-
2 months ago | 
bfi.org.uk | Lou Thomas |Xavier Alexandre Pillai |Sam Wigley
Playwright and theatre director Nadia Fall’s auspicious career has led her from some of the most revered venues in Britain to become artistic director at the Young Vic. At the National, her productions included The Doctor’s Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw and two with Michaela Coel: Fall’s own play Home (2013) and Coel’s Chewing Gum Dreams (2014).
-
2 months ago | 
bfi.org.uk | Xavier Alexandre Pillai |Lou Thomas |Sam Wigley
Inspired by a treasure trove of archive healthcare films in the BFI National Archive, three filmmaking teams were tasked with making new short films tackling modern stories of the National Health Service. Xavier Pillai finds out more. 28 January 2025To mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS in 2023, the BFI joined forces with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to create three films that used archive footage as inspiration to tell the untold stories of our National Health Service.
-
2 months ago | 
bfi.org.uk | Xavier Alexandre Pillai |Lou Thomas |Sam Wigley
Inspired by a treasure trove of archive healthcare films in the BFI National Archive, three filmmaking teams were tasked with making new short films tackling modern stories of the National Health Service. Xavier Pillai finds out more. 28 January 2025To mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS in 2023, the BFI joined forces with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to create three films that used archive footage as inspiration to tell the untold stories of our National Health Service.
-
Nov 7, 2024 | 
bfi.org.uk | Lisa Kerrigan |Michael Norman |Chantelle Lavel Boyea |Xavier Alexandre Pillai
In 2022, the BFI National Archive announced a partnership with Netflix for a selection of their shows to be preserved as part of the national collection. Two years on, we look at highlights from the selections so far, and the technology behind preserving them. 7 November 2024Television has been transformed in the last decade.
-
Dec 21, 2023 | 
bfi.org.uk | Omar Ahmed |David Parkinson |Matthew Thrift |Xavier Alexandre Pillai
As the release of Dunki ends a banner year for Shah Rukh Khan, we round up some of the most memorable films from one of Bollywood’s biggest stars. 21 December 2023By Omar AhmedThere’s no consensus in Indian cinema except about the abiding virtuosity of Shah Rukh Khan. Bollywood royalty since the early 1990s, Khan is one of the globe’s biggest film stars, with more than 90 films to his name. His stardom is mercurial, spectacular and undeniably sensual.
-
Dec 20, 2023 | 
bfi.org.uk | David Parkinson |Matthew Thrift |Xavier Alexandre Pillai |Sam Wigley
Time to plan your festive viewing... 20 December 2023By David ParkinsonOnce upon a Yuletide, when there were only four channels, it was a doddle to choose which films to watch on television over the festive period. Nowadays, it’s not so easy, with streaming platforms adding to the temptations available on cable, satellite and free-to-air channels. No wonder the Radio Times weighs more than the Christmas pud.
-
Dec 14, 2023 | 
bfi.org.uk | Matthew Thrift |Xavier Alexandre Pillai |Sam Wigley |Georgina Guthrie
Before Michael Mann’s Ferrari speeds into cinemas, we test drive 10 of its fiercest competitors in the car-racing movie stakes. 14 December 2023By Matthew ThriftThe motor racing movie is beginning to have something of a moment, the starting grid already populated with star vehicles ready to burn some rubber. If you wondered how director Joseph Kosinski was intending to follow up his megahit Top Gun: Maverick (2022), the answer lies in the forthcoming, Brad Pitt-led Formula One extravaganza, Apex.
-
Dec 13, 2023 | 
bfi.org.uk | Sam Wigley |Georgina Guthrie |Xavier Alexandre Pillai |Josephine Botting
From The Reckoning to The Enfield Poltergeist: BFI curators pick their TV-watching highlights of the year. 13 December 2023By Xavier Alexandre Pillai, Josephine Botting, Chantelle Lavel Boyea, Ros Cranston, Bryony Dixon, Steven Foxon, Mandeep Kaur-Lakhan, Lisa Kerrigan, Kathleen Luckey, Simon McCallum, Patrick RussellWhen we were compiling this year’s list, our team of curators found we collectively had a much sharper memory for what occurred on screen due to off-screen behaviour.
-
Dec 13, 2023 | 
bfi.org.uk | Sam Wigley |Georgina Guthrie |Xavier Alexandre Pillai |Josephine Botting
From The Reckoning to The Enfield Poltergeist: BFI curators select their TV-watching highlights of the year.
-
Dec 7, 2023 | 
bfi.org.uk | Georgina Guthrie |Matthew Thrift |Xavier Alexandre Pillai |Sam Wigley
What is a Christmas film? The heated debate around Die Hard’s inclusion proves the genre’s a broad church, and one that evolves with the times. Trends come and go, but one book in particular (no, not the Bible) has indelibly shaped the genre. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge transforms from town crank to local philanthropist after learning ‘the meaning of Christmas’ via a trio of ghosts.
