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The many faces of Federico Fellini – part three: Federico by Fellini
As the BFI celebrates the centenary of the gleefully idiosyncratic Italian director’s birth, we explore the themes underlying his dazzling work, here with Julia Wagner on the director’s most enduring creation – the character of ‘Federico Fellini’.
Thursday 30 January 2020 -
From the Magazine
Divine inspirations: the art of The Lighthouse
Behind the bold, original vision Robert Eggers displays in his new film lies a vast trove of literary and visual influences, from Herman Melville to H.P. Lovecraft and – just possibly – Dad’s Army, writes Graham Fuller.
Tuesday 28 January 2020 -
From the Magazine
The many faces of Federico Fellini – part two: the Felliniesque
As the BFI celebrates the centenary of the gleefully idiosyncratic Italian director’s birth, we explore the themes underlying his dazzling work, here with Pasquale Iannone on il maestro’s love of world-building inside studios – particularly Rome’s Cinecittà.
Thursday 23 January 2020 -
From the Magazine
Before he became a bona fide star in the late 1930s, Cary Grant spent a number of years as a studio player, often miscast in forgettable films – but as he experimented with roles to find what worked best, the contours of the legend we know were gradually being etched.
Saturday 18 January 2020 -
From the Magazine
The many faces of Federico Fellini – part one: the neorealist
As the BFI launches a major retrospective to celebrate the centenary of the gleefully idiosyncratic Italian director’s birth, we explore some of the themes that made Fellini’s work such a dazzling highpoint in 20th-century art cinema, starting with Philip Kemp on his emergence in the neorealist tradition.
Friday 17 January 2020 -
Cats is pure bewildering pleasure
Cats might seem a folly by normal habits of judgment – but its mad musical choreography and even its awkward effects are a pure hit of visual singularity, says Mark Cousins.
Friday 20 December 2019 -
From the Magazine
Path of most resistance: the films of Laura Mulvey and (the late) Peter Wollen – in tribute
Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen showed that films could be a vehicle for theoretical enquiry every bit as effective as writing, writes Oliver Fuke.
Wednesday 18 December 2019 -
From the Magazine
Journey to the end of the beach: Godard, Karina and Pierrot le fou
Six months after divorcing his muse Anna Karina, Jean-Luc Godard cast her in the story of the breakdown of a love affair. In tribute to Karina, who has died aged 79, we revisit David Thomson’s 2009 reflection on the film as valedictory autobiography.
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Danny DeVito’s Hoffa is a rare Hollywood left turn
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman may grieve for the controversial Teamsters president who disappeared in 1975 – but it’s Danny DeVito’s 1992 biopic starring Jack Nicholson that best encapsulates the union champion’s values, writes Tim Hayes.
Wednesday 27 November 2019 -
Generation snowflake: Frozen II and the quest for climate justice
Nature’s resilience is put to the test in Disney’s sequel to its animated Arctic-kingdom blockbuster, in which millennial poster princesses Elsa and Anna inherit a world convulsed by environmental trauma, says So Mayer.
Tuesday 19 November 2019
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