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Director Mike Flanagan has proved himself to be King’s most sympathetic interpreter on film with The Life of Chuck, the story of a man’s life in three acts, told backwards.
The British director returns to the lo-fi stylings of his early work with a multiverse sci-fi starring four characters in search of a narrative form.
Ten titles showcasing bold, inventive and distinctive filmmaking compete for Best Film at the 2025 BFI London Film Festival Awards.
Writer-director Anthony Schatteman’s film about a blossoming romance between two Belgian teenage boys has few surprises, but there’s something to admire in its relentless positivity.
This week we go back in time to the 1950s and 60s to explore the Archive's pioneering past and look ahead to Heritage Open Day.
Among a number of post-war British films testing the stereotypically wholesome depiction of mothers and daughters, The Woman in the Hall features Jean Simmons playing a young woman who is driven to ...
Mike Flanagan’s latest Stephen King adaptation eschews horror for a life-affirming take on the end of the world. Stars Tom Hiddleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor spoke to us about their favourite King ...
Becoming one of the iconic faces of the swinging 60s, Stamp worked with Fellini, Pasolini and Ken Loach and was branded “the most beautiful man in the world” before leaving the limelight altogether.
Packed with notes, sketches and Polaroids, this shooting script for Sally Potter’s film of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando illustrates the complexity of one of cinema’s undersung roles: the script supervisor ...