Chantal Akerman: The Rebel Who Shook Up Cinema Honoured With A Major BFI Celebration
Born in Brussels in 1950 and the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Chantal Akerman directed more than forty films (short, medium,…
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Cooking Price-Wise comes to Blu-ray
In one of the more unlikely releases in the past twelve months, we are getting a quite unique cooking course…
The Wages Of Fear – Preview
Based on the 1950 French novel Le Salaire de la peur and critically hailed upon its original release, The Wages…
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer – Preview
Following its UK theatrical release on 19 January to 4-star reviews, the new documentary Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer comes to…
BFI New releases for April and May
The home entertainment releases for April and May from the BFI have just been announced. They include the usual diverse…
It Couldn’t Happen Here Re-Release
The BFI has announced it is working with Pet Shop Boys on the forthcoming re-release of their feature film It…
When The Wind Blows
Up until fairly recently reviewing When The Wind Blows would have been approached from a very different point of view.…
The Wages Of Fear
Confession time. The Wages Of Fear is a movie that I have never seen. It has always been one of…
Charlie Chaplin: The Essanay Comedies
In 1914 Charlie Chaplin broke the mold for film stars. Up until that point stars were part of a roster…
Barbican Cinema – Conversations with Women in Film
The power of the moving image and its influence across the arts is celebrated by the Barbican throughout 2017 with…