In 1998, the then-unknown writer-director Guy Ritchie released what would become the seminal British gangster hit known as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It was a game-changer. A film that ...

It isn’t surprising to see cinema addressing prostitution throughout its history since the subject has distinct weight attached to it. Completely illegal in some countries while being legal and ...

Few filmmakers inspire such obsession among aspiring screenwriters as Quentin Tarantino. His scripts — from Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction to Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — ...

Robert Carlyle, Peter Cattaneo and Hugo Speer recall the camaraderie, chaos and cultural impact behind one of the best films made in Yorkshire. Ultimately, Fox Searchlight took a chance, giving ...

Characters in films are so often seen as the “others”, conceptually confined to only the big or small screens in such a way that the very notion of a distance between practical life and on-screen ...

In the late seventies celebrated director Francis Ford Coppola and his cast and crew ventured into the dense jungles of the Philippines to begin work on what would eventually become his masterpiece, ...

The bathroom might have been off limits for cinema in its earliest form just as kissing was unheard of on-screen but as filmmakers began to enjoy a more liberal approach, the room where things are ...

Cinema is an amazing tool for thought-provoking inspirational art. Many movies can teach people something new about them and the world around them. The best ones become classic and traditional canon ...

Every decade has its fair share of standouts and stinkers, and the fifties is no different. What follows is a chronological selection of ten films that hopefully counter this idea of safe, cosy or ...

Dan Stephens is the founder and editor of Top 10 Films. He's usually pondering his next list, often inspired by his adoration for 1980s Hollywood, a time-travelling DeLorean and an adventurous ...

...actors and directors try their hand at the other’s skill set, it’s the actors who have had more joy stepping behind the ... ...been putting off for so long? Or ...

The 1940s marked a golden era for British cinema, producing some of the most acclaimed films in the nation’s history. In 1999, the British Film Institute (BFI) recognised this extraordinary decade by ...