A swashbuckling adventure leads BFI Player's August line-up, alongside a stunning homegrown debut and suite of Sophia Loren classics.

Two siblings are taken into the care of Laura, a foster parent obsessed with bringing her deceased child back to life, in Danny and Michael Philippou’s impressive follow-up to 2022’s Talk to Me.

To celebrate Helen Mirren’s 80th birthday, Kate Stables hails her extraordinary 2006 metamorphosis into Queen Elizabeth II – “a human submarine with her emotions and personality largely submerged”.

Created for the Christopher Reeve version of Superman, this 20-foot-long painting creates a wondrous impression of the landscapes around the globe that Lois and Superman witness on their first magical ...

Mentees will be paid the London Living Wage for work produced during the LFF and will have full press accreditation for the 12-day duration of the LFF (8-19 October 2025). Mentees from outside London ...

Here are 10 great films from directors who – whether voluntarily or not – were one and done.

The Spanish director’s ever-evolving approach to on-screen relationships has led him to The Other Way Around, an upside-down rom com that begins with a break-up.

The magic of Charles Laughton's Southern gothic one-off may be in Mitchum's willing flamboyance, argued David Thomson in our April 1999 issue ...

Tragedy draws successful German orchestra conductor Tom back to his complicated family in a bleak three-hour saga from Matthias Glasner that finds hope in the darkest of places.

The Congolese director blends a bit of Speed (1994) and Saw (2004) for a lightweight but exciting story of two unlucky Americans who wake up in Dakar with bombs strapped to their chests.

It’s a pleasure to watch the super-charged dynamics of the Fantastic Four, but attempts to fit this retrofuturistic family unit into the wider ‘Marvel cinematic universe’ feel clumsy.

More hidden gems, chosen by critics and filmmakers including Steven Soderbergh, Jane Schoenbrun and Asif Kapadia. Inside: B. Ruby Rich on Sorry, Baby, Peter Sellers at 100, Stephanie Rothman’s ...