HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 | History Defined

‘Scorsese says The Red Shoes is in his DNA’: Thelma Schoonmaker on her life and work with Michael Powell and his friend Marty

With her late husband’s 1948 classic back in cinemas, the editor is keen to preserve his legacy and modest about her own phenomenal career

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023

Christopher Nolan to receive BFI Fellowship after blockbuster year

Nolan said he is ‘thrilled and honoured’ to accept film organisation’s highest honour

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023

Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan to receive BFI fellowship

Director behind Dunkirk, Inception and the Dark Knight trilogy awarded honour for ‘pushing limits’ of cinema

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2023

BFI to run basketball affairs in Maharashtra; appoints three-member ad-hoc body

NAGPUR: To clear the mess in Maharashtra's basketball associations, Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has appointed a three-member committee on Friday to run the affairs in the state.

The Times of India · Oct 21, 2023

‘Rejecting hatred and fear’: why Powell and Pressburger’s weird, confounding films are perfect for our times

They made 24 often morally complex pictures before falling out of fashion. Now, as a monumental BFI retrospective kicks off, can their stricken pilots and posh ballerinas speak to our divided era?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023

Martin Scorsese defends 3hr 26m runtime of Killers of the Flower Moon: ‘Give cinema some respect’

Veteran filmmaker’s latest release beats Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ by nearly half an hour

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023

Madras High Court played a role in selecting the Indian Men’s Bridge team that clinched silver in Asian Games 2023

Congrats to Indian Men's Bridge Team for Silver Medal at Asian Games; Madras High Court played key role in selection. Bench dismissed writ appeal of OCI seeking to represent India in international tournaments. Court concurred with BFI that only Indian citizens can represent country. Judges stated OCI cardholders cannot seek…

The Hindu · Oct 8, 2023

Great new British directors: five acclaimed debut films to watch

UK film-makers such as Molly Manning Walker, Charlotte Regan and Luna Carmoon are part of a new wave taking top awards at the film festivals

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023

OPINION - Lucy Frazer: This London Film Festival will be like no other

I started this week at Conservative Party Conference where I made a speech celebrating the fantastic achievement of our Creative Industries over the last decade. I described how we were in a Golden Age for British Culture and this had been supported by Government action, from tax reliefs to the…

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2023

‘A secret no one talked about’: Michael Morpurgo on discovering his real father – and hating Spielberg’s War Horse

As he turns 80, the prolific children’s author takes us on a tour of his Devon village, to talk about family bombshells, the burning of Joan of Arc – and finally getting a film adaptation he likes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2023