Eisenstein’s debut feature, the labour drama Strike, which was released at the start of the year, well deserves a place on this list. However, 1925 was also the year that he directed the monumental ...

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While these shows grow ever-prescient (and almost prophetic given recent broadcasting news), they are far from the only programmes concerned with corruption and speaking truth to power. Defiance: ...

Robert Eggers brings fresh eyes and potent dread to Murnau’s silent vampire classic, but this Count Orlok can’t match the menace of the original.

The story of Christine Norden’s road to fame is a publicist’s dream. While queuing to see a Ray Milland film in the Edgware Road in August 1945, this glamorous daughter of a Sunderland bus driver was ...

Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and Rich Peppiatt at the 2024 BIFAsAnthony Harvey/Shutterstock Best director went to Rungano Nyoni for her second feature, On Becoming a ...

A Florida orange hangs sweetly from its tree: the camera pans left, and it becomes clear that the person gazing at it is horizontal, lying on the grass below. Assuming this person’s point of view, ...

Announcing highlights from our cultural programme for next year, including film seasons, festivals, re-releases and home entertainment. Sight and Sound: the Winter 2024-25 issue ...

Alien encounter: on the set of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror ...

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