddy

Lindsay Anderson’s exhilarating look at the psyche of rugby league player has lost none of its emotional punch.

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