Sight & Sound

Is this the best movie magazine on the planet? What is Sight and Sound? Sight and Sound is published montly by the British Film Institute (BFI). Cover price is £3.95, but an annual subscription is available for £38. For that, you get a well-designed, clearly laid-out, 100 page film magazine, offering reviews by some of the world's most interesting and insightful critics. Coverage The reviews section is the main reason for buying Sight and Sound. It's no exaggeration to say that it often carries the most interesting appraisals of Hollywood blockbusters and European arthouse published anywhere. However its scope goes far ...  Read the complete review

Unlike most of the film magazines on the market today, Sight and Sound remains consistently focused on the more academic, aspects of film. As a film student myself, i have found it invaluable to my studies, both as a resource for specific essays and assignments, and as a general tool for increasing my knowledge and awareness of film. Not only does it review EVERY new film released in a way far surpassing the typical opinion of the reviewer, but it also allows space for essays on past directors, genre and focus on different countrys cinematic offerings. The avaiability of the magazine is incredibly problematic, at least it appears to be around my ...  Read the complete review

Sight and Sound --------------- Film magazine stalwart Sight and Sound (S&S) certainly comes with a long pedigree. It was first published in 1935, when it was published on a quarterly basis. Meanwhile, a second mag, The Monthly Film Bulletin (MFB), had appeared in 1934, running monthly. In May 1991 the two publications climbed into the teleport together and fused to become a monthly mag with Sight and Sound as the title from that point on. Both publications have always lent towards the academic reader with a fondness for big words and foreign (paticularly French) turns of phrase. The MFB was essentially a list of all the movies ...  Read the complete review

I have been buying Sight and Sound for about three years now. For a film student like myself i find the magazine essential. The magazine is quite pricey at around three pound thirty but it is a quality read. It has an editorial, a news section and then articles and reviews. The letter's page is at the back (for people who want to make suggestions,amendments and complaints). The reviews for this magazine are really great because they give out lots of infomation. They give out a full synopsis,full cast and crew details,they even give the length in feet of how long the actual reels are. The reviews are very balanced and if ...  Read the complete review

Movies - something to do when it's raining, or a way of defining your position in the world. Should they really be dissected endlessly, using a vocabulary that would make Will Self blush, and assume at least an MA in film studies ( as well as that Ba Psch that you've got tucked away on a back shelf ), before you can begin to comprehend them let alone enjoy them? If your answer is yes then this is the rag for you. Brush up on those classics of 1950's Indian cinema, dust down your copy of 'obscure Chzechoslovackian animation today' and enjoy at your leisure. The only mystery to me is how you could possibly have any time left after reading ...  Read the complete review