Archive chat this episode from Vanessa Redgrave, talking to Simon Callow in 1991 about Antonioni, the "terrifying" British film industry of the 1960s and shaving her head for the concentration camp film Playing for Time. Elsewhere we talk to Pin Cushion DoP, Nicola Daley about creating the candy-coloured world of the phantasmagoric bullying drama, discuss the future of film criticism with Cinema Rediscovered producer Tara Judah and find out what kind of babysitter revolutionary fashion designer Alexander McQueen was, thanks to his nephew, Gary.

The BFI Podcast is written, presented and produced by Henry Barnes. This episode contains clips from the following:

• Pin Cushion. Directed by Deborah Haywood and released in 2018 by Pinpoint.
• McQueen. Directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui and released in 2018 by Lionsgate.

The following tracks are used under licence through Audio Network, unless otherwise credited:

• Throwback Jack, written and performed by Tim Garland and released in 2013.
• Lazy Daze, written and performed by Barrie Gledden and released in 2003.
• Apartment, written and performed by Chris Blackwell and released in 2009.
• Silent Future, written and performed by Christopher Alcock and Nick Ramm and released in 2017.
• Games, written and performed by Bob Bradley, Nick McEnally and Josh Weller and released in 2018.

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