Before Kathryn Bigelow’s new thriller A House of Dynamite, the presidential home has played many parts: a house of conspiracy, a house of romance, even a house of divine ...

In part one of a special, two-part edition of the blog, colleagues discuss their contributions to this year’s hugely popular open day.

The Story of Rocky Horror hitting UK cinemas this week, we revisit an exploration of how midnight screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show resurrected the idea of cinema as community. From our ...

Revolutionary voices and radical cinema arrive on demand, including Black History Month, Terence Davies, melodrama and more.

A groundbreaking Sri Lankan film with a uniquely feminine perspective, The Girls (Gehenu Lamai) wowed critics in the late 1970s and is now returning in a new restoration.

The juries for this year‘s festival awards will be led by Elizabeth Karlsen (Official Competition), Kibwe Tavares (First Feature Competition), Eloïse King (Documentary Competition) and Ming-Jung Kuo ...

The acclaimed actor makes imaginative choices with his first feature, an exploration of addiction and homelessness led by an outstanding performance from Frank Dillane.

José Ramón Soroiz gives a spirited performance as a newly single gay man whose sexual freedom is cut short by illness in this well-crafted crowdpleaser that puts its focus squarely on the people.

Better known for his sketches for Kubrick, Star Wars and Superman, in the 1950s British artist Ivor Beddoes was commissioned to create early designs for a long-in-the-making landmark of Hindi cinema.

The showcase event screens exclusive extracts from each project introduced by their filmmakers to an invited audience of international buyers, UK sales agents and festival programmers.

From The Ice Storm to Inherent Vice: 10 period pieces that capture a nation caught between the aftershocks of the 60s and the dawn of Reagan era.

Shot on the streets of the Italian capital at the end of the Second World War, Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City was made under precarious conditions but created an earthquake in film history with ...