For the BFI, I chose 10 important films from a century ago.
Tag: BFI
The Red Shoes
My new BFI Film Classic on The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948) is out now, from BFI … More
Ginger Rogers
BFI Southbank is currently hosting a Ginger Rogers retrospective, curated by Heather Osborn. For the Guardian, I wrote this article … More
10 great films of 1923
The twenties roar once more, I wrote about 10 films celebrating their centenary this year, for the BFI website.
1940s Hollywood melodramas
For the BFI, I took a look at 10 of the greatest Hollywood woman’s pictures of all time. First, fetch … More
Hindle Wakes
I spoke up for Hindle Wakes in this BFI list of 10 Great British Silents.
Marlene Dietrich at Universal
The BFI has brought out a beautiful Blu-ray box set of four Marlene Dietrich films. The set is called Marlene … More
Streaming silents
A public service. I wrote about where to stream the best silent films, for the BFI website.
Beginning with Gish
I wrote this guide to the wonderful work of Lillian Gish for the BFI website.
Whodunnit?
To mark the release of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, I rounded up 10 great whodunnits for the BFI website.