James Bell

London

Senior Curator and Editor at BFI

Senior Curator of Fiction @BFI National Archive. Formerly of @sightsoundmag. Editor of BFI Compendium series. Programmer of BFI Southbank ‘Deep Focus’ seasons

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Bill Nighy on his IVF origin story Joy: “This was an opportunity to put a bomb under the male tendency to bewilderingly underestimate women”

Nov 14, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Lou Thomas |Sinead Gleeson |James Bell |Thomas Flew

From stoned rabbit to Scottish octopus, vampire to the voice of a goose, policeman to zombie stepdad, Bill Nighy’s storied career has seen him play a diverse mix of parts. His performance as a cancer-stricken town planner in Living (2022) – a wistful remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 classic Ikiru – garnered a best actor Oscar nomination. His latest role sees him tackle another refined older gent under pressure, the pioneering obstetrician Patrick Steptoe.
“The scale of any project is secondary - it’s always about the quality of the writing”: Cillian Murphy on Small Things like These

Nov 5, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Sinead Gleeson |James Bell |Thomas Flew |Georgia Korossi

The actor’s first film since Oppenheimer is a quiet, pained drama about the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, where young pregnant women were sent to work and their babies were sold for adoption. Updated: 5 November 2024After the huge success of Oppenheimer, which has included Oscar, Bafta, Sag and Golden Globe wins for Cillian Murphy, many were curious to know where the actor would go next.
Bell & Brookman: 3 things to know about responding to online reviews

Oct 23, 2024 | theindianalawyer.com | James Bell |Adam Brookman

Listen to this story 0:00 0:00 Loading audio file, please wait. 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 Pop quiz: Potential clients choose lawyers based on A) The lawyers’ reputation and stature in the community; B) “Vibes” the lawyer emits into the atmosphere; or C) Whether the lawyer has more 4+ star ratings than Mel’s Diner?
Clio Barnard on directing Sherwood series 2: “The thing that television can do is create a national conversation”

Sep 10, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Lou Thomas |Sam Wigley |Adam Scovell |James Bell

With its deftly plotted combination of police procedural, intimate (criminal) family drama and local politics, Sherwood was a hit with viewers and critics in 2022 – and has just returned for its second series in a coveted primetime evening slot on BBC One. Using his Nottinghamshire upbringing and the region’s real-life recent social history as inspiration, the show finds writer James Graham investigating how an area and its people tackle its post-industrial era.
How we made The Third Man: ”Welles came out with the line about the ‘cuckoo clock’. Nobody knew what was going to come out of his mouth”

Sep 6, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Sam Wigley |Adam Scovell |James Bell

What was your role on The Third Man? Angela Allen: I was the second unit continuity girl. Today the title continuity has become script supervisor. We did some day shots and then we were the sewer unit shooting plates down there. And if an actor was involved, Carol Reed always came over to direct it. Whether he’d been on night work or day work, he was 24 hours a day on it.
Martin Scorsese and Edgar Wright on British Cinema

Aug 28, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | James Bell |Adam Scovell |James BellInterviews

‘Martin Scorsese Selects Hidden Gems of British Cinema’ runs at BFI Southbank, London, until 8 October. Many of the titles will screen from 35mm prints in the BFI National Archive, including a rare nitrate screening of Went the Day Well? on 23 September. A selection of the films will also stream on BFI Player from September. It’s been said that even if Martin Scorsese had never picked up a camera, he would still have become one of the world’s great teachers of film.
Starve Acre and its roots in 1970s folk horror: “Stranger things were being made on television at the time, frankly”

Aug 28, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Adam Scovell |Sam Wigley |James Bell

Based on the novel by award-winning horror writer Andrew Michael Hurley, Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre is the latest film in the new wave of British folk horror that has swept across the country’s genre cinema over the last decade. A tale of grief, ritual and summoning, the film harkens back to the atmospheres found in now classic examples of the genre from British film and TV of the 1970s, focusing on the landscapes and eeriness that first brought them to prominence.
A tailor-made luxury Bali holiday

Aug 8, 2024 | aluxurytravelblog.com | James Bell

Bali is a destination fit for those seeking warm Balinese welcomes, breath taking resorts, adventure, delicious local cuisine and beautiful beaches. This island really does have it all! With an endless choice of beach paradises at your fingertips it’s no wonder you don’t want to settle for just any sandy waterfront. If you and your other half or family want a pinch of adventure and a time to relax on the beach, you only need to look at the island paradise of Bali.
James J. Bell: Things to know about time machines, avoiding unworthy clients

Jul 1, 2024 | theindianalawyer.com | James Bell

Listen to this story This audio file is brought to you by 0:00 0:00 Loading audio file, please wait. 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 There are times in the practice of law when a lawyer wishes he or she had a time machine. Those times can occur when the lawyer realizes that he or she should have never taken the case he or she is working on.
Letter to the editor: High time that Montana recognizes value of YNP wolves

Mar 21, 2024 | bozemandailychronicle.com | James Bell

On March 14 the Bozeman Chronicle published an excellent article titled "Hampered Hunting", on how the lack of snow hurts Yellowstone wolves winter hunting season. This article illuminated the extraordinary group of people who work for the Yellowstone Wolf Project. Over decades hundreds of dedicated public servants have worked tirelessly for the success of this remarkable program. Yellowstone National Park is the best place on earth for visitors to see a wolf in the wild.

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Articles

Bill Nighy on his IVF origin story Joy: “This was an opportunity to put a bomb under the male tendency to bewilderingly underestimate women”

“The scale of any project is secondary - it’s always about the quality of the writing”: Cillian Murphy on Small Things like These

Bell & Brookman: 3 things to know about responding to online reviews

Clio Barnard on directing Sherwood series 2: “The thing that television can do is create a national conversation”

How we made The Third Man: ”Welles came out with the line about the ‘cuckoo clock’. Nobody knew what was going to come out of his mouth”

Martin Scorsese and Edgar Wright on British Cinema

Starve Acre and its roots in 1970s folk horror: “Stranger things were being made on television at the time, frankly”

A tailor-made luxury Bali holiday

James J. Bell: Things to know about time machines, avoiding unworthy clients

Letter to the editor: High time that Montana recognizes value of YNP wolves

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