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Sight and Sound

Film

Offers insightful reviews, filmmaker interviews, star profiles, movie listicles, and industry news from the international film scene.

29 issues
Title Type Published
How Sam Neill’s 1990s documentary Cinema of Unease reckoned with New Zealand’s film history Beloved for his roles in films from Dead Calm to Jurassic Park, Sam Neill – who has died age... Article Yesterday
Claude Chabrol celebrated with BFI Southbank season, re-release of La Femme infidèle, BFI Player collection and BFI Blu-ray releases Our season of Chabrol’s cool, deliciously wicked thrillers runs at BFI Southbank from 1 Sept... Article 2d ago
Chronically online criticism: how we’re archiving the video essay boom Pithy, playful, provocative – video essays have emerged as a major form of cultural commenta... Article 2d ago
“He rendered the foreign familiar without ever stripping it of its soul”: Wong Kar Wai, Bong Joon Ho and more on Tony Rayns Filmmakers from Bong Joon Ho to John Woo pay tribute to the critic, curator and translator T... Article 5d ago
Evil Dead Burn: the franchise returns with fire, fury and family dysfunction A funeral at a secluded vacation house becomes a battleground of grief, resentment and demon... Article 6d ago
10 great Sri Lankan films As Sumitra Peries’s remarkable 1978 coming-of-age drama The Girls returns in a new restorati... Article 6d ago
Tony Rayns (1948 to 2026) The British critic and programmer was a world renowned expert in East Asian cinema, helping... Article 1w ago
John Waters on restoring Hairspray and Desperate Living: “The mistakes are part of the charm” His biggest popular success and one of his darkest comedies are arriving in the Criterion Co... Article 1w ago
Three weeks, two lovers, one shelved film: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s forgotten blackmail drama 21 Days Made just before Vivien Leigh took the role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind, and as... Article 1w ago
How to train a kestrel: the original notes from the making of Kes These production notes reveal how Ken Loach’s commitment to authenticity connected Billy Cas... Article 1w ago
Sumitra Peries’s The Girls: how a landmark Sri Lankan film captures the agony of girlhood A groundbreaking Sri Lankan film with a uniquely feminine perspective, The Girls (Gehenu Lam... Article 9mo ago
Lonesome tonight: Tony Rayns and Edward Yang on A Brighter Summer Day Gang feuds, a troubled teenage romance and political paranoia in 1960 Taiwan are mixed in Ed... Article 2y ago