Matthew Thrift is a freelance film writer. He contributes to Little White Lies, The Guardian, bfi.org.uk and Sight & Sound.
Articles by Matthew Thrift
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End-of-decade films: One great film per decade
Looking back at decades past, critic Matthew Thrift selects one masterpiece from each decade-ending year, from 1919 to 2009.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
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Anna Karina (1940-2019): 2 or 3 things we know about her
The films Anna Karina made with Jean-Luc Godard in the 1960s represent one of cinema history’s greatest actor-director partnerships. Here’s what we learned when Karina visited BFI Southbank in 2016.
Sunday, December 15, 2019
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Nothing banishes the ‘Bah, humbugs’ like a Christmas musical. Prepare to have your cockles warmed…
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
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Where to begin with Japan’s kaiju monster movies
Your next obsession: getting to grips with Godzilla and co
Monday, November 18, 2019
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Seven things we learned from Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro came to the BFI to talk about everything from his early days with Martin Scorsese to his views on Donald Trump. Here’s what we learned.
Monday, October 14, 2019
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Donald Pleasence: 10 essential performances
From The Great Escape to Halloween… 100 years after he was born, we pick just 10 of the 200+ films featuring the irreplaceable character actor Donald Pleasence.
Friday, October 4, 2019
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Angela Bassett: 10 essential films
From her work with Spike Lee and John Sayles to her career-defining turn in Kathryn Bigelow’s dystopian sci-fi Strange Days, we celebrate the career of Angela Bassett.
Friday, September 27, 2019
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Where to begin with Budd Boetticher
Your next obsession: the spare, low-budget westerns and B movies of Budd Boetticher
Monday, September 23, 2019
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Send in the clowns? Don’t bother, they’re here.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
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Beyond the bounds of depravity: an oral history of David Cronenberg’s Crash
As a restored version of Crash finally emerges at the Venice Film Festival and producer Jeremy Thomas donates his personal archive to the BFI, we asked Thomas to cast his mind back to the unparalleled British media furore and Westminster ban that greeted the film’s release in 1996.
Thursday, September 5, 2019
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