Sight and Sound #35:04
230 x 295 mm, 100 pages
London, UK
Published since 1932
Editor-in-chief: Mike Williams
Art director: Leo Field
The international film magazine from the British Film Institute, featuring reviews, interviews with filmmakers, profiles of film stars past and present, mega movie listicles and industry-focused news. It’s the solid movie magazine at the centre of the industry, around which the likes of Little White Lies can spin a more tangential approach to the subject.
Wong Kar Wai headlines this May 2025 issue, chatting inside to crew members Christopher Doyle, William Chang, Umebayashi Shigeru and Tony Rayns, as well as Maggie Cheung, the elusive female lead of his most critically acclaimed film to date, In The Mood For Love. Elsewhere, editor Mike Williams probes the ambiguity of Adolescence, the one-shot, four-part Netflix drama ‘starring Graham as the father of Jamie, a 13-year-old boy who murders a teenage girl from his school.’
Also inside: a tribute to the late leading man Gene Hackman; plus a dispatch from Fespaco, Burkina Faso’s local biennial film festival, considering the complexities of archiving.