Our Weekly Film Bulletin archive
Weekly Film Bulletin #54 – 9 April 2021
Celebrating 70 years of Cahiers du Cinéma, plus a focus on pre-Code Hollywood… and a dancing squirrel.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #53 – 2 April 2021
Jazz in the movies, plus Warwick Thornton's top ten, and recommendations for Undine and Minari.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #52 – 26 March 2021
Celebrating a year of the Weekly Film Bulletin and the centenary of Dirk Bogarde, Plus Justin Kurzel's top ten, Ammonite and Lawrence of Arabia.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #51 – 19 March 2021
Hollywood navel-gazing, Patricia Highsmith on her film adaptations and the start of the Essay Film Festival. Plus, Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #50 – 12 March 2021
A potted history of the Queen on screen. Plus Judas and the Black Messiah, Koreeda Hirokazu's favourite films, the beauty of Binoche and Scorsese on Scorsese.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #49 – 5 March 2021
International Women’s Day… forever. Plus Clio Barnard's top ten, and Jodie Foster on our December 1991 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #48 – 26 February 2021
Setting our calendar for the hopeful reopening of cinemas. Plus Peter Strickland’s awe-inspiring favourites, and Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on our Winter 1952 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #47 – 19 February 2021
Dates with the movies we’re looking forward to this year; Christine Molloy’s big-screen favourites; and Benicio del Toro on our November 2000 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #46 – 12 February 2021
Our Valentine's video party, Guy Maddin’s top ten, and Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney on our Summer 1967 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #45 – 5 February 2021
Oncoming awards, including the off-Coela Golden Globes. Plus Luca Guadagnino's top ten films, and Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio on our Spring 1986 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #44 – 29 January 2021
Sundance at home, and the shape of film festivals to come soon. Plus the late Michael Apted's film influences, and Michelle Reis on our September 1996 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #43 – 22 January 2021
22 January: silent cinema’s most star-etched date? Plus Mania Akbari’s pendulum films, and Paul Newman on our Spring 1979 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #42 – 15 January 2021
Blue movies to dispel the January blues. Plus Laura Mulvey’s 10 greatest films and Michelle Yeoh on our December 2000 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #41 – 8 January 2021
The loneliness of the Göteberg Film Festival-goer (and the rest of us). Plus Radu Jude’s refreshingly different top ten, and Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter and Martin Scorsese on the June 1975 Monthly Film Bulletin.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #40 – 1 January 2021
Check your Christmas Critical Conundrum quiz answers here. Plus the best podcasts of 2020, and our March 2003 Far from Heaven cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #39 – 25 December 2020
Test your festive knowledge with our Christmas-film quiz. Plus the Christmas-born Humphrey Bogart on the September 1978 Monthly Film Bulletin cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #38 – 18 December 2020
The female filmmakers of 2020; Gregg Araki’s favourite films; Samuel L. Jackson on our classic cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #37 – 11 December 2020
Unveiling our ten best films of 2020. Plus the Maysles brothers from our archive, and George Clooney on our October 1998 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #36 – 4 December 2020
Looking back at 2020; Gillian Wearing’s favourite films; Marlene Dietrich and Orson Welles on our Summer 1958 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #35 – 27 November 2020
Unveiling our best Blu-rays of 2020; the late Les Blank’s favourite films; and the fair Audrey Hepburn on our July 1964 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #34 – 20 November 2020
Francis Lee in his happy place, for #MyDreamPalace; Martin Scorsese’s Greatest Films of All Time; and Björk on our classic cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #33 – 13 November 2020
Small Axe on the BBC, Steve McQueen on our latest cover, Edgar Wright opens our #MyDreamPalace campaign, and Orson Welles on our Autumn 1968 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #32 – 6 November 2020
A second lockdown, and the launch of our #MyDreamPalaces campaign. Plus Tsai Ming-Liang’s top ten films, and Ethan Hawke on our cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #31 – 30 October 2020
Independent cinema struggles, Roy Andersson’s favourite films, and Klaus Kinski and Isabelle Adjani on our Autumn 1978 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #30 – 23 October 2020
The Ladykillers and a holiday to 1955. Plus Terence Davies’s 50s favourites, and Jean Gabin dancing the French Can-Can on our cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #29 – 16 October 2020
Immersive movies, from lockdown projectors to LFF Expanded; plus The films that made Abel Ferrara want to make films, and Angela Lansbury on our Winter 1969/70 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #28 – 9 October 2020
October means… our horror movie special issue, from Saint Maud and Relic to Psycho and more. Plus the Final Girls’ favourite female performances in horror.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #27 – 2 October 2020
Instagram at ten – and our favourite Insta-movie accounts. Plus Mike Hodges’s top ten, and Ralph Fiennes on our December 1995 cover for Strange Days.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #26 – 25 September 2020
Hollywood and the cinema of soccer, plus the best films of 2000 as chosen by Simran Hans and Tara Joshi, and James Dean in a tux on our Spring 1956 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #25 – 18 September 2020
Venice – in real life! – and the new film festival etiquette. Plus Malgorzata Szumowska's greatest films of all time, and The Red Shoes on our Winter 1948-49 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #24 – 11 September 2020
Remembering Jiří Menzel, hero of the Czech New Wave (including his ten greatest films). Plus a floral Pedro Almodóvar on our classic cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #23 – 4 September 2020
BFI Southbank and more cinemas re-open; Mulan director Niki Caro’s greatest films; and a 1940 S&S cover from the rubble of WWII.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #22 – 28 August 2020
Tenet lands alongside our Nolan-fronted October issue; plus Cate Shortland's cool classics and Fight Club’s Ed Norton makes our vintage cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #21 – 21 August 2020
Recreating Bologna’s Il Cinema Ritrovato at home; plus Quentin Tarantino's all-American greatest films, and Gene Kelly on our Jan-March 1953 cover.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #20 – 14 August 2020
The importance of cinemas, from East London to São Paulo; plus Michaela Coel's acting highlights reel, and a classic Wim Wenders cover to mark his 75th birthday.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #19 – 7 August 2020
Sunset Boulevard at 70, the state of Hollywood, and a meeting with Billy ‘Whiplash’ Wilder.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #18 – 31 July 2020
Silver cinema linings, the films Miranda July thinks about, and a 1967 audience with the fearsome Fritz Lang.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #17 – 24 July 2020
Tenet delayed, Hong Sang-Soo’s favourite films, and a flashback to 1990s Black female filmmakers.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #16 – 17 July 2020
We Are Parable on their BFI online takeover – and a top ten of the past decade’s most successful films by Black British directors at the UK box office.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #15 – 10 July 2020
Drive-ins, virtual cinema and even the occasional brave walk-in. Plus Carol Morley's desert island films.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #14 – 3 July 2020
Lockdown’s not-quite-as-normal cinema, from Hamilton to the London Film Festival; plus Olivier Assayas’s ten greatest films choice.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #13 – 26 June 2020
Online festivals in lieu of Glastonbury and Pride; Horace Ové's top ten – and an early-bird offer on our new Jean-Luc Godard special.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #12 – 19 June 2020
How TV has reacted to lockdown. Plus Andrew Haigh's formative films.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #11 – 12 June 2020
Pride, Black Lives Matter and more conscious-raising recommendations, plus Wanuri Kahiu’s global greatest films.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #10 – 5 June 2020
Black rage, black cinema, and Steve McQueen's top ten films.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #9 – 29 May 2020
We Are One global film festival, new BFI Film Classics – and the Dardennes on life in lockdown.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #8 – 22 May 2020
Looking towards cinema re-opening, Whit Stillman's favourite mid-century classics and more.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #7 – 15 May 2020
Film through female eyes with Women Make Film, Joanna Hogg’s greatest films of all time and more.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #6 – 8 May 2020
Cooking and cocktails with the stars, Guillermo del Toro’s feast of favourite films and more.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #4 – 24 April 2020
Really long (and short) films for lockdown, Ben Rivers’ contemplative classics and more.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #3 – 17 April 2020
DVDs and Blu-rays for lockdown, Mia Hansen-Løve's cinematic education and more.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #2 – 10 April 2020
How filmmakers are spending their quarantine, Gaspar Noé's greatest films of all time and more.
Read it hereWeekly Film Bulletin #1 – 3 April 2020
Introducing the WFB, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's greatest films of all time, reviews, recommendations and more.
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