The program promises “a tribute” to British cinema from that period that paints “a rich and diverse picture of life in the postwar years as reflected in British popular cinema.” As such, audiences can ...

"British cinema made in the studio system managed to blend popular entertainment with some of the most stylistically innovative forms, elevating it to the status of art," says curator Ehsan Khoshbakht ...

But 50 years after Askwith first sprung out of his y-fronts ... and the national film industry was forced to smarten itself up. (As the old joke goes, British cinema of the 1980s was full of people ...

Vera Drake, the British period drama starring Imelda Staunton and Daniel Mays, has landed a new streaming home in the UK. From acclaimed writer-director Mike Leigh, this "riveting" film received wide ...

June Givanni, the British film curator and writer best known for her work chronicling African and African diaspora cinema, will receive the honorary Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema award at ...

Curator Ehsan Khoshbakht explains his selection, the roles of ruins and children in 1945-1960 films, and how "popular cinema was systematically attacked and destroyed by British film critics" back in ...

If you attend the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, running Aug. 6-16, and you're looking from something more than the latest art-house discoveries the fest will screen, keep in mind that ...