https://www.bfi.org.uk/articles Discover the latest from the BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image. 77c7db8c-af44-4ba4-90ca-b68a8d58e304 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-queer-american-underground-features-1970s With the woozy erotic fantasia Pink Narcissus now restored and back out in the world, we dive into the outrageous, transgressive world of the 1970s midnight movie with a selection of films set to shock, scandalise and titillate. Sophia Satchell-Baeza Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 44970c3e-cd50-4e4e-a50a-eb6b1d2040a3 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/toy-story-5-screen-time-overtakes-creative-play-pixars-imaginative-tear-jerker Despite its overstuffed plot, this return to the franchise is guaranteed to break hearts all over again as the toys fight for imagination and relevance in a world of screen-addicted children. Leigh Singer Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 9ad329e1-6fd9-465d-a012-141328818c90 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/paris-amelie-locations The biggest French film of its era, Amélie conjures a world of wonder and good deeds out of the adventures of a shy café worker. Quarter of a century on, we went looking for the original locations. Adam Scovell Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT a9da16dd-475d-49c9-8ee8-a7f64c145b1e https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/news/inside-archive-73-from-west-london-north-west-morocco This month, we report back from FIAF Congress, revel in the delights of San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and explore the restoration of a Lino Brocka masterpiece. Milo Holmes Bryony Dixon Ros Cranston Alex Prideaux Selma Kerlow Elena Nepoti Natasha Fairbairn Katrina Stokes Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 0a38ae0c-26e5-4334-84dc-54441c7bdedd https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/death-becomes-visconti Notorious for their opulence and melodramatic flair, the later works of Luchino Visconti astound us with the inexplicable, argued Michael Wood in this May 2003 feature. Michael Wood Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 6279eb90-f067-4e27-99c6-2828938e30d7 https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/features/object-week-do-not-adjust-your-set Before revolutionising TV comedy with Monty Python, many of the same team formed the gang behind Do Not Adjust Your Set, a madcap sketch show that blazed a trail of satire and silliness. These promotional shots capture youthful Pythons alongside David Jason and Denise Coffey. Lisa Kerrigan Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3a0918a4-ec17-4a92-b379-c884fa99d333 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/dry-leaf-alexandre-koberidzes-low-res-road-movie-quietly-political-ode-ordinary The Georgian director invites us to try a new way of seeing in a subdued low-tech portrait of a post-Soviet nation between two worlds, shot on a 2008 Sony Ericsson phone. Joseph Fahim Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 5ca3ef79-2ccd-4a4d-b56a-a0bf6126b893 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/no-strings-attached-puppets-film-season From Miss Piggy to E.T. and Basil Brush, this summer we’re celebrating the craft of puppeteers with a mix of family favourites, cult classics and boundary-pushing comedy. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT acc7c8ab-a276-4fb2-8bf7-ea767510a237 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/familiar-touch-lovingly-told-coming-old-age-film Director Sarah Friedland explores the human mind in all its frailness and glory with her exquisite drama about a woman with dementia adjusting to a new life at an assisted living facility. Ela Bittencourt Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 79f4f174-7b34-4169-8936-bf35892b491d https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/nino-young-mans-world-rocked-cancer-diagnosis-poignant-french-new-wave-inspired-drama Pauline Loquès’s moving film essentially begins where Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) left off, with a protagonist that is facing a cancer diagnosis, watching the world turn in the knowledge that their relationship to it is utterly changed. Catherine Wheatley Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 5c5f12a9-6a60-4708-8c93-2e473133a0ba https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/interviews/tim-barry-music-videos-grime Guerrilla image‑makers Tim & Barry helped define grime’s look in the early years of the new millennium. As a selection of their work enters the BFI National Archive, we spoke to them about turning street‑level collaboration into a visual language that carried a local scene to global reach. Will Swinburne Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 02b53550-c5ed-4b1e-a17e-e252bcef45a9 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/private-life-jodie-foster-anchors-this-elegant-underpowered-parisian-mystery Rebecca Zlotowski’s psychological thriller flirts with darker territory before settling into a slight caper, enlivened by the wit and warmth of Jodie Foster’s rapport with Daniel Auteuil. Philip Concannon Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 059a878d-8451-4f7c-a74b-2fbd540a66fd https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/blue-heron-grief-not-problem-be-solved-sophy-romvaris-bittersweet-debut The Canadian-Hungarian director restages her childhood experiences to devastating effect in a semi-autobiographical feature that explores the painful paradox of memory. Ian Wang Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 94ae0d0b-35be-47e2-bc7a-147b1ed63561 https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/independent-film-sustainability-handbook A UK industry first, the bespoke toolkit for independent film provides free, accessible and achievable guides to reducing the environmental impact of film productions. BFI also announces it will fund dedicated sustainability consultants on BFI features. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT c470c631-669d-4a35-9350-80592d70b4d5 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/bigger-splash-reviewed-1975-david-hockney Reviewing Jack Hazan’s intimate 1973 portrait of David Hockney, who has died at 88, Philip French admired a revealing snapshot of the image-bound emotional life that underpinned Hockney’s paintings. Philip French Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT bb1bf1a9-e71d-4091-af0b-00eeb6d93445 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/cactus-pears-gentle-exploration-queer-identities-rural-india In Rohan Kanawade’s tender debut, a closeted gay man finds solace in the company of an old flame as he returns to his ancestral village for his father’s funeral. Srikanth Srinivasan Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT d81e155d-ada1-4679-b1aa-ef6c7070f667 https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/fall-of-sir-douglas-weatherford-sean-robert-dunn In The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, Peter Mullan stars as a lonely tour guide whose grip on reality slips when a Game of Thrones-style TV production transforms his hometown into a spectacle. Debut director Sean Robert Dunn tells us about his melancholic satire. Katherine McLaughlin Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 39f90a9c-b470-49ad-a325-b45756cad213 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-football-films-21st-century Big dreams, bad tackles, beautiful goals... as World Cup 2026 kicks off in North America, we look back over some of the best football films made since the millennium. Katherine McLaughlin Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 57af3292-de95-40ae-9dce-686cdad0061d https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mike-leigh-secrets-lies-london-locations-locations-look-today Three decades after it won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, we went looking for the locations where Mike Leigh shot his bittersweet drama about an adopted daughter reconnecting with her birth mother. Adam Scovell Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT c4ea2f5d-3f3c-4a48-8b4d-b930b78fad06 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/interviews/close-encounter-with-steven-spielberg In our Spring 1977 issue, we joined Spielberg on the set of his fourth feature, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, to discuss UFOs, casting François Truffaut and the primal elements of his box office smash Jaws. Richard Combs Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT 28665717-1b60-4ae6-a533-7fe70196cc20 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/effi-o-blaenau-fierce-portrait-resilience-north-wales Leisa Gwenllian gives a remarkable performance in Marc Evans' Welsh-language film adaptation of the one-woman play Iphigenia in Splott, a story of survival set in the slate quarry town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Becca Voelcker Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT ae3317a1-82a3-49fa-828b-ec2e770ad283 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/news/sight-sound-summer-2026-issue On the cover: 21st-century sci-fi special – from dystopias to dreamworlds, the essential science-fiction films of the millennium so far Inside: Cannes bulletin including interviews with Sandra Hüller and Bruce Dern, Sumitra Peries interviewed by Mark Cousins and we revisit David Robinson's 1966 visit to the set of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 8c8e74f0-11d5-4be5-a4fb-734c3bfc9832 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/dreamed-adventure-valeska-grisebachs-haunting-slow-burn-western-unearths-dirty-dealings-rural-bulgaria As in Grisebach’s 2017 film Western, the battle here is a lawless one over land and resources as a tough archaeologist tries to protect her work site from an interfering mafioso. Savina Petkova Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 012b2053-17b5-41e4-a4a0-055dc3cd900a https://www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-archive/features/inside-1959-fan-magazine-marilyn-monroe In her centenary year, look inside a British fan magazine which reveals how Marilyn Monroe was packaged at the height of her fame – balancing the intimate promise of her ‘real’ life with the carefully curated allure of a global icon. Tamar Jeffers-McDonald Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT b7903856-3d0a-4e97-827a-60a15c8b551f https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/time-water-icelands-vanishing-glaciers-haunt-this-moving-climate-essay In Sara Dosa and Andri Snær Magnason’s lyrical documentary, Iceland’s vanishing glaciers become a haunting measure of family memory, deep time and climate catastrophe. Rachel Pronger Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 7caa6d2e-a37c-49a9-8589-5b6ca5b7d228 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/disclosure-day-spielbergs-tense-alien-conspiracy-thriller-derailed-sentimental-detours Steven Spielberg’s alien whistleblowing sci-fi has masterly action sequences and an effortless performance from Emily Blunt but lacks the awe and spectacle that Close Encounters and A.I. attained with their glimpses of the unknown. Kate Stables Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 19cb85bf-947f-4070-bcb9-ac74b0e6a334 https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/film-fate-helped-make-classic-misfits It had Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift. It was directed by John Huston from a script by Arthur Miller. But all that alone might not have been enough to make The Misfits an enduringly fascinating film. Tragic destiny played its part too… Geoff Andrew Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT 534dfa50-185f-4a25-bb93-73d5f2e7b2df https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/bitter-christmas-pedro-almodovar-makes-himself-butt-joke-slippery-meta-drama A creatively challenged writer-director is writing a screenplay about a creatively challenged writer-director in an entertaining self-reflexive experiment from the Spanish great that feels like a stopgap made with one eye on the next feature. Jessica Kiang Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 811a3b0c-e6c5-418f-84ed-7a55fbe8e755 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/reservoir-cops-quentin-tarantino-rip Writing exclusively for Sight and Sound, Tarantino sings the praises of Joe Carnahan's thriller The Rip, which puts the heat on Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's cops in a cartel stash house. It's an achievement savvy enough to show the most jaded of genre buffs that Hollywood can still make 'em like it did in the 1970s glory days. Quentin Tarantino Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT a3c484b2-34ec-42e9-b207-daeade9a3949 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-brazilian-films-directed-women While the global spotlight usually falls on Brazil’s male auteurs, the country’s rich cinematic history also pulses with vital, pioneering work by women. This selection spans decades of bold female filmmaking. Rafa Sales Ross Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT