BFI Archives - Backseat Mafia

Blu-Ray Review: Ghost Stories for Christmas: Volume 1

There’s something very persuasive about a traditional ghost story. Tales which may have been initially spoken around a campfire. Passed down from generation to generation. Each country, and regions within…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Draughtsman’s Contract

Of all the British directors of the last 50 years, Peter Greenaway is arguably the most interesting. A painter by training, he brought this art into every inch of his…

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LFF Review: Stonewalling

Last year, the United States Supreme Court essentially repealed Roe vs. Wade, overruling the judgement which gave women the substantive right to have an abortion. While it was a terrible…

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Blu-Ray Review: Burning an Illusion

While Britain, relatively speaking, is a multicultural and diverse nation, this hasn’t always been reflected in popular culture. The experiences of the ‘Windrush generation’, and their children, have only been…

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Blu-ray Review: L’argent

They say money makes the world go round and it’s an undeniable truth that most of our lives are dependent on it, in one way or another. There are the…

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Blu-Ray Review: Get Carter

Michael Caine was undoubtedly one of the most famous British faces of the 1960s and 1970s. Sporting his iconic ‘NHS specs’, a swagger and a cheeky grin, he starred in…

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Blu-Ray Review: Pickpocket

Where there are large groups of wealthy people, there will undoubtedly be pickpockets just waiting to relieve them of their money. Although, long gone are the days of people carrying…

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Film Review: Olga

While the horrific events and war crimes taking place in Ukraine have dominated news channels around the world, this is not a new conflict. Indeed, former President Yanukovych’s botched attempt…

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Film Review: La Mif

There are almost 2,500 children’s homes in the UK and that figure is on the rise. These institutions play a vital role in bringing up young people when there is…

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Stewart and Sullavan sparking off each other

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Film Review: The Shop Around the Corner

Jimmy Stewart was one of the most popular film stars of his generation but doesn’t get the plaudits his acting ability so richly deserved. Over a career which spanned five…

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