In memory of one of cinema’s most formidable and pathfinding talents, who has died at the age of 91.
As this Thomas Pynchon-inspired drama turns 10, its portrayal of post-war malaise still has an undeniable allure.
By Sam Moore
As The Thing turns 40, its place within Carpenter's exploration of spiritual breakdown has never felt more prescient.
By Sam Moore
As Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion turns 50, Meiko Kaji's feminist action heroines are as thrilling to watch as ever.
Before Good Time and Uncut Gems, the Safdies created an anxiety-inducing portrait of a deadbeat dad trying to keep it together.
The BFI’s current retrospective of the Indian auteur’s cinema gave me chance to reconnect with my homeland while studying abroad.
By Winnie Wang
The outspoken heroine of King Vidor’s 1937 drama eschews social conventions to express herself through her clothes.
By Soham Gadre
As well as being a landmark achievement for filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, this romantic epic brilliantly showcases the magic Indian cinema has to offer.
By Callie Petch
Twenty-five years ago Barry Sonnenfeld's workplace action-comedy broke the rules and launched an iconic franchise.
In her haunting depiction of Christine Chubbock, I recognised elements of my own experience with depression and isolation.
Forty years on, one of Robin Williams’ earliest film roles still ranks among his best work.
By Callie Petch
Adam Smith creates a disorientating, immersive experience through innovative camera work and editing in The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think.
Ninety years on, Yasujirō Ozu’s silent comedy about familial disillusion still makes salient points about life under capitalism.
Though her work remains undistributed in the UK, her superb film and TV episodes show an immense and unique talent on the rise.
By Bora Rex
Aki Kaurismäki’s drama remains sadly relevant as refugees and migrants face perilous journeys and human rights abuses in search of better lives.
By Lucy Vipond
In her breakthrough lead role, Bates plays a reclusive nurse who takes her fandom to horrifying extremes.
As Roe v. Wade is controversially overturned, we revisit Alexander Payne’s dark satire of the American abortion lobby.