Highlights from more than 125 years of homegrown Christmas movies, from Cash on Demand to Brazil.

Born in Sunderland 100 years ago, Norden is little known today, but she exuded glamour and confidence in a string of ‘bad girl’ and femme fatale roles in post-war British cinema.

RaMell Ross‘ lyrical adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel adopts the point of view of two teens in a brutal 1960s reform school, asking the audience not to simply observe their reality, but feel it.

Of course, they’re all worth revisiting or discovering with younger family members. As are Casablanca (1942) and The Big Sleep (1946), which are back on the Beeb on Boxing Day. But, this year, they ...

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh are a couple whose relationship we experience across three timelines in the new film from the director of Brooklyn, John Crowley. He explains how Nic Roeg movies ...

Thirty years on from The Wrong Trousers, the ultimate claymation villain Feathers McGraw is back, and this time he has an army of evil gnome robots.

It‘s time to eat, drink and be merry, but not before spending stressful hours sweating over a hot stove. Throughout their history video games have turned the panic of food prep into something fun.

In our 1959 summer and autumn issue, Jonas Mekas, the then editor of the American magazine Film Culture, reports from the inside, as it were, on new trends in the non-Hollywood American cinema.

From The Handmaiden to Frances Ha, a new collection on BFI Player – curated in partnership with Sofas & Stuff – draws together the ’uncommon threads’ that make festive season special.

It’s always a wonderful thing as a programmer when the films you’ve selected begin to speak to each other. Reflecting on the feature films that my colleagues and I programmed for this year’s BFI ...

Director Michael Gracey’s portrayal of a young Robbie Williams’ rise to pop stardom resembles countless other music biopics, only here, the star is presented matter-of-factly as a chimpanzee. A ...

Announcing highlights from our cultural programme for next year, including film seasons, festivals, re-releases and home entertainment. Sight and Sound: the Winter 2024-25 issue ...