In November 2025, we ran a short session in collaboration with Youth Beyond Borders ( YBB ), a social enterprise dedicated to fostering connections and mutual understanding between young creative ...

Five ‘Lynchian’ films that pre-date Lynch’s work, and five modern films that share fascinating connections with his wild at heart and weird on top world.

The Turin Horse was the last testament of the legendarily uncompromising Béla Tarr. In 2012, he discussed retirement, Nietzsche and wanting to change society.

1998 USA Directed by John Madden Produced by David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman Written by Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard Featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, ...

The German director, who died aged 83 on 17 December 2025, was best known for his bold contributions to queer cinema. In 1990, Mark Nash explored how von Praunheim’s films “activate and mobilise” ...

A clearly defined and communicated set of inclusion targets help us to monitor and take greater accountability for our progress in this area. They give clarity and a clear direction to colleagues, ...

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All voters and votes: The 30 Best LGBTQ+ Films of All Time ...

A great action film for every year, 1924 to now ...

1979 Italy Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci Produced by Giovanni Bertolucci Written by Giuseppe Bertolucci, Clare Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci Featuring Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Laura Betti ...

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Famously sitting at the top of the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll from 1962 to 2002, Orson Welles’s debut, about newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, remains an enduring classic.