Before Lost in Translation there was Tokyo Pop, which – after decades in rights limbo – is now restored and ripe for reappraisal. We speak to director Fran Rubel Kuzui (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) about ...

It made the Observer film critic laugh until her ribs ached, but its scenes of women fighting and men licking their lips caused trouble with the 1940s censors. Curator Josephine Botting digs into the ...

The redesigned digital programme experience will be integrated with our third-party box office and ticket booking platform, and is underpinned by a new content management system, tailored to the ...

The Final Destination franchise has had many unconvincing endings, but the latest resuscitation of the series is filled with gallows humour and fan-friendly callbacks, including the infamous logging ...

As indie gem Good One wanders into cinemas – right in the middle of National Walking Month – we hit the trail in search of 10 other films that capture the joy (and terror) of hiking.

Coming back to the title of this post, in April we entered year 3 of delivering Screen Culture 2033, which will be a pivotal year for the BFI ’s digital transformation.

In 1951, the Swedish actress and soon-to-be groundbreaking director – who was born 100 years ago this May – wrote about the craft of film acting, and especially its relationship to stage acting.

As her latest film Magic Farm is released in cinemas, our new series on peak performances looks at Chloë Sevigny’s nervily vigilant partygoer in Whit Stillman’s razor-sharp comedy about the New York ...

On his 82nd birthday, the first of a new series celebrating actors at the peak of their powers looks at Michael Palin’s turn as pig-stealing chiropodist Gilbert Chilvers in A Private Function.

The BFI Fellowship recognises Cruise’s achievements as an extraordinary, versatile actor and his huge contribution to the UK film industry as a producer.

It may not feature physical violence, but India Donaldson’s patient story of a teenage girl enduring the petty disputes and selfishness of her father and his best friend during a three-day hike is its ...

Outdated attitudes but also pioneering compassion abound in these 10 path-finding documentaries about mental health from the 1940s to the 1990s.