Fennell takes liberties with her source material in a colour-saturated, baroque spectacle charged by yearning and foreplay that all falls apart in the second half.
Among the lineup are 31 world premieres including Madfabulous, Washed Up and Hunky Jesus, alongside the 4k restoration premiere of Pink Narcissus playing in cinemas across the UK.
This generic supernatural slasher is perhaps too reflexive for its own good, but Dafne Keen and Sophie Nélisse's watchable dynamic adds some freshness.
Doc Society renewed as delegate partner to fund features, shorts and to invest in talent development through the BFI Doc Society Fund.
In his new book The World of Black Film, writer and programmer Ashley Clark widens the canon of Black cinema and presents a global selection of vital filmmaking. Ahead of a weekend of related ...
A Hong Kong violinist grapples with visions of her future self in a meandering drama where resonant moments are few and far between.
Emerald Fennell loves films that provoke a reaction, as her list of influences on “Wuthering Heights” goes to show. She talks us through seven films that – like Emily Brontë’s novel – are sure to ...
Director Amy Berg gathers interviews with Jeff Buckley’s friends and family, detaching the musician from the legends that surround his life and premature death, and instead showing the free-spirited ...
Shot by ace cinematographer Douglas Slocombe on the set of the Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt, the 16mm home movie offers an informal window into the human side of production – the faces and ...
To mark the release of Emerald Fennell's new take on Wuthering Heights, we look back to a 1987 article that explored the checkered history of Brontë film adaptations.
In this 2011 piece, David Jenkins surveys the range of film versions of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, from Hollywood to Mexico to Japan.
Riz Ahmed is exciting to watch and completely in command of his material in Aneil Karia’s east-London set version of Shakespeare’s tragedy, but this lean modern update lacks surprises and political ...