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Jean Painlevé (1902-1989) was one of the pioneers in the development of scientific cinema and was one of its great popularisers. Oliver Gaycken, Assistant Professor at University of Maryland looks at the...
Following on from Ieuan Franklin's excellent blog which discussed such mind-bendingly psychedelic Films on Four as Born of Fire (Jamil Dehlavi, 1987), Shadey (Phillip Saville, 1987) and Silent Scream (David...
Channel Four had, the IBA noted, ‘from time to time transmitted important but often difficult films – generally from abroad – which have occasionally pressed very close to the absolute limits of...
Behind the Scenes at the BBFC: Film Classification from the Silver Screen to the Digital Age Edited by Edward Lamberti (foreword by Mark Kermode) (BFI/Palgrave Macmillan, 23 Nov 2012), 256 pages ISBN:...
[caption id="attachment_365" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Courtesy Sander Spolspoel under CC Licence."][/caption] Ahead of a visit to Pinewood Studios today, David Cameron has said that the film...
Professor Michael Berkowitz looks at the hitsory behind Claude Lanzmann’s monumental 10-hour documentary 'Shoah' (1985) in the light of a new book dedicated to the film in the BFI Film Classics range:...
The British Universities Film & Video Council is delighted to welcome the following individuals to judge the Learning on Screen Awards 2014: Chair: Ian Wall Ian Wall taught English & Media at...
First screened on British television in October 1973, the documentary series The World at War proved to be a milestone in the history of ITV. Professor James Chapman explores its roots and its critical...
Catherine Chambers, Senior Producer at The Open University explores why storytelling is the key to engaging learners with short form video in informal and formal learning. About the author: Senior Producer...
As Channel 4 draws the curtain on the eleven-year success of the Big Brother franchise, it continues to reap the rewards of being the producer of some of the most popular shows on television, including...
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