Read, Watch & Listen

In this ScreenTalk from March 2016, Ben Wheatley discusses High Rise, his adaptation of J.G Ballard's dystopian novel set in a block of Brutalist high rise flats.

We meet Barbican host - and the poet behind our 35th anniversary film commission, 'Welcome' to learn more about his Barbican life. 

Celebrating the Barbican’s 35th anniversary, we look back at some of the ‘firsts’ that have took place within our walls and beyond since we opened in 1982.

We look back at our March 2017 Instagrammer, Melissa Cross to explore her Barbican shots.

What does it mean to be a theatre producer? We look at some of the key lessons and challenges from the many facets of a career in producing. 

We asked Londoners – ‘what film shook your world and why?’ The films you chose formed our first crowd-sourced film season. From Casablanca to Sholay, here are the stories behind the films London watches. 

Whyte Horses' Dom Thomas presents two volumes of the Brutalist Utopian Mixtape, put together whilst recording the debut album Pop or Not in the Frosinone mountains.

In this ScreenTalk from 2003, Joanna Hogg talks to critic Catherine Bray about her film, Exhibition.

A selection of works and artists you can hear across our programmes - plus some of our essential listens.

We look back at our February 2017 Instagrammer, Ty to explore their Barbican shots.

We look back at our January 2017 Instagrammer, Dolly Brown to explore her Barbican shots.

In this ScreenTalk from 2009, Terry Gilliam talks to the late film critic, Anwar Brett about The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus.