Every decade, the British Film Institute releases their 100 greatest films of all time. Here’s who made the cut.
- Associate Professor of French Studies, Adelaide University
80 years after its release, we return to Casablanca and remember its potent mix of romance, thrills and cynicism
The titan of French film has died, aged 91. His was a career of immense creativity, which redefined the grammar of cinema.
Jordan Peele has only made three films, but in that time he has emerged as a master of high-concept black horror-thrillers, with a social edge and bitingly satirical takes on race, class and gender.
E.T. is a movie with a heart. The special effects are minimal. What counts is the story, and the boy and his friend at its centre.
Nicolas Cage has been in over 100 productions. In his most recent films, he is showing some of the finest acting of his career.
Stepping back from acting after a diagnosis of aphasia, Bruce Willis will perhaps be best remembered from Die Hard. Here are some other films where he shone.
This is a film of big ideas. Audiences are required to pay attention, but the rewards are considerable.
Movie director Joel Schumacher’s body of work is profound, and his influence on contemporary Hollywood cinema indelible.
Sixty years after it premiered, Psycho remains Hitchcock’s most celebrated film. But it is really two films, glued together by the most iconic scene in cinema history.
The groundbreaking German expressionist film Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered in 1920. It is just as shocking – and influential – 100 years on.
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘final cut’ of Apocalypse Now hits Australian cinemas this week. He joins a long list of directors who endlessly tinker with their work. But does it add anything to the films?
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