James Childs

Mar 12, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Josh Slater-Williams |Jamie Dunn |Faye D. Effard |James Childs

“Something that’s problematic can still mean a lot in your development,” says one interviewee in the documentary Chasing Chasing Amy, from director Sav Rodgers. Growing up in Kansas, Rodgers had little exposure to positive portrayals of queer people in daily life.

Mar 8, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Jamie Dunn |Faye D. Effard |James Childs |Jez Stewart

Cinema is not short of stories about “that one summer that changed everything”, but Edge of Summer, the debut fiction film from Lucy Cohen, stands out from the pack in the way it weaves myth and reality to tell a dreamy tale exploring the liminal space between childhood and adulthood.

Mar 8, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Faye D. Effard |James Childs |Jez Stewart |Sam Wigley

In 1921, the Football Association told the public “the game of football is quite unsuitable for females”. Yet, 50 years later, an unofficial Women’s World Cup tournament went ahead in Mexico City. Despite threats of further fines and bans from FIFA, teams from England, France, Italy, Argentina, Denmark and Mexico arrived on their coaches, spilling out into the sunny Azteca Stadium where they were welcomed with warm enthusiasm by their hosts.

Mar 8, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | James Childs |James Bell |Thomas Flew |Georgia Korossi

How did you actually get the opportunity to direct? You were an assistant to D.W. Griffith, but did he just tell you to get behind a camera and start shooting? Well, the studio manager, Mr Woods… he kind of liked me because I was there early in the morning and I would stay till late at night, and was always around with Griffith. He called me and said they were going to give me a chance to direct. So and so of a picture, a nice tight little story. So he gave me a job.

Feb 14, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | James Bell |Jamie Dunn |Faye D. Effard |James Childs

The multiple Oscar nominations for Oppenheimer, together with box office of $1 billion, have confirmed the director’s unique ability to sell complex, cerebral themes to a mass audience. As he prepared to receive a BFI Fellowship for his outstanding contribution to cinema, he talked about filming physics, creative collaborations and the filmmakers who were his own greatest influences. 14 February 2024By James BellChristopher Nolan was eight years old when he first picked up a film camera.