This evocative design by art director Ray Simm captures the essence of the dark, dingy and threadbare room at the centre of Bryan Forbes’s 1962 film The L-shaped Room.

The conclusion to Jon M. Chu’s two-parter musical strips back the operatics of the first film to focus on the relationship between the two witches.

With past finalists including Molly Manning Walker and Myriam Raja, 16 Days 16 Films aims to champion female filmmakers and – in the words of co-founder Ginta Gelvan – “use a beautiful art form for ...

The award-winning film by Christopher Petit and Emma Matthews is coming to cinemas in the UK and Ireland ahead of a release on BFI Player.

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Edgar Wright’s faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel about a deadly cross-country chase TV gameshow starring Glen Powell as fugitive Ben Richards is crammed with skilful action sequences, ...

Sleaford Mods’ vocalist Jason Williamson stars as a violent poacher with a grudge against local ravers in a solid debut that has a little drop of psychedelia in its scrumpy.

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From gravity-defying stunts to bullet-sprayed showdowns – as Ringo Lam’s blazing City on Fire returns in a new restoration, we remember the heyday of Hong Kong action movies.

As her latest dark fable The Ice Tower arrives in cinemas, we track back through the career of a French-Bosnian filmmaker who conjures up surreal, foreboding cinematic songs of innocence, evolution ...

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Iwaisawa Kenji’s animation attempts to capture the thrill of competitive running, but its underdeveloped characters leave the action feeling stilted and predictable.