Behind the Camera

A far reaching interview with multifaceted artist Derek Jarman, conducted in 1987 by producer and critic Simon Field as part of the ICA Guardian Conversations series.

Film critic Tara Judah and film scholar Catherine Portuges explore the work of trailblazing Hungarian filmmaker Márta Mészáros.

A cricket match with extras

Remarkable meeting with the Scot, promoting the only film he's ever directed, and illustrating how it awakened his political consciousness.

Beatles and Goons' collaborator reveals his worldview, from the Vietnam War to dissent and disenchantment in '60s society.

Lively interview with veteran filmmaker on the state of the British film industry, and his work with his regular star, Peter Sellers. Filmed in 1967.

At 21, Mills' private life was of wider interest than her career as a former child star, as this timely and telling interview discovers.

Wide-ranging, honest and revelatory conversation with the former Goon, who was about to begin a new phase of his career.

Charming interview with the 21-year-old Lipman, who had just completed her first film role, as she ponders what to do next.

Terence Davies introduces Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister's poetic paean to Great Britain.

Working with Terence Davies on Of Time And The City, Anderson addresses the importance of archive footage and his wider role as an archive producer.

Peter Kosminsky, Claire Foy and Debbie Wiseman join Hilary Mantel to talk about the BBC adaptation of her Booker Prize-winning novel, Wolf Hall.

Teenage actors discuss their work with Franco Zeffirelli on Romeo and Juliet.

In this illustrated discussion, BFI programmer-at-large Geoff Andrew and Catherine Wheatley, the author of two books on Michael Haneke’s work, examine what makes him such a distinctive, important and often controversial cinematic artist.

Happy and relaxed dialogue with the then 28-year-old actor, covering his rise to fame and plans for the future.

Kirk Douglas likes the seaside town of Weymouth except the weather.

In this discussion, BFI programmer-at-large Geoff Andrew and Sue Harris, Professor of Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London, will focus on three titles to look at what made Malle such a rewarding filmmaker.

American British actor David Soul appears in Mud.

Interview with the straight-talking star of films such as Victim and Ice Cold In Alex, shot in 1967.

Famed for managing small budgets and delivering a profit, Robert Hartford-Davis talks about his career as a producer/director in this 1960s interview.

Caustic and very personal ravaging of film criticism, from the director of Tom Jones, A Taste of Honey and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.

Sir Ian McKellen reflects on his most renowned on-screen Shakespearean role, reprised from Richard Eyre's acclaimed National Theatre production.

Sir Ian McKellen introduces Laurence Olivier's classic adaptation of Henry V, a rousing wartime classic which McKellen contrasts with Kenneth Branagh's more circumspect 1989 version.

The champion of BFI's Shakespeare on Film season introduces Akira Kurosawa's great Macbeth adaptation.

Hollywood has more than just celebrated stars: its industry is respectable and prosperous, says Leslie Howard.

Charlie Chaplin relaxes on the tennis court in this potted history of Hollywood, which looks back fondly to the early days of film, in a world on the brink of war.

A laudatory item on the mid-1930s British film industry makes this issue of the cinemagazine fascinating for film fans.

Hollywood Actor Charlton Heston thinks about playing Saxon King Harold.

Deborah Kerr explains the masoschism associated with theatrical performance.

Film critic Carmen Gray and film writer Ela Bittencourt discuss three films by trailblazing Czech filmmaker Věra Chytilová.

Pith and politics from the brilliant, unpredictable comedian who declares proudly, "I find myself unable to learn anything."

Actors talk of Straw Dogs while on location in Cornwall.

Julie Christie and Alan Bates entertain us as Hardy’s book is brought to life.

Fern the red deer appears once again for the cameras