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Scorsese NYC!
It’s complicated: Martin Scorsese’s irresistible passion for the mean streets of his hometown show us not just the psyche of a city, but the soul of a nation.
By Leigh Singer
Maurice Pialat: three steps to magic – a video essay
By Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin
Roger Corman on making The Masque of the Red Death
Roger Corman on making The Masque of the Red DeathNot in Kansas anymore: Warwick Thornton on Samson & Delilah
By Nick Bradshaw and So Mayer
Pasta as prologue: the Spaghetti House siege on film
By Charlie Shackleton
Critics’ talk: an introduction to anime (for BFI at Home)
By Michael Leader, Kambole Campbell and others
The long conversation: Richard Linklater on cinema and time
By :: kogonada
Video: BFI CEO Ben Roberts talks to Screen about navigating the ongoing COVID-19 crisis
Video: BFI CEO Ben Roberts talks to Screen about navigating the ongoing COVID-19 crisisVideo: Misbehaviour director Phillipa Lowthorpe and producer Suzanne Mackie
Video: Misbehaviour director Phillipa Lowthorpe and producer Suzanne MackiePortraits of young women on fire: Céline Sciamma on female art, identity and intimacy
By Leigh Singer
Parasite director Bong Joon Ho and star Song Kang-ho
Parasite director Bong Joon Ho and star Song Kang-hoFellini and fakery: the viral quote he never said, but sums up Il Maestro perfectly
Fellini and fakery: the viral quote he never said, but sums up Il Maestro perfectlyTim Burton on working with Danny Elfman and scoring strangeness
Tim Burton on working with Danny Elfman and scoring strangenessCarol Morley on Federico Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria
Carol Morley on Federico Fellini’s Nights of CabiriaCriticism in the age of TikTok – a video essay
By Charlie Shackleton
A horror in the breach: Claire Denis’s Trouble Every Day
A horror in the breach: Claire Denis’s Trouble Every DayBlackface, whitewashing and the grey zone – a two-part video inquiry
By Leigh Singer
Gotta film dance! The evolution of the movie musical – a video essay
By Leigh Singer
Hamilton star Jamael Westman on Spike Lee’s School Daze
Hamilton star Jamael Westman on Spike Lee’s School DazeVideo: Monty Python’s Life of Brian composers André Jacquemin and John Altman
Video: Monty Python’s Life of Brian composers André Jacquemin and John AltmanVideo: Steven Knight and the cast of Peaky Blinders
Video: Steven Knight and the cast of Peaky Blinders