Across a filmmaking career spanning more than five decades, Wiseman – who has died at 96 – refined a uniquely austere, quietly radical form of documentary cinema. Working without narration, interviews ...

This generic supernatural slasher is perhaps too reflexive for its own good, but Dafne Keen and Sophie Nélisse's watchable dynamic adds some freshness.

Doc Society renewed as delegate partner to fund features, shorts and to invest in talent development through the BFI Doc Society Fund.

A Hong Kong violinist grapples with visions of her future self in a meandering drama where resonant moments are few and far between.

In his new book The World of Black Film, writer and programmer Ashley Clark widens the canon of Black cinema and presents a global selection of vital filmmaking. Ahead of a weekend of related ...

Riz Ahmed is exciting to watch and completely in command of his material in Aneil Karia’s east-London set version of Shakespeare’s tragedy, but this lean modern update lacks surprises and political ...

Emerald Fennell loves films that provoke a reaction, as her list of influences on “Wuthering Heights” goes to show. She talks us through seven films that – like Emily Brontë’s novel – are sure to ...

This week, get to know the BFI National Archive apprentices and how their placements are helping to shape the future of the UK’s screen heritage.

Director Amy Berg gathers interviews with Jeff Buckley’s friends and family, detaching the musician from the legends that surround his life and premature death, and instead showing the free-spirited ...

Director Peter Browngardt’s feature-length Looney Tunes movie captures the early inventiveness of these cartoon creations, sidelining Bugs to show off the great comedic talents of Daffy Duck and Porky ...

Akinola Davies Jr’s remarkable debut feature captures a turning point in Nigerian history from a child's perspective. Here, he discusses the roles Jim Henson, Adam Curtis and his mother played in ...

Bart Layton’s throwback LA heist movie starring Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry and Mark Ruffalo clearly models itself on Michael Mann’s Heat, and ends up more tepid.