Maha Albadrawi

2 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Maha Albadrawi |David Parkinson |Adam Nayman |Andy Medhurst

Martin Scorsese occupies a rarefied position on the internet these days: part elder statesman of film (on Letterboxd), part TikTok dad (to Francesca), and always good for an 8 to 12 minute YouTube sit-down. But in 2019, he found himself on the wrong side of internet ire when he compared Marvel films to theme parks. It was a throwaway comment in a longread about his career and upcoming film, The Irishman (2019).

Aug 2, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Jez Stewart |Leigh Singer |Maha Albadrawi |Neil Young

Britain’s rich history of stop motion filmmaking stretches back to the earliest years of cinema. There is no clear origin point, but between roughly 1906 and 1908 a range of enterprising pioneers around the world began to adapt the internal workings of movie cameras to capture frames individually rather than in rapid-fire sequence.

Jul 31, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Leigh Singer |Maha Albadrawi |Neil Young |Kristina Tarasova

“I was in Tbilisi, Georgia where I saw a cartoon mascot of a rooster running with a roast chicken on a plate,” recalls Robin McNicholas, the director of immersive exhibition specialists Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF). “And I remember thinking, it’s so weird, like celebrating cannibalism. How is this possibly a tantalizing offer to buy something inside this particular takeaway?

Jul 29, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Maha Albadrawi |Neil Young |Kristina Tarasova |Stephen Morgan

Sixty years old this year, Richard Lester’s musical comedy – in which The Beatles good-naturedly weather the storm of their early fame – helped establish the idea of a pop star persona. Through the Fab Four to Take That, One Direction and Taylor Swift, the lines between public and private, star and fan, reality and fantasy have been blurry ever since. 29 July 2024About halfway through A Hard Day’s Night (1964), George Harrison gets lost in a TV studio.