Happy 25th bday to this all-timer. Did a piece with Wong Kar Wai.

What would you do if your child could listen in to your private conversations? Frédéric Hambalek’s dark but hilarious film about a teen with telepathic powers feels designed to make parents wince. Sam Wigley reviews What Marielle Knows from #Berlinale2025 www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Director Gabriel Mascaro’s fantastical odyssey about a woman on the run from an ageist authoritarian government avoids the sentimentality of so many late-life renaissance movies. Sam Wigley reviews The Blue Trail, Grand Jury Prize winner at #Berlinale2025 www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

I am very excited to announce that I am writing a BFI Film Classics book on Mani Kaul's USKI ROTI / A DAY'S BREAD (1969, India) and it will be published by Bloomsbury. It will be the first title on Indian Parallel Cinema. .

Publication Day has finally arrived and The Magic Hours: the Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick is finally available. Writing it has been a wonderful experience and yes here is a new special episode of Writers on Film to celebrate open.spotify.com/episode/6xZX...

My latest "Where to begin with..." piece for the BFI, and by some distance the one that I had the most fun writing.

This is wonderful www.bfi.org.uk/features/wat...

Five years ago today, my BFI interview with Atom Egoyan about EXOTICA at 25 was published. Resharing it now with a 30th anniversary hook. Still one of my favourite pieces I've ever done. www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/e...

My interview with David Lynch from the summer is now online. For what it's worth, it never said he was retiring. It actually says the exact opposite! www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Early Christmas gift? Thanksgiving miracle? Take your pick, it's wonderful news.