A fixture in the critical canon almost since its premiere, Eisenstein’s film about a 1905 naval mutiny was revolutionary in both form and content. Battleship Potemkin is renowned for its dynamic ...

The Italian director Francesco Sossai’s boozy road movie avoids grand epiphanies, instead painting a leisurely textured portrait of desolate spaces, and day to day living.

Andy Mundy Castle's thoughtful documentary follows British photographer Misan Harriman as he examines the clash between documenting injustice and earning social currency from it.

For as long as there have been dinner parties, astute observers have been attuned to that most cinematic of dinner party ingredients: drama. Seat a group of people – whether close-knit or barely ...

In its 40th anniversary year, explore the rich legacy of the ever-evolving BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol are the comedian-filmmakers behind hit web series and TV show Nirvanna the Band. In their anarchic new big-screen mockumentary, they go back to the future in a film ...

Otherworldly visitors meet radical homegrown visions in a July line-up spanning sci-fi classics, Free Cinema landmarks and early Peter Weir gems.

Director Craig Gillespie’s addition to the DC Universe remains faithful to its comic book roots, but the cosmic adventure lacks colour and conviction. Craig Gillespie (whose previous works include ...

The new BFI Governors are Tanya Cordrey, Mark Herbert, Ganan Kanagathurai, Hakan Kousetta, Ryan Prince and Jane Tranter (Wales Governor).

Tanigaki Kenji’s The Furious turns a familiar missing-child revenge plot into a relentless martial-arts showcase starring Xie Miao and Joe Taslim.

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie turns their old cult DIY comedy web series into a time-travelling Toronto adventure.

Best and Last hits cinemas this week, we revisit the franchise’s first big-screen offering, which our critic found both “pathologically puerile” and charmingly loose. From our March 2003 issue.