Viewfinder Reviews

• Minute Bodies

  Review type: Video | Posted on: 8 March 2018

  Prof Ian Christie examines the fascinating fusion of Smith’s time-lapse photomicrography modern music.

• The Wars of the Roses

  Review type: Video | Posted on: 4 July 2017

  Dr Jodi-Anne George reviews the BBC’s landmark Shakespeare adaptation The Wars of the Roses, available on DVD from Illuminations.

• A Special Day

  Review type: Video | Posted on: 3 May 2017

  Dr Louis Bayman reviews CultFilm’s Blu-ray/DVD release of Ettore Scola’s A Special Day.

• Ken Russell: The Great Composers/The Great Passions

  Review type: Video | Posted on: 11 April 2017

  Prof John Hill reviews the recent Blu-ray/DVD releases of the BFI’s collections of Ken Russell films.

• Tower of London

  Review type: Video | Posted on: 8 February 2017

  Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes reviews a new Blu-ray of Roger Corman’s gothic horror history Tower of London.

• Wizards

  Review type: Video | Posted on: 18 January 2017

  Dr Birgitta Hosea reviews a new DVD release of Ralph Bakshi’s fantasy animation Wizards.

• The Children of Green Knowe

  Review type: Video | Posted on: 24 November 2016

  Prof Stephen Lacey reviews the BBC’s adaptation of Lucy M. Boston’s popular children’s novel, recently released on DVD.

• Black Girl/Borom Sarret

  Review type: Video | Posted on: 13 September 2016

  Prof David Murphy reviews the BFI’s dual-edition release of Ousmane Sembene’s Black Girl and Borom Sarret.

• Make More Noise!

  Review type: Video | Posted on: 23 June 2016

  Kristyn Gorton reviews the BFI National Archive’s compilation of suffragettes in early silent film.

• Intolerance

  Review type: Video | Posted on: 8 April 2016

  Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones reviews the DVD release of D. W. Griffith’s early film masterpiece.