Join us as we take a look at this decade's version of the BFI Sight & Sound official canon, which saw 1600 critics submitting their top ten films. This year's pair of lists - hundreds of directors are polled separately - sees some surprise reshuffles, old favourites make their debuts, some losers left gone with the wind and some truly bizarre submissions from the world's most beloved filmmakers. Stay tuned till the end to hear our own unsolicited submissions.
Featuring a cover of 'Out of Site' by Built to Spill.
Emmett's top ten:
CELINE & JULIE GO BOATING
JOHNNY GUITAR
WAGON MASTER
SHANGHAI EXPRESS
PLAYTIME
Z
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
AU HASARD BALTHASAR
STRAY DOGS
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Sam's top ten:
SAMBIZANGA
TROPICAL MALADY
EUROPA (1933)
ASH IS PUREST WHITE
YOU, THE LIVING
THE CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH
BARBARA
AMERICAN TORSO
DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT
LA COMMUNE, PARIS 1871
Episode Art by Sam
The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll 2022: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time
The Directors' Poll:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time
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Join us as we take a look at this decade's version of the BFI Sight & Sound official canon, which saw 1600 critics submitting their top ten films. This year's pair of lists - hundreds of directors are polled separately - sees some surprise reshuffles, old favourites make their debuts, some losers left gone with the wind and some truly bizarre submissions from the world's most beloved filmmakers. Stay tuned till the end to hear our own unsolicited submissions.
Featuring a cover of 'Out of Site' by Built to Spill.
Emmett's top ten:
CELINE & JULIE GO BOATING
JOHNNY GUITAR
WAGON MASTER
SHANGHAI EXPRESS
PLAYTIME
Z
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
AU HASARD BALTHASAR
STRAY DOGS
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Sam's top ten:
SAMBIZANGA
TROPICAL MALADY
EUROPA (1933)
ASH IS PUREST WHITE
YOU, THE LIVING
THE CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH
BARBARA
AMERICAN TORSO
DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT
LA COMMUNE, PARIS 1871
Episode Art by Sam
The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll 2022: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time
The Directors' Poll:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time
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For the second part of our ongoing series on films from exactly one century ago, we're looking at some serious classics and rediscovered gems from Weimar Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia. With chats about the first abstract films, the impact of film expressionism, the Kammerspielfilm, works by some of the greatest talents the cinema has ever known, and much more.
Filmography (all from 1921)
'The Wildcat' (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
'Sappho' (aka 'Mad Love') (dir. Dimitri Buchowetzki)
'Lady Hamilton' (dir. Richard Oswald)
'Backstairs' (dir. Leopold Jessner)
'Shattered' (dir. Lupu Pick)
'The Haunted Castle' (dir. F.W. Murnau)
'Journey Into The Night' (dir. F.W. Murnau)
'The Indian Tomb' (dir. Joe May)
'Four Around The Woman' (dir. Fritz Lang)
'Destiny' (dir. Fritz Lang)
'The Flying Koffer' (dir. Lotte Reiniger)
'Lichtspiel Opus I' (dir. Walther Ruttmann)
'Rhythmus 21' (dir. Hans Richter)
'Labyrinth of Horror' (dir. Michael Curtiz)
'Arrival From The Darkness' (dir. Jan S. Kolar)
'The Poisoned Light (dir. Jan S. Kolar)
'Janosik' (dir Jaroslav Siakel)
The soundtrack includes Phil Graves' arrangements of '1921' by The Who (German translation by Emmett), 'Mad Luv' by Future, 'Eyesight To The Blind' by Sonny Boy Williamson (arr. The Who), 'Behold A Marvel In The Darkness' by Deerhoof and '100 Years Ago' by The Rolling Stones.
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co-produced by Emmett Cruddas & Sam Storey
Film Graze
Join us as we take a look at this decade's version of the BFI Sight & Sound official canon, which saw 1600 critics submitting their top ten films. This year's pair of lists - hundreds of directors are polled separately - sees some surprise reshuffles, old favourites make their debuts, some losers left gone with the wind and some truly bizarre submissions from the world's most beloved filmmakers. Stay tuned till the end to hear our own unsolicited submissions.
Featuring a cover of 'Out of Site' by Built to Spill.
Emmett's top ten:
CELINE & JULIE GO BOATING
JOHNNY GUITAR
WAGON MASTER
SHANGHAI EXPRESS
PLAYTIME
Z
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
AU HASARD BALTHASAR
STRAY DOGS
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Sam's top ten:
SAMBIZANGA
TROPICAL MALADY
EUROPA (1933)
ASH IS PUREST WHITE
YOU, THE LIVING
THE CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH
BARBARA
AMERICAN TORSO
DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT
LA COMMUNE, PARIS 1871
Episode Art by Sam
The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll 2022: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time
The Directors' Poll:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time
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Produced by Emmett Cruddas