The Japanese filmmaker reflects on the moving experience of working with composer Ryuichi Sakamoto on his final score, for his new drama Monster.
Lillian Crawford and her fellow Barbican Young Programmers reflect on their experiences of curating film events and hopes for a more inclusive film programming community.
Bradley Cooper soars in this lovingly crafted biopic of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein.
A curmudgeonly teacher, a grieving cook and a petulant young student find themselves thrown together for the holidays in Alexander Payne's excellent Christmassy dramedy.
Hammer Horror returns with a genderflipped take on Robert Louis Stevenson's iconic novel, starring Eddie Izzard as a leading figure of the pharmaceutical industry with a dark secret.
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.
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.
The pop princess's record-breaking stadium tour comes to the big screen with thrilling results for fans.
Isabelle Huppert stars as the head union representative of a multinational nuclear power company in Jean-Paul Salomé’s corporate drama.
A group of estranged friends reunite for a pop pilgrimage in Coky Giedroyc's dire big screen version of the official Take That musical.
The BFI's first annual Film on Film festival aims to celebrate and educate on the wonders of celluloid, from nitrate and 35mm to 3D.
Nina Menkes’ broad-strokes, reactionary investigation of the male gaze is more interested in cherry-picking than it is insightful critique.
A film critic traces the connections between philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s escapist eccentricities and her own formative experiences as a cinephile.
Asif Kapadia’s collaboration with choreographer Akram Khan expertly manifests Michael Powell’s dream of a feature-length ballet film.
A group of women in a remote Mennonite colony meet in secret in Sarah Polley's moving adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel.
Sebastián Lelio’s 19th-century drama dwells in the gothic-bucolic as a nurse watches over a girl who has survived months without food.
Though her work remains undistributed in the UK, her superb film and TV episodes show an immense and unique talent on the rise.
Mia Hansen-Løve’s lilting rumination on art, relationships and cinephilia is one of her most accomplished and moving films to date.
A teenage girl gets caught up in a mysterious online game in Jane Schoenbrun's fascinating tech-horror debut.
The Belgian director of harrowing Cannes stand-out Playground on the intricacies of making a film from the perspective of kids.
Sebastian Meise’s profoundly sensual second feature is anchored by a standout performance from Franz Rogowski.
This long-awaited sequel is a revolutionary and radical capstone to the Wachowskis’ awe-striking cyberpunk trilogy.
The French maestro on how she’s matured as a filmmaker, and the secrets hidden in her beguiling latest, Petite Maman.
Sadie Frost directs this illuminating profile doc on the 1960s fashion icon and progenitor of the miniskirt.
James Gunn doubles down on his crass brand of humour in this charmless, unfunny and facile franchise redo.
Studio Ghibli’s first computer-animated feature boasts bags of charm and one its most endearing heroines.
By continuing to promote diversity in cinema, we can develop an alternative canon that includes everyone.
Excessive violence against women and animals sours Małgorzata Szumowska’s faux-feminist horror fable.
Malou Reymann’s feature debut presents a potentially dangerous perspective on the issue of gender identity.
A couple in twilight years become acquainted over a series of dog walks in Paul Morrison’s cheery drama.
Sébastien Lifschitz’s sensitive portrait of eight-year-old Sasha will change attitudes towards gender dysphoria.
With India Song currently playing on MUBI, we take a look back at the actor’s superlative feminist trilogy from 1975.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things is another sly critique of capitalism and the commodification of cinema.
Annette Bening, Bill Night and Josh O’Connor star in this heartrending story of marital strife on the shoreline.
The British writer/director’s lesbian romance will cap off this year’s LFF on 17 October.
This powerful documentary charts the history of the Paralympics and its positive impact on disability representation.
The director of She Dies Tomorrow opens up about how anxiety and existential dread feed her creative spirit.
Amy Seimetz’s neon-soaked danse macabre is one of the year’s most chilling and effective horrors.
The first of five films from the director’s Small Axe anthology will screen for free to audiences across the UK.
Classical interests mask taboo-breaking desires in Sadaf Foroughi’s Tehran-set high school drama.
Emmanuelle Devos stars as a fragrance maker extraordinaire in this slight sensory drama from Grégory Magne.
In David Lynch’s 1990 film, Laura Dern’s Lula refuses to allow her rape to control her – she’s a survivor, not a victim.
This sun-bleached, Cannes-set romantic drama from director Rebecca Zlotowski is not to be missed.
Over half of the virtual 2020 edition is comprised of directors who identify as female or non-binary.
Matteo Garrone’s live-action retelling of the classic Italian fairy tale is a dream come true.
Dutch filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk examines the enduring appeal of the art world’s Old Masters.
A group of young women come of age against the backdrop of civil war in Mounia Meddour’s vibrant, nuanced debut.
Argentine actor and author Romina Paula turns director for this sublime mediation on middle age womanhood.
Sam Feder’s latest documentary, on Hollywood’s harmful transgender stereotypes, is a great conversation starter – but we need to go further.
Two films at the San Sebastian Film Festival showcase a more old school way of depicting the bittersweet passage of time.
An intended orgy of cinephile pleasure translates as a misguided and misbegotten dud in James Franco’s long-delayed Hollywood satire.
An artful study of culture, poverty and ecology which focuses on an unlikely Macedonian bee keeper.
How the language we use to talk about art which explores subjects of gender and identity can evolve.
Maggie Gyllenhaal is compelling in this rich character study about a mentor and her protégé.
Filmmaker Christopher Martin captures the horrors of the Syrian crisis in this bold documentary.
Barry Jenkins, Damien Chazelle and Yorgos Lanthimos all look like early contenders for major awards.
Charles Dance narrates this beautiful and bombastic tribute to the RAF’s most iconic fighter plane.
From Alfred Hitchcock to Fritz Lang, the process of creating women has long been an obsession of cinema’s greatest male creators.
Alfred Hitchcock’s lofty thriller is back on the big screen in time for its 60th anniversary.
Frederick Wiseman delves deep into one of New York City’s most beloved public institutions.
The impact of the AIDS crisis in Catalonia told through the eyes of a six-year-old girl.
Forty years ago, director Michael Cimino set a masterful precedent for coming to terms with the trauma of war in The Deer Hunter.
Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh are in casting talks for a new film version of the classic novel.
Don’t miss this sensitive and intuitive portrait of the iconic Japanese film composer.
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