In the 1970s, sci-fi cinema focused on scientists, computers and big ideas. We revisit a lost era of cool, clever genre movies.

It’s had a sequel, a remake, and even a homage in Scream. But the opening to 1979’s When A Stranger Calls remains unmatched in its tension.

The stop motion work of Phil Tippett and the now closed Tippett Studios is being preserved in a free-to-browse online archive.

In the 1970s, sci-fi cinema focused on scientists, computers and big ideas. We revisit a lost era of cool, clever genre movies.

Tom Cruise teams with Oscar-winning director Alejandro G Iñárritu for a bizarre apocalyptic satire. Our review of Digger:

Tom Cruise teams with Oscar-winning director Alejandro G Iñárritu for a bizarre apocalyptic satire. Our review of Digger:

Tom Cruise teams with Oscar-winning director Alejandro G Iñárritu for a bizarre apocalyptic satire. Our review of Digger:

Tom Cruise teams with Oscar-winning director Alejandro G Iñárritu for a bizarre apocalyptic satire. Our review of Digger:

Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert

Cinematographer Mark Irwin recalls making The Protector - a Jackie Chan action film with two cuts and stunts that almost went badly wrong.

Cinematographer Mark Irwin recalls making The Protector - a Jackie Chan action film with two cuts and stunts that almost went badly wrong.

You’ll find Ghosts: the movie, 1970s horror, Other Mommy and more in our autumn edition of Film Stories magazine. Here’s what’s inside issue 61: