Signs of the Times

An amazingly complex cinema ad, disguised as a trailer for a film that never existed

Super soft-sell Persil ad, in the guise of a lush Technicolor essay on colour itself.

Pratfalls galore in rib-tickling commercial for Bush radios.

This propaganda advert encourages housewives to use Persil, the powder that gives “longer life to your linens”.

A Co-op window dresser dreams of his mannequins coming to life in this musical fashion fantasy.

“There is nothing you can beat about the Bush”: the wireless wows in this stylish ad for Bush Radio.

Daniel Kokotajlo talks to Nia Childs about Starve Acre, his folk horror about a couple digging deep into grief in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Sky Peals director Moin Hussain and lead actor Faraz Ayub talk to Tomisin Adepeju about their magic realist drama.

Documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell.

Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of a series of comic travelogues, and Michael Powell's involvement in making them.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.