British Film Institute Articles

Two early Alfred Hitchcock efforts: Ivor Novello in The Lodger (top); Anny Ondra in Blackmail (bottom) "Rescue the Hitchcock 9" is the name of a campaign by the British Film Institute to save nine Alfred Hitchcock silent films, among them Blackmail (1929), shot as both a silent and a talkie. "Be part of the challenge to bring these rare films back from the brink and [...]

Joseph Losey at the bfi Schedule and film info from the bfi: Accident * 5 – 18 June Joseph Losey’s brilliant study of simmering class conflict, sexual tension and the British character. The Big Night * Thu 4 Jun 18:40 * Tue 9 Jun 18:20 Joseph Losey’s final American film co-scripted with novelist Stanley Ellin. Blind Date * Mon 1 Jun 20:40 * Tue 9 [...]

Dirk Bogarde, James Fox in The Servant (top); The Damned (bottom) "Among the greatest things that happened to British cinema were the arrival on our shores of the Korda brothers in the 30s, Losey in the 50s and Kubrick in the 60s," reads the introduction to an upcoming Joseph Losey series, which runs June 1-July 23 at the bfi Southbank in London. The Wisconsin-born (on [...]