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 ...

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 ...

The BFI today announces the Future Film Programme – a year-round initiative to support and showcase young curators and programmers.

Every story is a gamble in these 10 films capturing the glitz and grit of Sin City – celebrating 30 years since Paul Verhoeven’s notorious backstage satire Showgirls.

Starring Ana de Armas as an assassin, the latest addition to the John Wick universe features lacklustre action, heavy-handed storytelling and underwhelming performances.

Chronicling the Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment, this rousing documentary captures the impact of and responses to student solidarity with Palestine without getting caught up in polemics ...

The intense relationship between newlyweds Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jackson (Robert Pattinson) drastically unravels after the birth of their baby in Lynne Ramsay’s ferociously maximalist ...

A new restoration of Herzog and Kinski’s second collaboration, Nosferatu the Vampyre, is out on 4K UHD and Blu-ray in September. Kinski’s performance created one of cinema’s iconic vampires, and the ...

In our September 2023 issue, Lyonne spoke about the limitations of AI in filmmaking and the related risk of worker exploitation.

On the centenary of his birth, we take a closer look at a fork-in-the-road moment in Tony Curtis’s career: the time he played the nauseating serial killer at the centre of Richard Fleischer’s The ...

The BFI produces official statistics on the UK film industry and other screen sectors. Statistics are released at 9:30am on the dates below. Official statistics are released in accordance with the ...