Emeric Pressburger

Glasgow Film Festival announces A-grade line-up

By David Jenkins

A grand banquet of film has been laid out for the festival's 20th anniversary edition.

Put on your red shoes and dance: the enduring euphoria of Powell & Pressburger

By Lillian Crawford

A new season organised by the BFI in partnership with Thelma Schoonmaker brings many classic Powell & Pressburger films – including new restorations – to the big screen once more.

Thelma Schoonmaker: ‘Powell left a little furnace burning inside of me’

By Lillian Crawford

Ahead of the BFI's landmark Powell & Pressburger retrospective, the legendary film editor speaks about her relationship with Michael Powell, the process of restoring film, and how Powell & Pressburger influenced Killers of the Flower Moon.

Martin Scorsese will narrate a documentary extolling Powell and Pressburger’s genius

By Charles Bramesco

The directorial duo known as The Archers gave the world resplendent visions of fantasy like Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes.

Why 49th Parallel is one of the most cunning war films ever made

By Sam Manning

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger employed propaganda to potent effect in their 1941 submarine drama.

On Location: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

By Adam Scovell

A visit to two London locations featured in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Technicolor masterpiece.

The dark heart of Powell and Pressburger’s The Red Shoes

By Adam Scovell

The British filmmaking pair’s 1948 masterpiece is an elegant ballet of myth and fairy tale.

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