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To claim a remarkable victory in the freestyle. duncan brooks took bronze in the mens event — britain have now won a medal in all four bmx events. and tomorrow its the turn of the track cyclists — with britains golden couple laura and jason kenny competing in theirfirst events. stephen park is the performance director of british cycling. what is your reaction? an absolutely incredible performance. she lay down a set of tricks of else in the world was able to pull off and in fact she wasnt ab...

That team breaking the olympic record as well so some incredible times in the pool today. emma finishing with seven medals in tokyo, four gold, three bronze. congratulations. really quite an incredible achievement. also another important gold for team gb in the bmx. phenomenal right there. charlotte worthington, there were plenty of thrills and spills in the bmx freestyle, that second run for her, 97.5, a remarkable run and if anyone can catch the end of the mens final action there, there will b...

Since the late 1960s Hungarian filmmaker Márta Mészáros has paved the way for women in film. A true trailblazer, having been the first woman (and Hungarian) to have won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale in 1975 for her much acclaimed Adoption, Mészáros is a key figure in Central European cinema. To celebrate Second Run’s forthcoming release of the film on Blu-ray , we are offering BFI customers £3 off orders of Adoption with promo code MARTA3OFF, just enter the code at checkout. Sec...

Where’s it on? Netflix Quietly arriving on Netflix last week, The Disciple was a favourite for many who saw it on the festival run last year. Mumbai-born director Chaitanya Tamhane made a name for himself with his 2014 legal drama Court. His second feature enters the world of Indian classical music. The Disciple centres on a vocalist, Sharad Nerulkar (Aditya Modak), who has followed his father into a music career, devoting himself to practise and the noble tradition of his craft. Only t...

Blu-ray: I Was at Home, But | reviews, news & interviews Blu-ray: I Was at Home, But... Blu-ray: I Was at Home, But... Cold comfort in this story of family grief from Berlin director Angela Schanelec by Tom BirchenoughThursday, 15 April 2021 There are rare scenes that communicate emotion with piercing intensity The term most often used about Berlin director Angela Schanelec’s filmmaking seems to be “elliptical”, and her latest film, I Was at Home, But..., which won the B...

Blu-ray: Tomorrow Ill Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea | reviews, news & interviews Blu-ray: Tomorrow Ill Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea Blu-ray: Tomorrow Ill Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea Lightweight but likeable Czech time-travel romp by Graham RicksonTuesday, 02 March 2021 Jindřich Polák ’s 1963 film Ikarie XB-1 (also available from distributor Second Run) still seems fresh, a cerebral, visually arresting sci-fi which clearly influenced 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

by Tom BirchenoughTuesday, 19 January 2021 Into the woods will never feel the same again Catalan director Albert Serra’s interest in late 18th centuryFrance is well established – his previous film was The Death of Louis XIV – but the title of his new one has precious little to do with the triadic Catalan director Albert Serra’s interest in late 18th centuryFrance is well established – his previous film was The Death of Louis XIV – but the title of his new one has precio...

Streaming: the restless career of Nicolas Cage While the actor turns the air blue in Netflix’s History of Swear Words, delve into his eclectic back catalogue from Moonstruck to Mandy Nicolas Cage delivers expletives with ‘lavish, regal dignity’ in History of Swear Words. Photograph: Adam Rose/Netflix Nicolas Cage delivers expletives with ‘lavish, regal dignity’ in History of Swear Words. Photograph: Adam Rose/Netflix Sat 9 Jan 2021 03.00 EST Round about the time an acquaintance of min...

Mysterious Object at Noon (1999) Weerasethakul’s feature-making debut is a dreamlike 16mm documentary that journeys from Bangkok’s city roads to the rich Thai countryside. The seeds for his experimental narrative style are planted immediately: a series of vignettes chart the illogical tale of a crippled boy and his teacher, as told by a succession of rural villagers who continue the unwritten tale as they see fit. Seamlessly merging black and white documentary footage with staged fiction, ...