Erotic thriller Night Stage and road trip movie Dreams in Nightmares both have their UK premieres at the festival.

When Richard Linklater’s meandering modern romance first arrived in UK cinemas, critic John Wrathall was taken with the central characters, but felt its talky format was stretched too thin.

He made two towering classics of modern cinema and became the vital chronicler of urban malaise in contemporary Taiwan. But where to start with Taiwan New Cinema giant Edward Yang?

A teen whose synaesthesia allows her to see the colour of people’s souls finds lasting friendships by forming a band in Yamada Naoko’s impressionistic anime feature.

In 1952, the Sight and Sound team had the novel idea of asking critics to name the greatest films of all time. The tradition became decennial, increasing in size and prestige as the decades passed.

Every decade since 1992, Sight and Sound has complemented its celebrated critics’ poll by formally sounding out the world’s leading directors on the ten films they believe to be the greatest of all ...

The Young Vic’s artistic director tells us about her debut feature – the story of two teenage friends who run away from Britain on a journey to Syria – which has just been unveiled at Sundance.

BFI policy aims to avoid or stop discrimination in the BFI’s employment practices against individuals and groups on grounds which are illegal, unjustifiable or unacceptable. This statement relates to ...

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 ...

In praise of Pam Grier in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown ...

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives a fearless performance in Mike Leigh’s empathetic portrait of the outrageously hostile Pansy, whose hardened façade masks a real fragility.