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Movies And TV
Inside the Archive #70: Museum of Dreamworlds and a trip...
This week discover more about a research project exploring silent film depictions...
Zara Larsson Takes Us on a Ride
I say good-bye to Zara Larsson and drum my fingers on my laptop. My apartment, bursting...
Queer as Punk: powerful music doc takes viewers on the...
Documentarian Yihwen Chen’s film about charismatic punk band Shh… Diam! has the...
Sight and Sound: the June 2026 issue
On the cover: Marilyn Monroe at 100 Inside the issue: the fifth anniversary of the...
Attenborough on Attenborough at 100: zoologist or television...
As the beloved broadcaster turns 100, curator Elinor Groom digs into some unusual...
Every 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Needle Drop, Ranked
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is finally here. We at PAPER couldn’t be prouder of our...
The Christophers: Steven Soderbergh pits Ian McKellen against...
The prolific American director returns to his favourite template: ‘two people in...
Mike Figgis looks back on Leaving Las Vegas: “My credit...
As Leaving Las Vegas returns three decades on, director Mike Figgis revisits the...
Great 8 showcase revealed for Cannes 2026
’Great 8’ is the BFI and British Council’s annual showcase of new UK feature films...
Guillermo del Toro receives BFI Fellowship from Cate Blanchett...
The event was attended by leading filmmakers and talent including J. J. Abrams,...
'Greater New York' Gets Real at MoMA PS1
It can take a lot to persuade snobby Manhattanites to venture all the way to Queens,...
At the movies with Guillermo del Toro
The Mexican director is receiving a BFI Fellowship for his prolific body of work...
UK Global Screen Fund announces latest international co-production...
The latest awards see almost £1 million allocated to support six new co-productions...
Dennis Free Took This Call in a Kuala Lumpur Rainstorm
When I connect with DJ Dennis Free over Zoom, he is smiling down at his phone, walking...
Michael Ffolkes’s Punch illustrations for This Sporting...
In Punch magazine during the 1960s, the weekly film reviews were accompanied with...
How 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Blends Realism and Fashion...
How could any film top the iconic The Devil Wears Prada, especially in terms of...
Cult Classics: ‘Raising Arizona’ Gave us an Epic Prolonged...
When I think of peak Cohen Brothers, the movie that comes to mind is the 1987 film...
Who Is Evil-Lyn in ‘Masters of the Universe’? Alison Brie’s...
After spending 18 years in development hell, the Masters of the Universe cinematic...
Top 5 ‘X-Files’ Episodes to Prepare for Ryan Coogler’s...
The X-Files is probably one of the best-known sci-fi drama shows that hail from...
Inside the Archive #69: Bringing national collections to...
This week learn more about the ways we are bringing the BFI National Archive to...
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Proves Fight Choreography Is an Art...
In a franchise built on bone-snapping finishes and iconic rivalries, Mortal Kombat...
'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Are Literally Broke
This is So Chic, Very Chic, PAPER’s examination of Bravo’s sprawling cohort of fashion...
“Never were cloth caps worn more rakishly”: Alberto Cavalcanti’s...
An atmospheric post-war thriller, For Them That Trespass marks Richard Todd’s screen...
BFI Player’s May 2026 line-up
Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague arrives as a subscription exclusive in a month...
Meet Me@UO Built Something Bigger Than a Brand Trip
Urban Outfitters created an oasis in the heart of Joshua Tree, California. From...
10 great films set in São Paolo
One of the world’s largest cities, São Paulo has inspired generations of filmmakers...
What Do We Think Carrie Bradshaw Smelled Like?
Have you ever wondered what Carrie Bradshaw or Queen Charlotte smelled like? Aiming...
Did Madonna Invent the Pop Star Remix Album?
After four months of nothing but Brat, Charli xcx decided it was time for more Brat....
Art and the City’s film push shows promise, despite quiet...
Day two of Art and the City film screenings drew a modest crowd. Three short films...
The old movies again, in a different way: Christian Petzold...
From Rebecca to Mulholland Dr. – Christian Petzold sorts through the older films...
Object of the week: The retro-futuristic poster for The...
With its angular typeface and graphic elements that feel both space-age and like...
We Infiltrated Madonna's Not-So-Secret 'Club Confessions'
This is PAPER Diaries, an unfiltered look into the thoughts and lives of creative...
Tori Amos Is Channeling
There is a secret society that walks among us, hidden in plain sight, a cabal of...
Olivia: Mysterious debut about a missing butcher presents...
A young Argentinian woman searches the for her father in a defiantly introspective...
Romería: reality and fantasy intertwine in this ethereal...
Carla Simón’s story of a young woman untangling a web of family secrets cements...
‘From’ season 4, episode 2: When and where to watch tonight
Fans of the sci-fi horror drama From are getting another installment as season 4...
What Wednesday Season 3 is hiding behind its Paris trip
Netflix’s Wednesday is officially going global. The most-viewed English-language...
‘Reasonable Doubt’ season 4 is about to get unpredictable
An already star-studded legal drama gets even deeper. The legal world of Hulu’s...
Amelia Dimoldenberg is Rewriting the Rules of the Edit
Since Adobe Premiere hit phones in 2025, creators have found inventive ways to take...
Inside the Archive #68: Reflections on archiving asexuality
This week we hear from PhD researcher Rebecca Humphreys‑Lamford about their experiences...
'The Real Housewives of Rhode Island' Are Running Over...
This is So Chic, Very Chic, PAPER’s examination of Bravo’s sprawling cohort of fashion...
Hokum: Damian McCarthy’s horror finds a human story amid...
A haunted Irish hotel becomes a site of personal reckoning for a haunted man played...
Charli xcx Versus the Dance Floor
Music’s Brat is back. But did she ever really leave? Charli xcx’s domination of...
“A story marshalled with dazzling skill and precision”:...
As Alan Pakula’s Watergate thriller turns 50, we revisit Richard Combs’ assessment...
Inside Julio Torres' Mind Palace
What does Julio Torres’s office look like?That’s not a question I typically wonder...
10 great Brazilian horror films
From Coffin Joe’s blasphemous birth in the 1960s to today’s socially charged nightmares,...
The PAPER Guide to Dressing for the Movies
As a global showcase of creative talents, the movie theater is perhaps the exact...
080 Barcelona Fashion Uplifts a New Generation of Designers
Barcelona is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world. It’s also...
Super Nature, a love letter to nature created on Super...
Filmed exclusively on the original home movie format and with 80 different antique...
This is not a Vivaldi biopic: Damiano Michieletto on Primavera
Opera director Damiano Michieletto discusses bringing Antonio Vivaldi’s early Venetian...
Object of the week: David Lean’s unmade Nostromo – the...
Following A Passage to India, David Lean took a public vote for which big novel...
The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Holy Coachella Empire
“Why don’t you go on west to California?” John Steinbeck wrote. “There’s work there,...
Where to begin with Baz Luhrmann
As Moulin Rouge! turns 25 and with Strictly Ballroom returning to cinemas, we plunge...
Let's Be Honest About 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta'
This is So Chic, Very Chic, PAPER’s examination of Bravo’s sprawling cohort of fashion...
PAPER Predicts Dune 3's Stunning Press Outfits
Dennis Villaneuve’s Dune film series is no stranger to elite red-carpet ensembles...
How to Build a Pop Star With 'Mother Mary' Director David...
The alchemy of a pop icon is a tricky thing.She (for it is only women held to this...
Charlotte Regan’s BFI Film Academy masterclass and insights...
Scrapper director Charlotte Regan joined a BFI Film Academy masterclass with production...
Miroirs No. 3 second look review: a glorious sun dappled...
Petzoldian alienation blends with a strangely restorative world view in the story...
“The hope is you’ll feel you’re in a continuous dream”: Gerald...
A kaleidoscopic tribute to oneiric cinema, Gerald Fox’s Kinaesthesia reimagines...
‘Harry Potter’ is Forever, But at What Cost?
When I was first introduced to the concept of The Hunger Games at the end of 2011,...
CinemaCon Just Dropped First Footage of ‘Children of Blood...
The first footage from Children of Blood and Bone has officially debuted at CinemaCon,...
The PAPER Guide to LA Restaurant Server Spiels
“We do things a little differently here” says your server before lecturing you with...
10 great films set in fishing towns
From The Fog to Local Hero... Ahead of the release of Mark Jenkin’s new brine-encrusted...
How Sister Sage Was Built to Shatter Expectations of Black...
In a standout moment for representation in superhero television, Susan Heyward is...
The Blue Trail: a senior citizen flees dystopian Brazil...
Director Gabriel Mascaro’s fantastical odyssey about a woman on the run from an...
Erika Jayne on 'RHOBH' and Rebuilding Her Life
PAPER matriarch Mickey Boardman sat down with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills...
In Search of the Lost 'MTV Spring Break'
Upon preparation for my spring break, I do what any college-aged girl does when...
11 Reasons Love Jones Is a Romance for The Ages
The 1997 romantic comedy still gives fans the feels nearly three decades later,...
From Justin Bieber ‘Therapy’ to Karol G’s Latina Power,...
From Justin Bieber’s history-making comeback and Anyma’s canceled performance to...
Liv Morgan Gets Rough
If a spotlight is present, Liv Morgan will find it. Her career as a WWE superstar...
'Dirty' Dominik Mysterio Cleans Up
There might not be a single person in modern wrestling who ignites a visceral gut...
Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel on Fame, Friendship & Fallout...
BGN interviews the cast and director of the new A24 film Mother Mary. Featured in...
Object of the week: Costume designs for the 1970s swashbuckler...
These sumptuous sketches by the Chilean-born British designer Olga Lehmann were...
BFI invests £9.25 million to support UK-wide screen culture...
The first awards from the 2026 to 2029 BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund...
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ First Footage Reveals a Heartbreaking...
At CinemaCon 2026, Tom Holland made a bold promise about Spider-Man: Brand New Day,...