Adam Curtis picks 10 films that capture the mood of their times

Art may not be able to change the world, as Adam Curtis argues in our current cover interview feature, but sometimes it cuts to the quick of the feel of an era. Here he selects ten movies that do just that. | Continue reading


@bfi.org.uk | 2 years ago

Thunder on Sycamore Street: the 1950s TV play about prejudice in suburbia

From the same writer as 12 Angry Men, Thunder on Sycamore Street had the racial element of its story about suburban prejudice reworked for the American broadcast. So the rediscovered British version starring Earl Cameron is truly unique, says BFI curator Lisa Kerrigan. | Continue reading


@bfi.org.uk | 2 years ago

100 years of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – Why we’re still living in its shadows

A century after the release of the Expressionist horror landmark, we peer inside the cabinet to assess why Caligari had such a huge impact on the cinema. | Continue reading


@bfi.org.uk | 4 years ago

Video Essays of 2019

Three years into this poll, many more years since the form first emerged, and most of us who make and consume this work remain quite unsure of what exactly constitutes a video essay. But one thing is clear: we love watching them, and we love making them. | Continue reading


@bfi.org.uk | 4 years ago

Behind the scenes on Cambodia’s first million-dollar action movie: The Prey

Following the popular success of Jailbreak, the first Cambodian film to be picked up by Netflix, director Jimmy Henderson has upped the ante by making the country's first million-dollar movie, The Prey. Photographer Luke Montgomery was on set deep in the jungle to document it … | Continue reading


@bfi.org.uk | 5 years ago