Few people wanted to star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s sexy, funny, tragic porn opus. Fewer still wanted to finance it. But 25 years after its release, it remains one of the greatest films ever made. Tom Fordy speaks to Anderson’s ‘original’ Dirk Diggler about the making of a modern classic
With the 60th anniversary of the UK release of Bergman’s ‘Through a Glass Darkly’, the first in the Swedish director’s Faith Trilogy, Geoffrey Macnab looks at why these depressing films have endured, when most blockbusters from the same era have long since been forgotten
As the BFI celebrates Bond at 60 with lots of screenings this weekend, Geoffrey Macnab looks back at the franchise’s first film ‘Dr No’ (1962), starring Sean Connery, to assess what credentials the producers will want this time around
