Features and reviews

Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image.

Talkies

Director’s chair: Lee Changdong

Ten tips for aspiring filmmakers

By Lee Changdong

Director’s chair: Lee Changdong
Features

2022: the year in documentaries

By Nick Bradshaw

2022: the year in documentaries
Features

2022: the year in queer cinema

By Alex Davidson

2022: the year in queer cinema
Features

2022: the year in horror

By Kim Newman

2022: the year in horror
Features

And the winner is… Aftersun

By Charlotte Wells

And the winner is… Aftersun
Features

Recap: British cinema in 2022

By Pamela Hutchinson

Recap: British cinema in 2022
Features

Naughty list: screen culture’s bad guys strike at Christmas

By George Bass

Naughty list: screen culture’s bad guys strike at Christmas
Features

Anime: the little word that conquered the world

By Nick Bradshaw

Anime: the little word that conquered the world
Features

Horror in fancy clothes: the 1990s cycle of prestige monster movies

By Anna Bogutskaya

Horror in fancy clothes: the 1990s cycle of prestige monster movies
Where to begin

Where to begin with James Cameron

By Josh Slater-Williams

Where to begin with James Cameron
Talkies

Cine wanderer: News from Home

By Phuong Le

Cine wanderer: News from Home
The Greatest Films of All Time

No man’s land: Céline Sciamma on Portrait of a Lady on Fire

By Isabel Stevens

No man’s land: Céline Sciamma on Portrait of a Lady on Fire
From the Sight and Sound archive

Georges Méliès: the silver lining

By Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès: the silver lining
Features

When Kurosawa made a Christmas film

By Hayley Scanlon

When Kurosawa made a Christmas film
Features

Papers, plans, diagrams: the making of The Draughtsman’s Contract

By Josephine Botting

Papers, plans, diagrams: the making of The Draughtsman’s Contract
Features

This forgotten BBC play about Casanova is a valuable rediscovery

By Dick Fiddy

This forgotten BBC play about Casanova is a valuable rediscovery
Where to begin

Where to begin with the Dardenne brothers

By Geoff Andrew

Where to begin with the Dardenne brothers
Festivals

The view from Marrakech: Jeremy Irons and the best of the festival

By Lou Thomas

The view from Marrakech: Jeremy Irons and the best of the festival
Features

Attack of the zeros and ones: the early years of digital cinema, as told by David Lynch, Miranda July, Michael Mann and more

By Samuel Wigley

Attack of the zeros and ones: the early years of digital cinema, as told by David Lynch, Miranda July, Michael Mann and more
From the Sight and Sound archive

“Liberty is conquered only through mechanics”: the radical cinema of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet

By Tag Gallagher

“Liberty is conquered only through mechanics”: the radical cinema of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
Where to begin

Where to begin with James Gray

By Brogan Morris

Where to begin with James Gray
Features

The monstrous power of gaming’s beasts

By Stuart Burnside

The monstrous power of gaming’s beasts
Festivals

Despatches from Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2022

By Georgia Korossi

Despatches from Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2022
Talkies

Cine wanderer: a German interlude

By Phuong Le

Cine wanderer: a German interlude
Black Film Bulletin

bell hooks on cinema: a remembrance

By Jan Asante

bell hooks on cinema: a remembrance
Where to begin

Where to begin with Matías Piñeiro

By Daniel Turner

Where to begin with Matías Piñeiro
Talkies

Poll position: in praise of Let’s Scare Jessica to Death

By Kim Newman

Poll position: in praise of Let’s Scare Jessica to Death
Then and now

The manor house from The Draughtsman’s Contract: how it looks today

By Adam Scovell

The manor house from The Draughtsman’s Contract: how it looks today
Features

Uncertain spells: the morality of gaming’s witches

By Stuart Burnside

Uncertain spells: the morality of gaming’s witches
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