Description
Sight & Sound is the international film magazine that offers a unique perspective on the very best of film culture – past and present. Published for more than 80 years by the British Film Institute, Sight & Sound is the original magazine for the discerning film-fan. Featuring news, features, analysis and a comprehensive reviews section that includes cast and production credits for every theatrical film reviewed – Sight & Sound covers a wide spectrum of film and moving image culture from around the world.
A subscription to this App buys you timed access to the latest issue plus a rolling two year archive of back-issues! While issues may be downloaded for off-line reading, when your subscription expires you will no longer be able to access them. The digital editions in this App are the only ones to contain interactive elements such as video, text-search, page-links, web-links and social-media tools. (NB. Video is limited to the most recent three issues).
Are you a print subscriber? If so you can access this App free of charge! Simply register your details with us, download and install the App and enter your log-in details when prompted. Subscribers can also upgrade their subscription to get desktop access to the complete 80+ year archive of Sight & Sound and sister-publication, The Monthly Film Bulletin (1932-1991).
For more information visit http://bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/subscribe
Reviews
Good
Poorly Designed I like Sight & Sound as a magazine but this app is poorly designed. There is no way to return to the place you were reading. You have to remember where you were - I don't think there is any other reading app that doesn't have bookmarking. At my age I need to enlarge the text to read the small print and the screen redrawing is very slow and I have to do it for every page An option to use a larger font would be useful. Since my local Barnes & Noble no longer carries the magazine I thought this would be a good alternative. It isn't - I guess it's time to shell out for a paper subscription.
Lacks basic functionality IoS allows you to search single issue or archive. Android app seems to have forgotten the archive option, which makes it no easier than rifling through a stack of back numbers. Very disappointing.
Brilliant way to read the msg Why isn't this app being advertised? I found it by chance while frustrated that seemingly only the iPad could benefit from the digital subscription properly. This is very smooth and quick so far and should be offered more willingly.
Okay but could be better Sight & Sound is the best movie movie magazine there is. This app is functional but vertical scrolling is very jerky. Adobe Acrobat offers a superior reading experience and is much smoother. Also subscriptions are £34.99 via this app but only £30 via the magazine's website where you can download PDF backups.
What's New
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