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From the Sight and Sound archive

“I’m telling the story of me... it might set a trend”: George Lucas on the set of Star Wars

Before it became a decades-spanning franchise, Philip Strick visited the set of Star Wars and spoke with the crew, including George Lucas. From our Summer 1976 issue.

By Philip Strick

“I’m telling the story of me... it might set a trend”: George Lucas on the set of Star Wars

Finest hours

Finest hours: Tony Curtis in The Boston Strangler

By Brogan Morris

Finest hours: Tony Curtis in The Boston Strangler

Obituaries

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina obituary: the first Arab and African director to win Cannes’ Palme d’Or

By Joseph Fahim

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina obituary: the first Arab and African director to win Cannes’ Palme d’Or

Features

Smashing the goldfish bowl: how the Grierson sisters helped pioneer British documentary

By Ros Cranston

Smashing the goldfish bowl: how the Grierson sisters helped pioneer British documentary

Features

Mountains: Monica Sorelle’s quiet epic of Caribbean resilience

By Ivie Uzebu

Mountains: Monica Sorelle’s quiet epic of Caribbean resilience

Features

The cat, the snail and the robot: the new wave of indie animation

By Andrew Osmond

The cat, the snail and the robot: the new wave of indie animation

Finest hours

Finest hours: Martha Vickers in The Big Sleep

By Chloe Walker

Finest hours: Martha Vickers in The Big Sleep

Festivals

IndieLisboa 2025: highlights from the festival that sells a quarter of its tickets to kids

By Kieron Corless

IndieLisboa 2025: highlights from the festival that sells a quarter of its tickets to kids

Features

Splatoon: 10 years of Nintendo’s joyous, messy squid game

By Stuart Burnside

Splatoon: 10 years of Nintendo’s joyous, messy squid game

Obituaries

Marcel Ophuls obituary: veteran documentary-maker behind the monumental The Sorrow and the Pity

By Nick James

Marcel Ophuls obituary: veteran documentary-maker behind the monumental The Sorrow and the Pity

Features

28mm: the forgotten home movie gauge

By Christopher Bird

28mm: the forgotten home movie gauge

Features

Pac-Man at 45: the video game character who consumed the culture

By Stuart Burnside

Pac-Man at 45: the video game character who consumed the culture

Features

20 years on from the Cannes walkouts, a new look at The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

By Anton Bitel

20 years on from the Cannes walkouts, a new look at The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

From the Sight and Sound archive

Mission: Impossible – a popcorn movie to take seriously

By José Arroyo

Mission: Impossible – a popcorn movie to take seriously

Rarities of British cinema

Idol of Paris: the lusty 1948 costume drama with a sensational whip duel

By Josephine Botting

Idol of Paris: the lusty 1948 costume drama with a sensational whip duel

Finest hours

Finest hours: Chloë Sevigny in The Last Days of Disco

By Carmen Gray

Finest hours: Chloë Sevigny in The Last Days of Disco

Features

Robina Rose’s Nightshift: a restored vision from the punk-era British avant-garde

By Charlotte Procter

Robina Rose’s Nightshift: a restored vision from the punk-era British avant-garde

Features

Drowning Dry: how an award-winning Lithuanian drama captures the disorientation of trauma

By Carmen Gray

Drowning Dry: how an award-winning Lithuanian drama captures the disorientation of trauma

Features

The many voices behind Taiwan New Cinema

By Hyun Jin Cho

The many voices behind Taiwan New Cinema

From the Sight and Sound archive

Mai Zetterling: some notes on acting

By Mai Zetterling

Mai Zetterling: some notes on acting

Finest hours

Finest hours: Michael Palin in A Private Function

By Alex Ramon

Finest hours: Michael Palin in A Private Function

Features

Bullet Boy at 20: it’s relevant, yes, but it’s also cinema

By Clive Nwonka

Bullet Boy at 20: it’s relevant, yes, but it’s also cinema

Then and now

Roman Holiday: how the Italian locations for the Audrey Hepburn classic look today

By Adam Scovell

Roman Holiday: how the Italian locations for the Audrey Hepburn classic look today

Features

Slade in Flame at 50: Noddy Holder, Tom Conti and director Richard Loncraine on the “Citizen Kane of British pop movies”

By Stephen Dalton

Slade in Flame at 50: Noddy Holder, Tom Conti and director Richard Loncraine on the “Citizen Kane of British pop movies”

Features

Mai Zetterling in the UK: from stardom to freedom

By Josephine Botting

Mai Zetterling in the UK: from stardom to freedom

From the Sight and Sound archive

“Godard’s best film”: Alphaville turns 60

By Richard Roud

“Godard’s best film”: Alphaville turns 60

Features

Majora‘s Mask at 25: the reccurring influence of Nintendo’s ‘weird Zelda game’

By Katie Granger

Majora‘s Mask at 25: the reccurring influence of Nintendo’s ‘weird Zelda game’

Features

Psychonauts at 20: how the inventive Double Fine game took us inside other people’s minds

By Henry Barnes

Psychonauts at 20: how the inventive Double Fine game took us inside other people’s minds

Where to begin

Where to begin with Mai Zetterling

By Alex Barrett

Where to begin with Mai Zetterling

Obituaries

Paddy Higson obituary: a pioneering, prolific producer of Scottish film and TV

By Douglas Weir

Paddy Higson obituary: a pioneering, prolific producer of Scottish film and TV