Richard Pickard Lists

1 month ago | bfi.org.uk | Richard Pickard Lists |Richard Pickard |Mike Sutton |Joseph Fahim

Despite being one of the most popular genres with movie lovers, horror films have long struggled to make headway with the Academy. A visceral genre that ignites the senses, its best offerings hold up a mirror to the social order, yet scary movies are still largely overlooked in favour of the more palatable dramas and biopics which remain the ceremony’s bread and butter.

Aug 7, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Richard Pickard |Lou Thomas |Alex Barrett |Richard Pickard Lists

For a generation of cinemagoers, the films of Tim Burton were a beginner’s guide to the notion of an auteur and a catalyst for lifelong film fandom. There is arguably no other body of work more effective in speaking to a style and a sense of the person sat in the director’s chair, with Burton’s ability to blend the gloomy and frightful with the whimsical, capturing imaginations for almost 40 years.