British Film Institute Articles

Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, The Devils Ken Russell, the director of Women in Love, The Boy Friend, and Altered States, died Sunday, Nov. 27, at the age of 84. Coincidentally, the British Film Institute, with much fanfare, announced several months ago that it would be releasing for the first time on DVD the X-rated version of Russell's The Devils, a mix of history, political intrigue, [...]

David Cronenberg, Ralph Fiennes to Become BFI Fellows. [Right: Bette Davis.] The list of those who have received a British Film Institute Fellowship since it was first handed out in 1983 is quite extensive. [See below.] BFI Fellows include not only Britishers, but also numerous foreigners who have somehow or other been associated with either the film world or the BFI itself, among them directors [...]

Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg and British actor-turned-filmmaker Ralph Fiennes (right) will receive the 2011 British Film Institute Fellowship, a sort of Lifetime Achievement Award given by the BFI. Cronenberg and Fiennes will be handed the honor at the London Film Festival. Previous BFI Fellowship recipients include Isabelle Huppert, Michael Powell, Marcel Carné, Bette Davis, Maureen O'Hara, Orson Welles, Ousmane Sembene, Akira Kurosawa, Maggie Smith, Bernardo [...]

Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh in David O. Selznick's Gone with the Wind, directed by Victor Fleming (top); Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington in James Cameron's Avatar (bottom) Gone with the Wind remains the no. 1 movie at the UK box office if a) box-office success is measured by the number of tickets sold (as it logically should) b) estimates by the British Film Institute are accurate. [...]