BFI Distribution and Warner Bros. Clockwork unveil a 30 October 2026 cinema release and a major BFI Southbank retrospective celebrating Ken Russell’s work in summer 2027.

The LFF Closing Night Gala is hosted at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 18 October with screenings around the UK.

From BAFTA wins and major festival premieres to international development opportunities and feature debuts, BFI NETWORK alumni continue to make their mark on the global screen industry, demonstrating ...

From its roots in Luton to acclaim on the international festival circuit, Imran Perretta’s debut demonstrates how National Lottery funding helps bring underrepresented stories and distinctively ...

Tom Holland’s Peter Parker returns amid an existential crisis in a brand-extension blockbuster that lacks the springy spontaneity of Spider-Man: Homecoming.

David Lean’s classic 1945 film of Noël Coward’s stage play sticks quite closely to the original. But then, since Coward himself was producing, Lean didn’t really have much choice. (By all accounts, he ...

Screenwriter Jesse Armstrong described Yorgos Lanthimos best. In the current cinematic landscape, the Greek filmmaker holds the position of “surpriser, unsettler in chief”. Despite the clinical, ...

Not only was Ingmar Bergman one of the greatest artists in the history of cinema, he was also one of the most prolific. Chalking up over 60 films as director, he worked quickly with regular ...

Edgar Wright’s faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel about a deadly cross-country chase TV gameshow is crammed with skilful action sequences, winking gags and a surprisingly topical strand ...

Director Wim Wenders often made films about journeying. Famed for his distinctly more pessimistic, European take on the American road movie form, Wenders regularly looked at journeys heading nowhere ...

What do we mean by ‘British smut’? After all, countless British films dating back to 1896’s A Victorian Lady in Her Boudoir amply qualify, and sexually charged comedy has been a core part of British ...

A kaleidoscopic tribute to oneiric cinema, Gerald Fox’s Kinaesthesia reimagines the film-history documentary as a drifting dream, guided by the words and ideas of his former teacher, the great ...