Finest Hours: Danny Glover in To Sleep with Anger (BFI online)

 

On the occasion of Danny Glover's 80th birthday I wrote about his performance in Charles Burnett's To Sleep With Anger (1990). You can read the piece here. 

Interview with Agnieszka Holland about Andrzej Wajda (BFI online)

I interviewed Agnieszka Holland about her memories of and work with Andrzej Wajda. You can read the piece at BFI online here. 

Further reading: 

A Human Link: Agnieszka Holland's Transnational Cinema and International Reputation (at culture.pl)

Found Japan: Andrzej Wajda's International Inspirations (at culture.pl) 

10 Great British Films of 1975 (BFI online)

 

For BFI online I wrote about 10 British films turning 50 this year. You can read the piece here. 

Piece on late-career Sidney Poitier at BFI online

 

As the Sidney Poitier season continues at BFI Southbank, I wrote about his late career. The piece is up here. 

Cinema of 2024: 10 Favourite Films (Sight and Sound ballot)

The full list of individual Top 10s for the Sight and Sound Best Films of 2024 Top 50 is up at the BFI website. You can read the full set of lists here.

My Top 10: 

1. Challengers (Luca Guadagnino, US, Italy)
2. Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard, France, Belgium)
3. All We Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia, France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, US, Italy, Switzerland)
4. When Fall is Coming (François Ozon, France)
5. Perfect Days (Wim Wenders, Japan, Germany)
6. Dahomey (Mati Diop, France, Senegal, Benin, UK)
7. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (Rungano Nyoni, Zambia, UK, Ireland)
8. Pepe (Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic, France, Namibia, Germany)
9. A Real Pain (Jesse Eisenberg, Poland, US)
10. Blitz (Steve McQueen, UK, France, US)

 

Interview with Richard Eyre (BFI online)

The interview I did with Richard Eyre is up at BFI online. You can read it here. 

10 Great British Films of 1974 (BFI online)

 

For BFI, I wrote about 10 British films released 50 years ago this year. You can read the piece here. 

Harry Belafonte: 10 Essential Performances (BFI online)

 

As the Harry Belafonte season gets underway at BFI Southbank, I wrote about some of his best screen performances here. 

Where to Begin with Horace Ové (BFI online)

 

 

As the "Power to the People: Horace Ové's Radical Vision" retrospective continues at BFI Southbank, and Pressure is re-released in cinemas, I wrote a guide to some of Ové's screen work. You can read it here. 

10 Great Films about Novelists piece (BFI online)

I wrote a piece on 10 Great Films about Novelists for BFI. You can read it here.

10 Great British Films of 1973 (BFI online)

I wrote about 10 British film celebrating their 50th anniversaries this year. You can read the piece here. 

10 Great British Social Realist Films (BFI online)

 

To coincide with the 25th anniversary re-release of Gary Oldman's Nil By Mouth, I wrote about 10 Great British Social Realist films for BFI. You can read the piece here. 

Sight and Sound October 2022 Issue

The October issue of Sight and Sound is available now. I wrote about Maya Cade's Black Film Archive project in this issue. More details here. 

Article on Burning an Illusion (dir. Menelik Shabazz)

I wrote a piece on Menelik Shabazz's Burning an Illusion, which is released on Blu-ray for the first time next month. The essay will be featured in the Blu-ray booklet and can also be read at the BFI website here.

10 Great Reggae Films Article, BFI online

Celebrating 60 years of Jamaican independence 🇯🇲 , I wrote about 10 great reggae films, from The Harder They Come to Babylon to Lovers Rock. You can read the article here.  

10 Great Films About Old Age, BFI online

 

For BFI online I wrote about 10 films focusing  on ageing or elderly characters. You can read the piece here. 

10 British Films about Love Across Social Divides (BFI online)

 

Ali & Ava (2021)

For BFI online I wrote about 10 British films dealing with romance across social divides. You can read the piece here. 

Where to Begin with Małgorzata Szumowska, BFI Online

I wrote a primer to Małgorzata Szumowska's films for BFI's "Where to begin..." series. You can read it here. 

Earl Cameron Season at BFI: 10 Essential Performances

My piece on 10 Essential Earl Cameron Performances for the Cameron season at BFI Southbank is up. You can read it here. 

Jungle Fever 30th Anniversary Piece

 

My piece on the 30th anniversary Blu-ray release of Spike Lee's Jungle Fever is up at BFI. You can read it here.