Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger review – Scorsese’s guide to cinema greats
Martin Scorsese, who helped rescue the British film-makers’ work from obscurity, is the perfect person to discuss their unique and now beloved work
November 2023
The Red Shoes: behind the scenes of the classic Powell and Pressburger film – in pictures
To tie in with its Powell and Pressburger season, the BFI have mounted an exhibition focussing on the celebrated 1948 ballet movie, drawing on a wealth of material preserved by the BFI National Archive
October 2023
Restoring Powell and Pressburger at the British Film Institute
Letter: Clyde Jeavons recalls a project that began in the 1980s to restore Technicolor masterpieces such as The Red Shoes
December 2019
Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes review – an enchanted evening
Ashley Shaw makes a triumphant return as doomed ballerina Vicky Page
November 2016
Bourne's supremacy: the blockbuster choreographer puts on The Red Shoes
He turned Swan Lake into a homoerotic hit. Can Matthew Bourne work his magic on the best dance film ever? He talks toxic love triangles and knighthoods
April 2016
Brief letters
Ballerina in The Red Shoes was wrongfooted by return to early hit
Brief letters: The Red Shoes | Palestine in 1947 | Online trolls | Doonesbury | Train delays | Mixed-up seasons
February 2014
English Heritage honours London flat that was base for Powell and Pressburger
British film duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's film company, the Archers, produced classics including A Matter of Life and Death and The Red Shoes
November 2011
My favourite film
My favourite film: Readers' comments – week three
My favourite film
My favourite film: The Red Shoes
September 2011
From the Guardian archive
75 years of Pinewood Studios
From The Red Shoes to Bond and Harry Potter, some of cinema's most iconic scenes were shot on its sound stages. As Pinewood marks 75 years in the business, we chart the studio's rise to the pinnacle of British film production
December 2009
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes stands up as one of the greatest British films and a powerful romantic drama, writes Philip French
The Red Shoes review – Powell and Pressburger’s ballet classic blazes out of the screen
A richly colourful restoration shows that the film stands the test of time
The Guardian Film Show
Film Weekly on John Hurt, The Red Shoes and Where the Wild Things Are
This week, the podcast discusses Jim Jarmusch films with John Hurt, reviews Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are and does a dance of joy for the newly restored The Red Shoes
May 2009
Film blog
Falling in love anew with The Red Shoes at the Cannes film festival
I've always loved the Powell and Pressburger classic The Red Shoes. The restored version, conserved through the efforts of Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker, has made it an absolute marvel
Film talk
Cannes film festival: Scorsese editor Thelma Schoonmaker on restoring The Red Shoes
Thelma Schoonmaker, Scorsese editor and widow of Michael Powell, tells Charlotte Higgins how the 1948 masterpiece The Red Shoes was brought back to its luminous best and presented at Cannes
Charlotte Higgins on culture
Cannes: Bright Star - and movie heaven
Charlotte Higgins: Jane Campion's Keats film irritated me with its anachronisms and The Red Shoes showed that class is immortal
April 2009
Martin Scorsese to head Cannes Classics
Director to introduce restored version of Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes as honorary president of the Cannes film festival's showcase of rediscovered films
June 2003
The missing link
Before The Red Shoes, Michael Powell shot a short film with Ralph Richardson. It hasn't been seen since - until now. By Xan Brooks