Censors quibbled some of the adult language in the script, but otherwise passed this boundary-pushing drama starring Julie London and Anthony Steel as a married couple seeking out a fertility clinic.

From the dystopian visions of Brazil and Twelve Monkeys to the surreal odyssey of The Fisher King, Terry Gilliam has spent half a century defying cinematic convention. In this wide-ranging interview, ...

Plus on stage appearances from Ridley Scott, Tim Burton, Neil Tennant, Nadia Fall, Pooja Kaul, David Mitchell, Robert Webb and more.

Cobbled together out of wood, elastic, Meccano and old printer parts, this vintage 1950s device – invented by a preservationist at the BFI National Archive – enabled film archivists to safely make ...

Thirty years on, Clueless director Amy Heckerling looks back at remodelling Jane Austen in modern Beverly Hills, her struggles to get a foothold in the film industry, and why she’s nothing like the ...

As the new adaptation of Jim Crace’s novel Harvest opens in cinemas, we gather in a bounteous crop of previous films that have captured life on the land and the rolling beauty of the British ...

Across the world, directors have used the heatwave as a metaphor for urban disaffection, abandonment and unrest. Outside of cities, blistering heat feels like nature’s violent reckoning with those too ...

Cardiff as a city of clubbing and hedonism, Human Traffic is a cult classic of the Cool Cymru era. Twenty-six years later, how have its locations changed?

Reflections from the BFI’s new Head of Cyber Security on the vital role of organisational culture in response to rising cyber threats.

Beginning with one of the all-time great character entrances, Dandridge sashays with brazen confidence through her turn as the sassy protagonist of Otto Preminger’s Deep South romance.

After years of run-ins with the authorities, the Iranian director was forced to direct his most recent film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, remotely and in secret. But the methods are at odds with the ...

This special edition celebrates our 2022 Greatest Films of All Time poll, as voted for by the world’s most influential filmmakers and critics ...