As Chicken Run turns 25, we place Aardman’s classic within a history of British animated feature films. They don’t come along very often, but when they do they can be very special.

Ole Gerster’s acclaimed Canary Islands-set thriller, starring Sam Riley as a tennis coach, will be in cinemas from 12 September and on BFI Player from 27 October.

Shot through with beauty and joy, Lollipop is a story of motherhood in a broken system told in the urgent tradition of Ken Loach and Clio Barnard. Director Daisy-May Hudson tells us how the film is ...

Dean Eschler and Lori Hurley, who worked with David Lynch on different seasons of Twin Peaks, recall the pleasures of collaborating with the great director: his infectious sense of wonder, his bold ...

Made at the height of the swinging 60s, this chilling psychological thriller transforms ordinary cityscapes into a haunting reflection of its main character’s unravelling mind. We went in search of ...

The second edition of the BFI’s Film on Film Festival takes place at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, and includes a rare showing of an original print of Star Wars, among other treasures.

Known for his idiosyncratic tales of yakuza and swordsmen, the great Takeshi Kitano has now made a period epic exploring queer desire among samurai in 1500s Japan. Following Kubi’s UK premiere, we ...

When Paul Verhoeven’s divisive Vegas melodrama first arrived in UK cinemas, critic Claire Monk was unconvinced by its relentless ‘tits-in-your-face’ voyeurism and flawed ideas about women’s sexual ...

Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka has been appointed as the BFI ’s Professor in Practice.

Published in partnership with CoSTAR universities Goldsmiths, Loughborough and Edinburgh, the report provides a roadmap for the UK screen sector to scale-up and benefit from global opportunities.

We visit the veteran British screenwriter at his home to reflect on the Julie Christie film that helped kickstart swinging London, his encounters with Kubrick, and the great fun he’s had writing ...