Yamazaki Takashi’s smart sequel leans hard into family melodrama and post-war politics, while leaving plenty of room for a carnage-laden kaiju spectacle.

Mind, Body, Reality takes place from 1 January to 16 March at BFI Southbank, with selected films at BFI IMAX and on BFI Player.

With this year’s London Korean Film Festival under way, and Lee Chang-dong’s acclaimed drama Possible Love landing on Netflix, we cast a net over a wide selection of some of the best recent films from ...

As both the 4K restoration of Rocky (1976) and the new biopic I Play Rocky hit cinemas, we return to our original review of the picture that made Sylvester Stallone a star.

This year, festival audiences in London reached their highest ever level, with thousands more attending screenings UK-wide.

BFI backed films pick up 39 nominations including eight for Clio Barnard’s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning and seven for Ashley Walters’ Animol.

From silent-era demons to modern folk-horror nightmares, witches have haunted cinema for well over a century. These 10 films chart the evolution of the screen witch, revealing how ideas about female ...

Settle into November with a feast of cinema, from the splendour of silent classics to bold new voices and rare discoveries.

As Animol, his first feature as director, reaches audiences, Ashley Walters talks to us about bringing authenticity to prison drama, nurturing young talent and broadening the stories told about Black ...

As Film Africa opens with the UK premiere of Cannes prizewinner Ben’Imana, we explore 10 films that reveal the richness, diversity and transnational currents of East African cinema, challenging ...

From overlooked office workers to fading movie stars, ageing in Billy Wilder’s films is about more than growing old. Across his career, he wittily chronicled characters confronting missed ...

For the 30th anniversary of Baz Luhrmann’s visceral epic Romeo + Juliet, we republish José Arroyo’s essay on how the film turned Shakespeare into cinema. From our March 1997 issue.