‘Every time I see one of their films it leaves me with a deep emotional impact. Their work is unlike anything else I’ve seen. It’s modern, something new. For me, they made some beautiful films’ – ...

The BBC’s new and highly anticipated Sally Rooney adaptation Conversations with Friends, from Element Pictures, is due to air in May. Like the hugely successful Normal People, it explores the themes ...

From the smallest film format to the UK’s largest screen, comes the world premiere of the 25 best films of straight 8 2024. Each film is made ‘straight’ on one roll of super 8 film. Despite the ...

Powell and Pressburger produced a body of work at once daringly subversive, breathtakingly inventive and passionately romantic. ‘‘I’m always thinking about the Powell and Pressburger films when I’m ...

When it comes to television, it’s fair to say that Stephen Fry is a master of the medium. The writer, actor and comedian made his debut on our screens in the early 1980s and has been a fixture ever ...

Elegant, lyrical, meticulous and rich in resonance, the films of Víctor Erice are those of a supreme poet of the cinema. ‘My life and work have always been about watching films, analysing films, ...

Looking beyond the established classics, Martin Scorsese hand-picks a selection of his personal favourites from the history of British cinema. ‘For me, British cinema was formative. The best British ...

Posing the ultimate challenge in animation terms, it’s impossible to overestimate the level of patience, vision and pure artistry that goes into making the very best stop motion films. ‘What stop ...

Kes is both a local film, rooted in the South Yorkshire community it depicts and proudly held as part of its cultural heritage, and a global cultural artefact, with deeply felt universal themes of ...