Sight and Sound magazine
Established in 1932. Published by the British Film Institute. Home of the once-a-decade Greatest Films of All Time poll.
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- The stakes don’t extend beyond the living room of Olivia Wilde’s witty partner-swap story, but everyone in this all-star ensemble is at the top of their game. @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews The Invite from #SundanceFilmFestival www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON is the cover star of the new issue of Sight and Sound Available digitally from Monday 9th February and on newsstands from Thursday 12th February Pre-order your copy now: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
- Will Arnett delivers just the right amount of self-deprecation in a grown-up comedy based on the life of UK comedian John Bishop. Mark Asch reviews Is This Thing On?, in cinemas now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- The New York documentarian behind the HBO series How To with John Wilson continues his captivating meanderings through the mundane with a feature-length meditation on concrete. @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews The History of Concrete from #SundanceFilmFestival www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “By the time the plot contrives a disastrous Brat-themed bank card promotion, its pretensions to either clever comedy or artistic reflection are lost in the lights” @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews The Moment from #SundanceFilmFestival www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- Ben Wheatley returns to the lo-fi stylings of his early work with an experimental sci-fi starring four characters in search of a narrative form. @antbit.projectedfigures.com reviews BULK, now touring screens across the UK and Ireland. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “The ultimate impression is of an infectious joy in creation, as cast and crew come to see that for all his foibles Godard is worth persevering with and that the film they are making is out of the ordinary” Henry K Miller reviews Nouvelle Vague www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “Park Chan-wook’s comedic yet grisly version of the perennially familiar unemployment spiral adapts the 1997 novel The Ax by American crime writer Donald Westlake for another generation” @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews No Other Choice, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “Clare Foy’s fine performance, doughty and purposeful, with a stiff upper lip that barely masks a well of less reserved anger, gives H Is for Hawk all the humanity it needs” @guylodge.bsky.social reviews H is for Hawk, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “It is a notorious tendency of the scholarly folk tradition to place combustible content in neat boxes and much the same happens to the emotional content of this sensitive but excessively decorous film” Jonathan Romney reviews. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “Saipan is very entertaining, but after a climactic standoff the film’s intensity dissipates and it drifts to a conclusion, giving us time to wonder whether this story really merits a big-screen retelling” Philip Concannon reviews. Out Friday. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- The Fellowship of the Ring may be a huge success for Peter Jackson, but what would Tolkien have thought of it, asked this feature from our February 2002 issue www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- The zombie franchise rolls on, fuelled by blood, guts and Duran Duran. Henry K Miller reviews 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- Hikari’s film about an unsuccessful actor in Japan who finds work at a rental agency playing stand-in friends and family members feels underdeveloped, but is saved by its thoughtful performances. Sara Merican reviews Rental Family, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- Ben Wheatley returns to the lo-fi stylings of his early work with an experimental sci-fi starring four characters in search of a narrative form. @antbit.projectedfigures.com reviews BULK, now touring screens across the UK. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “Operating as a kind of news channel, BLKNWS toys with the concept of ‘fake news’ in its exploration of the limitations and weaknesses of journalism, questioning reality and belief, while delighting in trickery and revisionism” Abiba Coulibaly reviews www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “Art can cross all class and cultural lines. That’s what narrative can give you; it can slip into the bloodstream before you know it” Ahead of a season celebrating her films at BFI Southbank, we share Henry K Miller’s interview with Kathryn Bigelow from our latest issue
- “If you watch this movie, you can see I collected all of my manias… This is definitely a closing movie because I collected everything. I packed – it’s done” In 2012, Béla Tarr discussed retirement, Nietzsche and wanting to change society www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- Our annual roll call of the film figures who died in the previous year, as compiled by Bob Mastrangelo www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “I have a responsibility to be provocative in my films” Rosa von Praunheim, 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” audiences www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “With Hamnet, [Chloé Zhao] does tap into something electric and raw, taking us through great trauma with the sense we don’t know its endpoint – because, when you’re in it, you really don’t.” @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews. In cinemas tomorrow. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “Park Chan-wook’s comedic yet grisly version of the perennially familiar unemployment spiral adapts the 1997 novel The Ax by American crime writer Donald Westlake for another generation” @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews No Other Choice, out 23 Jan www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- Jonathan Romney pays tribute to Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr, whose uncompromising vision reshaped the possibilities of cinematic time and space www.bfi.org.uk/features/bel...
- Béla Tarr, 1955-2026 🤍
- Based on transcripts of American photographer Peter Hujar’s interview with writer Linda Rosenkrantz, Ira Sachs's latest film is a fascinating window into Hujar’s artistic milieu. Martin Tsai reviews Peter Hujar’s Day, in cinemas tomorrow. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- “Rob Reiner directs with sympathy for both main characters” Reviewing When Harry Met Sally for its first UK release, critic Pam Cook showed admiration for the acerbic touch of Nora Ephron’s writing and Rob Reiner’s intimate style of direction. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a tense political thriller hinging on the threat of nuclear annihilation, is the most compelling film of her career. She discusses her commitment to authenticity and her mid-career switch to journalistic realism following earlier genre delights
- Eddington, in which a conspiracist sheriff and a tech-friendly centrist lock horns in an election, lays bare the deep divisions in the American psyche. Ari Aster discusses the project’s origins and why he feels we’re living on the cusp of something new, alarming and deeply strange
- “Joachim Trier is saying that it’s not that cinema isn’t magic, it’s that this magic will not suffice alone” Sophie Monks Kaufman reviews Sentimental Value, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- Brigitte Bardot, 1934-2025 From her scandalous breakthrough in And God Created Woman and the ensuing Bardomania, her bold, brazen screen image embodied a new freedom and made her a much scrutinised celebrity www.bfi.org.uk/features/bri...
- In his latest film, David Cronenberg looks at the last transformation flesh undergoes, through the story of a tech entrepreneur who invents a system for observing the dead in their coffins. Here, he talks about death, film and conspiracy in the digital age
- Harry Lighton’s electrifying feature debut, the romantic comedy drama Pillion, explores the brutality and tenderness of a BDSM love affair. He talks about his conversion to cinephilia, steering clear of classic biker movies and the thrill of the film’s triumphant reception
- Brigitte Bardot, 1934-2025
- Coming up: the top 10 most read film reviews on the @sightsoundmag.bsky.social site in 2025, a 🧵
- Steven Soderbergh’s smart spy thriller Black Bag is the kind of mid-budget, star-led adult entertainment that has become an endangered species in cinemas. Here the director explains why the box office is so hard to predict these days, and how he built his career filming “two people in a room”
- Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind offers a fresh spin on the crime caper movie. The director explains why this is “more of a coming-undone film than a heist film” and how her impulse to question genre norms helps her uncover new ways of thinking
- It’s a time for sharing, so in a spirit of goodwill to all cinephiles, a dozen directors, including Guillermo del Toro, Wes Anderson, Alice Rohrwacher, Luna Carmoon and Steven Soderbergh, choose their favourite Christmas films
- Timothée Chalamet is perfect as a bratty ping pong hustler in Marty Supreme, a never-say-die American story that’s bursting with humour and that trademark Safdie kineticism. @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews. Out 26 Dec. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- The Phoenician Scheme returns Wes Anderson to the straightforward pleasures of the caper movie. He talks about writing the film for its star, Benicio del Toro, his fascination with charismatic, powerful men, and the influence of Luis Buñuel’s late movies
- Inspired by his experience of being interrogated in prison in Iran, Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident feels like the dissident filmmaker's most direct attack on the regime to date. He discusses underground filmmaking and his refusal to submit to oppression
