Sight and Sound magazine
@sightsoundmag.bsky.social
Established in 1932. Published by the British Film Institute. Home of the once-a-decade Greatest Films of All Time poll.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
CRITICAL THINKING: THE LAURA MULVEY INTERVIEW
Over half a century and around the globe, Laura Mulvey’s influence on thinking about film has been unparalleled. As she receives a BFI Fellowship, she talks to Sight and Sound about her career and her influences. By Isabel Stevens.
Over half a century and around the globe, Laura Mulvey’s influence on thinking about film has been unparalleled. As she receives a BFI Fellowship, she talks to Sight and Sound about her career and her influences. By Isabel Stevens.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
CRITICAL THINKING: THE LAURA MULVEY INTERVIEW
Over half a century and around the globe, Laura Mulvey’s influence on thinking about film has been unparalleled. As she receives a BFI Fellowship, she talks to Sight and Sound about her career and her influences. By Isabel Stevens.
Over half a century and around the globe, Laura Mulvey’s influence on thinking about film has been unparalleled. As she receives a BFI Fellowship, she talks to Sight and Sound about her career and her influences. By Isabel Stevens.
ONCE UPON A CRIME
Zodiac Killer Project director Charlie Shackleton and Predators director David Osit talk to Nick Bradshaw about their efforts to test the parameters of true-crime documentaries by interrogating the dangerous allure of the form itself
Zodiac Killer Project director Charlie Shackleton and Predators director David Osit talk to Nick Bradshaw about their efforts to test the parameters of true-crime documentaries by interrogating the dangerous allure of the form itself
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ONCE UPON A CRIME
Zodiac Killer Project director Charlie Shackleton and Predators director David Osit talk to Nick Bradshaw about their efforts to test the parameters of true-crime documentaries by interrogating the dangerous allure of the form itself
Zodiac Killer Project director Charlie Shackleton and Predators director David Osit talk to Nick Bradshaw about their efforts to test the parameters of true-crime documentaries by interrogating the dangerous allure of the form itself
PINCH ME!
Harry Lighton’s electrifying feature debut Pillion explores the brutality and tenderness of a BDSM love affair. He talks about his conversion to cinephilia, steering clear of classic biker movies and the thrill of the film’s triumphant reception. By Jane Giles.
Harry Lighton’s electrifying feature debut Pillion explores the brutality and tenderness of a BDSM love affair. He talks about his conversion to cinephilia, steering clear of classic biker movies and the thrill of the film’s triumphant reception. By Jane Giles.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
PINCH ME!
Harry Lighton’s electrifying feature debut Pillion explores the brutality and tenderness of a BDSM love affair. He talks about his conversion to cinephilia, steering clear of classic biker movies and the thrill of the film’s triumphant reception. By Jane Giles.
Harry Lighton’s electrifying feature debut Pillion explores the brutality and tenderness of a BDSM love affair. He talks about his conversion to cinephilia, steering clear of classic biker movies and the thrill of the film’s triumphant reception. By Jane Giles.
ENEMY OF THE STATE
Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident feels like the dissident filmmaker’s most direct attack on the regime to date. He discusses underground filmmaking, his refusal to submit to oppression and the social movement transforming his country. By Jonathan Romney
Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident feels like the dissident filmmaker’s most direct attack on the regime to date. He discusses underground filmmaking, his refusal to submit to oppression and the social movement transforming his country. By Jonathan Romney
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ENEMY OF THE STATE
Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident feels like the dissident filmmaker’s most direct attack on the regime to date. He discusses underground filmmaking, his refusal to submit to oppression and the social movement transforming his country. By Jonathan Romney
Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident feels like the dissident filmmaker’s most direct attack on the regime to date. He discusses underground filmmaking, his refusal to submit to oppression and the social movement transforming his country. By Jonathan Romney
SHOOT TO THRILL
Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a tense political thriller hinging on the threat of nuclear annihilation, is the most compelling film of her career. She discusses her commitment to authenticity and her mid-career switch to journalistic realism. By Henry K. Miller
Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a tense political thriller hinging on the threat of nuclear annihilation, is the most compelling film of her career. She discusses her commitment to authenticity and her mid-career switch to journalistic realism. By Henry K. Miller
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
SHOOT TO THRILL
Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a tense political thriller hinging on the threat of nuclear annihilation, is the most compelling film of her career. She discusses her commitment to authenticity and her mid-career switch to journalistic realism. By Henry K. Miller
Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a tense political thriller hinging on the threat of nuclear annihilation, is the most compelling film of her career. She discusses her commitment to authenticity and her mid-career switch to journalistic realism. By Henry K. Miller
NEW ISSUE! 🧨
Action auteur Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite
+ Laura Mulvey, Jafar Panahi, Lynne Ramsay, Pillion, True Crime and more
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Action auteur Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite
+ Laura Mulvey, Jafar Panahi, Lynne Ramsay, Pillion, True Crime and more
On sale now, out on Monday
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October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
NEW ISSUE! 🧨
Action auteur Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite
+ Laura Mulvey, Jafar Panahi, Lynne Ramsay, Pillion, True Crime and more
On sale now, out on Monday
Get your copy: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
Action auteur Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite
+ Laura Mulvey, Jafar Panahi, Lynne Ramsay, Pillion, True Crime and more
On sale now, out on Monday
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COMPETITION TIME!
To celebrate the home entertainment release of The Phoenician Scheme, we’re giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of it.
To enter, send sightandsound@bfi.org.uk the name of the film Wes Anderson called “The tycoon movie of all tycoon movies”
UK postage only.
To celebrate the home entertainment release of The Phoenician Scheme, we’re giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of it.
To enter, send sightandsound@bfi.org.uk the name of the film Wes Anderson called “The tycoon movie of all tycoon movies”
UK postage only.
September 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
COMPETITION TIME!
To celebrate the home entertainment release of The Phoenician Scheme, we’re giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of it.
To enter, send sightandsound@bfi.org.uk the name of the film Wes Anderson called “The tycoon movie of all tycoon movies”
UK postage only.
To celebrate the home entertainment release of The Phoenician Scheme, we’re giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of it.
To enter, send sightandsound@bfi.org.uk the name of the film Wes Anderson called “The tycoon movie of all tycoon movies”
UK postage only.
NEW ISSUE ALERT
Cillian Murphy on his approach to acting, the importance of storytelling and his new film, Steve.
+ interviews with Harris Dickinson, Lucrecia Martel and Ari Aster
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Cillian Murphy on his approach to acting, the importance of storytelling and his new film, Steve.
+ interviews with Harris Dickinson, Lucrecia Martel and Ari Aster
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August 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
NEW ISSUE ALERT
Cillian Murphy on his approach to acting, the importance of storytelling and his new film, Steve.
+ interviews with Harris Dickinson, Lucrecia Martel and Ari Aster
Get your copy now: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
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Cillian Murphy on his approach to acting, the importance of storytelling and his new film, Steve.
+ interviews with Harris Dickinson, Lucrecia Martel and Ari Aster
Get your copy now: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
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NEW SPECIAL EDITION OUT NOW
Our 2022 poll results, available in print again after the sell-out original issue. Featuring every poll introduction from 1952 to date, together for the first time
Available on newsstands and at www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight... now
Our 2022 poll results, available in print again after the sell-out original issue. Featuring every poll introduction from 1952 to date, together for the first time
Available on newsstands and at www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight... now
July 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
NEW SPECIAL EDITION OUT NOW
Our 2022 poll results, available in print again after the sell-out original issue. Featuring every poll introduction from 1952 to date, together for the first time
Available on newsstands and at www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight... now
Our 2022 poll results, available in print again after the sell-out original issue. Featuring every poll introduction from 1952 to date, together for the first time
Available on newsstands and at www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight... now
NEW ISSUE: more of the greatest films you’ve never seen
As chosen by Alice Rohrwacher, Steven Soderbergh, Jane Schoenbrun, Mike Leigh, Asif Kapadia, Amy Taubin and many mor
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As chosen by Alice Rohrwacher, Steven Soderbergh, Jane Schoenbrun, Mike Leigh, Asif Kapadia, Amy Taubin and many mor
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July 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
NEW ISSUE: more of the greatest films you’ve never seen
As chosen by Alice Rohrwacher, Steven Soderbergh, Jane Schoenbrun, Mike Leigh, Asif Kapadia, Amy Taubin and many mor
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As chosen by Alice Rohrwacher, Steven Soderbergh, Jane Schoenbrun, Mike Leigh, Asif Kapadia, Amy Taubin and many mor
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ANNOUNCING OUR LATEST SPECIAL – Sight and Sound presents THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME
This special edition features the top 100 from our 2022 critics’ poll, plus over 100 individual ballots from filmmakers.
Available on newsstands and from www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
This special edition features the top 100 from our 2022 critics’ poll, plus over 100 individual ballots from filmmakers.
Available on newsstands and from www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
July 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
ANNOUNCING OUR LATEST SPECIAL – Sight and Sound presents THE GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME
This special edition features the top 100 from our 2022 critics’ poll, plus over 100 individual ballots from filmmakers.
Available on newsstands and from www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
This special edition features the top 100 from our 2022 critics’ poll, plus over 100 individual ballots from filmmakers.
Available on newsstands and from www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
1975! The year that changed cinema forever
Our summer special issue celebrates an annus mirabilis in cinema, featuring classic interviews, and fresh reappraisals
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Our summer special issue celebrates an annus mirabilis in cinema, featuring classic interviews, and fresh reappraisals
Get your copy now: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
Discover the full contents: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
June 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
1975! The year that changed cinema forever
Our summer special issue celebrates an annus mirabilis in cinema, featuring classic interviews, and fresh reappraisals
Get your copy now: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
Discover the full contents: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Our summer special issue celebrates an annus mirabilis in cinema, featuring classic interviews, and fresh reappraisals
Get your copy now: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
Discover the full contents: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
“I never made a movie to just go make a movie. It was always an exploration of filmmaking”
World exclusive – Tom Cruise talks us through his fascinating career in an in-depth interview. Only in the new Sight and Sound
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World exclusive – Tom Cruise talks us through his fascinating career in an in-depth interview. Only in the new Sight and Sound
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May 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“I never made a movie to just go make a movie. It was always an exploration of filmmaking”
World exclusive – Tom Cruise talks us through his fascinating career in an in-depth interview. Only in the new Sight and Sound
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World exclusive – Tom Cruise talks us through his fascinating career in an in-depth interview. Only in the new Sight and Sound
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COMPETITION TIME!
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Wong Kar Wai’s modern classic In the Mood for Love, we're teaming with Criterion to give away a Blu-ray of the film, alongside a copy of our latest issue
To enter, quote this post and let us know your favourite film of the 21st century
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Wong Kar Wai’s modern classic In the Mood for Love, we're teaming with Criterion to give away a Blu-ray of the film, alongside a copy of our latest issue
To enter, quote this post and let us know your favourite film of the 21st century
April 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
COMPETITION TIME!
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Wong Kar Wai’s modern classic In the Mood for Love, we're teaming with Criterion to give away a Blu-ray of the film, alongside a copy of our latest issue
To enter, quote this post and let us know your favourite film of the 21st century
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Wong Kar Wai’s modern classic In the Mood for Love, we're teaming with Criterion to give away a Blu-ray of the film, alongside a copy of our latest issue
To enter, quote this post and let us know your favourite film of the 21st century
All of this plus much more…
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April 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
All of this plus much more…
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At the movies with… Jia Zhangke
Jia reminisces about the illegal video screenings of Asian films that occupied his adolescence, his love for Sergei Eisenstein and Charlie Chaplin and how he became transfixed by the penetrating power of documentaries
Jia reminisces about the illegal video screenings of Asian films that occupied his adolescence, his love for Sergei Eisenstein and Charlie Chaplin and how he became transfixed by the penetrating power of documentaries
April 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
At the movies with… Jia Zhangke
Jia reminisces about the illegal video screenings of Asian films that occupied his adolescence, his love for Sergei Eisenstein and Charlie Chaplin and how he became transfixed by the penetrating power of documentaries
Jia reminisces about the illegal video screenings of Asian films that occupied his adolescence, his love for Sergei Eisenstein and Charlie Chaplin and how he became transfixed by the penetrating power of documentaries
Gene Hackman, 1930-2025
@brofromanother.bsky.social pays tribute to an actor who redefined the idea of a leading man in his own image, bringing wit, humanity and deceptive expressiveness to five decades of memorable roles
@brofromanother.bsky.social pays tribute to an actor who redefined the idea of a leading man in his own image, bringing wit, humanity and deceptive expressiveness to five decades of memorable roles
April 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Gene Hackman, 1930-2025
@brofromanother.bsky.social pays tribute to an actor who redefined the idea of a leading man in his own image, bringing wit, humanity and deceptive expressiveness to five decades of memorable roles
@brofromanother.bsky.social pays tribute to an actor who redefined the idea of a leading man in his own image, bringing wit, humanity and deceptive expressiveness to five decades of memorable roles
The late picture show
A new series of Karina Longworth’s long-running podcast You Must Remember This explores the late work of 14 directors who made their names during Hollywood’s studio era. She speaks to @pamhutch.bsky.social
A new series of Karina Longworth’s long-running podcast You Must Remember This explores the late work of 14 directors who made their names during Hollywood’s studio era. She speaks to @pamhutch.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The late picture show
A new series of Karina Longworth’s long-running podcast You Must Remember This explores the late work of 14 directors who made their names during Hollywood’s studio era. She speaks to @pamhutch.bsky.social
A new series of Karina Longworth’s long-running podcast You Must Remember This explores the late work of 14 directors who made their names during Hollywood’s studio era. She speaks to @pamhutch.bsky.social
The expendables
Laura Carreira’s spellbinding feature debut On Falling, about a woman who takes a job in a warehouse run by an online shopping giant, and Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 share an implicit concern for the precarity of modern working conditions and the loneliness of modern life
Laura Carreira’s spellbinding feature debut On Falling, about a woman who takes a job in a warehouse run by an online shopping giant, and Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 share an implicit concern for the precarity of modern working conditions and the loneliness of modern life
April 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The expendables
Laura Carreira’s spellbinding feature debut On Falling, about a woman who takes a job in a warehouse run by an online shopping giant, and Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 share an implicit concern for the precarity of modern working conditions and the loneliness of modern life
Laura Carreira’s spellbinding feature debut On Falling, about a woman who takes a job in a warehouse run by an online shopping giant, and Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 share an implicit concern for the precarity of modern working conditions and the loneliness of modern life
The making of a modern classic
Since its Cannes premiere in 2000, Wong Kar Wai’s film has only gained in stature, but its beginnings were very uncertain. Wong and several of his collaborators offer an oral history of the making of a masterwork
Since its Cannes premiere in 2000, Wong Kar Wai’s film has only gained in stature, but its beginnings were very uncertain. Wong and several of his collaborators offer an oral history of the making of a masterwork
April 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The making of a modern classic
Since its Cannes premiere in 2000, Wong Kar Wai’s film has only gained in stature, but its beginnings were very uncertain. Wong and several of his collaborators offer an oral history of the making of a masterwork
Since its Cannes premiere in 2000, Wong Kar Wai’s film has only gained in stature, but its beginnings were very uncertain. Wong and several of his collaborators offer an oral history of the making of a masterwork
An affair to remember
A quarter of a century after its release, @jessicakiang.bsky.social assesses In the Mood for Love’s legacy, arguing that as well as the film’s renowned beauty and its central romance, it offers a profound understanding of the role of time and memory in life
A quarter of a century after its release, @jessicakiang.bsky.social assesses In the Mood for Love’s legacy, arguing that as well as the film’s renowned beauty and its central romance, it offers a profound understanding of the role of time and memory in life
April 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
An affair to remember
A quarter of a century after its release, @jessicakiang.bsky.social assesses In the Mood for Love’s legacy, arguing that as well as the film’s renowned beauty and its central romance, it offers a profound understanding of the role of time and memory in life
A quarter of a century after its release, @jessicakiang.bsky.social assesses In the Mood for Love’s legacy, arguing that as well as the film’s renowned beauty and its central romance, it offers a profound understanding of the role of time and memory in life
💛 In the Mood for Love at 25 💛
Our latest issue celebrates Wong Kar Wai’s masterpiece
Featuring new interviews from Wong, Maggie Cheung, William Chang, Christopher Doyle and more, plus a fresh reflection on the film by @jessicakiang.bsky.social
Get your copy: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
Our latest issue celebrates Wong Kar Wai’s masterpiece
Featuring new interviews from Wong, Maggie Cheung, William Chang, Christopher Doyle and more, plus a fresh reflection on the film by @jessicakiang.bsky.social
Get your copy: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
April 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
💛 In the Mood for Love at 25 💛
Our latest issue celebrates Wong Kar Wai’s masterpiece
Featuring new interviews from Wong, Maggie Cheung, William Chang, Christopher Doyle and more, plus a fresh reflection on the film by @jessicakiang.bsky.social
Get your copy: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
Our latest issue celebrates Wong Kar Wai’s masterpiece
Featuring new interviews from Wong, Maggie Cheung, William Chang, Christopher Doyle and more, plus a fresh reflection on the film by @jessicakiang.bsky.social
Get your copy: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
Bong is back!
In our new issue, we sit down with Bong Joon Ho to discuss his sci-fi satire Mickey 17
Plus, Martin Scorsese on Souleymane Cissé, and much more…
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In our new issue, we sit down with Bong Joon Ho to discuss his sci-fi satire Mickey 17
Plus, Martin Scorsese on Souleymane Cissé, and much more…
Discover what else is inside: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Out on Monday – order yours now: shop.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
March 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Bong is back!
In our new issue, we sit down with Bong Joon Ho to discuss his sci-fi satire Mickey 17
Plus, Martin Scorsese on Souleymane Cissé, and much more…
Discover what else is inside: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Out on Monday – order yours now: shop.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
In our new issue, we sit down with Bong Joon Ho to discuss his sci-fi satire Mickey 17
Plus, Martin Scorsese on Souleymane Cissé, and much more…
Discover what else is inside: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Out on Monday – order yours now: shop.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Gene Hackman, 1930-2025
Seen here shooting Night Moves with Arthur Penn, 1974
Seen here shooting Night Moves with Arthur Penn, 1974
February 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Gene Hackman, 1930-2025
Seen here shooting Night Moves with Arthur Penn, 1974
Seen here shooting Night Moves with Arthur Penn, 1974