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Beverly Walker, hired as an advisor on Werner Herzog’s reimagining of the classic Murnau film, went from being a member of a ramshackle filmmaking 'team' to being in front of the camera. She recalled her experiences for our Autumn 1978 issue.

In his debut as a novelist, the filmmaker takes us to the jungles of the Philippines.

The filmmaker behind “Grizzly Man” and “Fitzcarraldo” makes a late-career foray into fiction with his new book, “The Twilight World.” He feels he has finally found his medium.

As Murnau’s classic vampire horror turns 100, we revisit this 1967 feature, which picks apart the film’s timeless themes and influential techniques

To mark a new BFI Southbank season celebrating the films of silent-era diva ‘Die Asta’, we share this feature – first published in S&S Autumn 1973 – which heralds Nielsen as of one of the world’s first and greatest film stars

Tinto Brass with wife Katrina Varzi (Vision/Sappadine) After nearly sixty years of activity, Tinto Brass (born Giovanni Brass) is still considered today

«En mi próxima película, 'La desconocida', rodaré bastante en Albacete»

Jun 12, 2021 Since its start in 1999, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & Asia) has become the largest festival of its kind in Asia. This year, it is presenting a hybrid edition, with online venues showing films beginning on April 27 and the festival proper held June 11-21 at venues across Tokyo. In addition to the core competition sections — International (films from outside Japan and Asia), Asia International and Japan — the festival will present shorts of a variety of genr...

The world of 100 years ago was surprisingly close to our own. Here, we choose 12 films from 1921 which capture the flavour of the times.

Dietrich as Lola Lola. "The Blue Angel" will always have a place in film history as the movie that brought Marlene Dietrich to international stardom. At the time it was made, at the birth of the sound era in 1929, it was seen as a vehicle for Emil Jannings, the German actor who had just won the first Academy Award for best actor (for both "The Last Command" and "The Way of All Flesh") after starring in such silent landmarks as "The Last Laugh" and "Faust." Dietrichs overnight stardom inspired d...