James Oliver on 18th June / comments
James argues that this new book by Julian Upton is an essential read for lovers of British cinema, that will introduce to the read...
Read
Mike McCahill on 18th June / comments
Architect Neil Platt was just 33 when he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. A poignantly brisk documentary from the Scottis...
Read
Mike McCahill on 19th June
Pablo Larraín's Oscar-nominated drama centres on the real-life advertising whizz whose vision helped unseat Augusto Pinochet. It’s powerful, stirring cinema, says Mike McCahill.
DVD
Laurence Boyce on 18th June / comments
48th edition of A-List festival to welcome Hollywood actor as it also hosts World Premiere of his latest film
Read
18th June
Tune into a golden age of television. The 1980s was British television's peak, when expertly-written dramas rubbed shoulders with incisive and hilarious comedies. In the background, a series of changes and innovations took place – a fourth channel was ...
View Special Offer
Graeme Hobbs on 18th June
Contains The Boy who Turned Yellow (Powell & Pressburger, 1972), The Monster of Highgate Ponds (Cavalcanti, 1961), A Hitch in Time (Darnley-Smith, 1978). A fine volume, writes Graeme Hobbs.
DVD
David Parkinson on 17th June / comments
Three thrilling tales from cinema's past - Roger Corman's The Terror (with an extraordinary range of uncredited directors), two actresses who share the same birthday - Jane Russell and Judy Holliday - plus the controversy behind Basic Instinct.
Read
Laurence Boyce on 17th June
Crime pic to star Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Matthew McConaughey.
Read News
Mike McCahill on 17th June
Anthony Asquith's subterranean tale of love, jealousy and murder, with a new score by Neil Brand. For sheer entertainment, its expressionist shadowplay is hard to beat, writes Mike McCahill.
DVD+Blu-ray
Laurence Boyce on 16th June
Acclaimed US drama stars Kelsey Grammer
Read News
Laurence Boyce on 16th June
Actor set to direct biopic of photographer Eadweard Muybridge
Read News
15th June
"What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?" wrote Bertold Brecht in The Threepenny Opera, in which he explored his favourite highbrow themes within the setting of a penny dreadful melodrama. It's a trick many filmmakers have lea...
View Special Offer
Julian Upton on 15th June
There is plenty to enjoy in theatre-bred director Peter Hall's late '60s crime caper - not least Stanley Baker appearing in one of his last decent big-screen roles, writes Julian Upton.
DVD+Blu-ray
Laurence Boyce on 14th June
BFI releases the fifth and final title in The John Cassavetes Collection.
Read News
14th June
We've some real gems to shout about in our range of Exclusives & Rarities including two Humphrey Bogart classics, adventures on the plains and the high seas, a lost British silent film and a Japanese monster epic.
Read News