"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 ...
Terence Stamp, the British actor who made his name in 1960s British cinema and starred as villain General Zod in the original Superman films, has died aged 87. Stamp died on the morning of Sunday, ...
LONDON (AP) — Terence Stamp, the British actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the early Superman films, has died. He was 87. His death on Sunday was ...
British postwar cinema will serve as the focus of the retrospective programme at this year's Locarno Film Festival. Locarno ...
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 ...
An art deco cinema which survived World War Two bombing raids and has hosted The Beatles is now at the centre of a new battle ...
Flame over India (Rank; 20th Century-Fox). The time is 1905, the place is India’s wild northwest frontier, and the situation is jolly awkward. There in an isolated outpost sits a smallish British ...
Crime films are the bread and butter of British cinema. Whether it’s an East End soap opera, or an Agatha Christie murder mystery, it can be hard to overhear a British film without thinking the plot ...
Locarno 'Peeping Tom' ©1960 Michael Powell (Theatre) Ltd.- All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Studiocanal. British postwar cinema will serve as the focus of the ...
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 ...