Suranne Jones on the relationship dynamics explored in series 2 of Vigil.
Watch the full Q&A with the cast and crew on our YouTube channel.
Watch Opera - BFI Player: Boasting quite possibly his most iconic single image, almost certainly his most spectacular death scene ...
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BFI Southbank Studio to be renamed NFT4 : We’ve reviewed our signage, wayfinding and cinema names at BFI Southbank and, from June onwards ...
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'I don't think I've seen a film all the way through for the past three years'Charles Dance and Richard E. Grant in Stephen Poliakoff's Hidden City ... Show more
There's only more week until The Fall Guy crashes onto the UK's biggest screen. Book your tickets now Buy cinema tickets for The Fall Guy | BFI IMAX
Snowtown is a raw and savage true story of eerie power. Justin Kurzel’s debut feature will shock and disturb you, and it’s our new #BFIPlayer choice.
10 great films about stunt people: What could go wrong? Ahead of the release of the new Ryan Gosling action comedy The Fall Guy, we look at movies that put stunt ...
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'The anxieties represented in the film [...] are in the ether'
Don't miss Alex Garland's high-octane blockbuster Civil War on the UK's biggest screen ... Show more
Programme highlights announced for June and July 2024 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX
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Bushman rediscovered: how real life intruded into a 1970s US indie film: Neglected since its first screenings in 1971, the newly restored Bushman follows a ...
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Watch The Beasts - BFI Player: Denis Ménochet (Peter von Kant) stars as a small-town farmer whose idyllic lifestyle turns into a living nightmare ...
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Scala: Sex, drugs and rock and roll cinema: In tribute to the legendary venue and the new documentary celebrating its influence, a collection of the greatest ...
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100 Shakespeare films: A list of 100 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Tempest (1908), The Life and Death of King Richard III (1912), Hamlet (1921) ...
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Larry Sanders meets Linda Blair in this masterly found-footage horror of a chat show with scares to spare: Late Night with the Devil. Watch Late Night with the Devil online - BFI Player #BFIPlayer
Brothers Ryoichi and Keiji discover their father's work persona...
Yasujirō Ozu's I Was Born, But… has been newly restored and is out now on Blu-ray. BFI Shop - Two Films by Yasujirō Ozu (Blu-ray)
Where to begin with Roberto Rossellini: Ahead of our neorealism season, we take a whistle-stop tour through the career of Italian master Roberto Rossellini – a ...
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Happy Passover! Watch a home movie of family and friends beginning their Passover celebrations in Greater Manchester in 1963 ... Show more
Buy cinema tickets for Relaxed screening: The Magic Flute + intro and discussion | BFI Southbank
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Amazon Prime’s Fallout is, ahem, a blast, and it’s good to see Kyle MacLachlan in a dystopia. He does, after all have form… Watch Dune online - BFI Player #BFIPlayer
5 things to watch this weekend – 19 to 21 April: A song from 1,000 years ago wreaks havoc, while family responsibility weighs heavily on a Mongolian maths whizz.
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Stop your messing around and start watching Dance Craze – Terry Hall and the cream of British 2 Tone, live. Watch Dance Craze online - BFI Player #BFIPlayer
Children’s Film Foundation: 10 fabulous films from the home of kid-based hijinks: The kids’ adventure films of the Children’s Film Foundation were high on ...
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Pre-Order: Two Films by Yasujirō Ozu (Blu-ray): Two Films by Yasujirō Ozu (Blu-ray)
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Elizabeth Hobbs' The Debutante will make its online premiere as a #VimeoStaffPick on Wed 1 May.
Backed by the BFI Short Form Animation Fund. #NationalLottery @animateprojects
Kathryn Bigelow and Willem Dafoe got their break with the same film – a biker gang drama, raw and steamy: The Loveless#BFIPlayer
10 great Catholic films: From Dreyer to Scorsese: to hail the release of Marco Bellocchio’s new papal drama Kidnapped, we survey the broad church that is ...
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Wishing a very happy birthday to @edgarwright !
Watch the full Spaced Q&A, featuring Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes and the cast and crew on our YouTube channel.
Don't miss Victor Erice's latest cinematic gem, Close Your Eyes, at BFI Southbank - screening for just one more week.
Take a close up look at Stonehenge with an early panorama of the ancient phenomenon, filmed in 1901. #WorldHeritageDay
'To make a film is to create a world.'
On what would have been his 101st birthday, we celebrate the life and career of Lindsay Anderson ... Show more
Arrow Films' newly restored limited edition Blu-ray of Robert Altman’s psychosexual chiller That Cold Day in the Park has arrived at BFI Shop ... Show more
Your next #BFIPlayer exclusive shows the dark side of desire, in Catherine Breillat’s new erotic drama, Last Summer. Arrives Mon 22 Apr.
Bye Bye Love, 50th anniversary: this gender-fluid couple-on-the-run movie had no precedent in Japanese cinema
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ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch + pre-recorded intro: Earth Day 2024 we’ll be screening the collaboration between Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky and Nicholas ...
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A champion swimmer’s same-sex relationship causes ripples in groundbreaking Polish drama, Floating Skyscrapers. Watch Floating Skyscrapers online - BFI Player #BFIPlayer
Cannes 2024 Directors’ Fortnight line-up unveiled: 56th edition is heavy on films from first-time US filmmakers and South American titles.
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'From now on, you and I are rivals'
Yasujirō Ozu's There Was a Father has been newly restored and is presented on Blu-ray BFI Shop - Two Films by Yasujirō Ozu (Blu-ray)
Great films featuring a film within a film - how many have you seen? Great films featuring a film within a film, a list of films by British Film Institute • Letterboxd @letterboxd
Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ Scores No. 1 Box Office Opening and Breaks A24 Record
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'Astonishing' New York Times
Claire Denis' debut film Chocolat, newly restored in 4K, arrives on Blu-ray on 29 April. BFI Shop - Chocolat (Blu-ray)
Buy cinema tickets for Preview: Omen + intro and Q&A with director Baloji | BFI Southbank
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Joaquin Phoenix is the dark heart of You Were Never Really Here, a lean and muscular thriller from Ratcatcher director Lynne Ramsay. Watch You Were Never Really Here online - BFI Player #BFIPlayer
France is aquiver as the elite fight for power in a lavish, bloody version of Alexandre Dumas' novel La Reine Margot. Watch La Reine Margot online - BFI Player #BFIPlayer
Chantal Akerman film catalogue acquired by BFI Distribution: The collection includes the groundbreaking Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles ...
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Quick Glance: Acquisition of Chantal Akerman Film Catalogue by BFI Distribution
- BFI Distribution has acquired the Chantal Akerman film collection from the Fondation Chantal Akerman in partnership with the Royal Film Archive of Belgium (CINEMATEK).
- The collection of around 20 fiction and documentary features, short films, and other rarely seen material represents almost 50 years of the director’s filmmaking, spanning 1967 to 2015.
- Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) was highlighted as the centerpiece of the collection, being named the winner of the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time Poll in 2022.
- BFI Distribution will re-release Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles in 2025 as part of a package of Akerman films to celebrate the director in the UK and Ireland.
5 things to watch this weekend – 12 to 14 April: Alex Garland imagines a second American civil war, while a sweeping epic of the industrial revolution turns up ...
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Two brothers navigate their small-town's pecking order in the newly restored I Was Born, But…, included on our upcoming Blu-ray Two Films by Yasujirō Ozu ... Show more
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Sweet Sue is a delightfully oddball comedy, say the critics - it's your latest #BFIPlayer subscription exclusive.
'I needed to be accepted, not humoured. I intended to act.'
Our April season celebrating the career of Hollywood star Gene Tierney continues at BFI Southbank.
On Thu 2 May, this stuntman is stepping into the spotlight 💥
Tickets for The Fall Guy at BFI IMAX are on sale now. Buy cinema tickets for The Fall Guy | BFI IMAX
A24's fictional 'Civil War' film brings a divided America to life: Alex Garland’s "Civil War," which debuts Friday, is set in a dystopian near-future version of ...
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Quick Glance: A24's 'Civil War' movie portrays a divided America
- Alex Garland’s 'Civil War' takes place in a dystopian near-future version of a divided U.S.
- A group of journalists travels through empty cities and deserted roads to Washington to overthrow a dictatorial president.
- Critics expressed concerns over Garland's vague approach to the film's politics, amidst online debates surrounding it.
- A24 heavily focuses on a marketing campaign that encourages viewers to 'pledge' allegiance and describe their type of American to promote the film.
17 movies where viewers missed the point: From ‘Juno’ to ‘Fight Club’, Louis Chilton picks 17 films that have been misunderstood
independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/movies-misunderstood-underrated-missed-the-point-b2433285.html
El Sur unpicks a family mystery through a child's eyes. It's a gem from a master, and it's your new #BFIPlayer choice.
Cannes 2024 lineup includes 3 BFI-supported UK films: The line-up includes Andrea Arnold’s Bird and Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, both backed by the BFI Filmmaking ...
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More tickets have been released for the #QueerEast Festival screenings at BFI Southbank! Join us for its fifth edition this month. Queer East (@queereast) on X @queereast
Thrilling. Heart-pounding. Epic. Civil War is now showing at BFI IMAX. Get your tickets Buy cinema tickets for Civil War | BFI IMAX
BFI Shop - BFI New Releases: Summer 2024 - New Releases
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They called it the Monkey House, and the misfits made it their own. Join a salute to London's legendary Scala cinema. Watch SCALA!!! online - BFI Player #BFIPlayer
Blue Gene: Tierney in the UK: The three films that Gene Tierney made in Britain, including film noir Night and the City, found the Hollywood icon visiting London ...
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If you're loving Andrew Scott as Ripley, meet his creator and start Loving Highsmith. Watch Loving Highsmith online - BFI Player #BFIPlayer
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - Official 'Raka' TV Spot - IGN: Get another look at Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in this TV spot for the ...
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Quick Glance: 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' - Proximus Caesar Dominates
- A new intense poster for 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' spotlights villain Proximus Caesar.
- Directed by Wes Ball, the film is set 300 years after 'War for the Planet of the Apes'.
- Featuring well-known actors such as Kevin Durand, Freya Allan, and Owen Teague.
- 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' hits theaters on May 10.
Classroom politics and the new grade of teacher movies: The Teachers’ Lounge is the latest in a recent wave of films – from Monster to The Holdovers – that ...
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Don't miss Silver Haze at @picturehouses on Thu 11 Apr presented as part of OUT, a series elevating and celebrating LGBTQIA+ cinema. Film Information | Picturehouse Cinemas
Watch Peter von Kant - BFI Player: François Ozon offers a gender-reversed reworking of a Fassbinder classic, with Denis Ménochet excelling in a brittle ...
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David Thewlis is the sermonising predator in Naked, Mike Leigh's divisive, unshakeable, brutal drama. Watch Naked online - BFI Player #BFIPlayer
5 things to watch this weekend – 5 to 7 April: Andrew Scott steps into the sociopathic shoes of Tom Ripley, while the centenary of Marlon Brando is celebrated on ...
bfi.org.uk/lists/5-things-watch-this-weekend-5-7-april
Compelling and somewhat heartbreaking: Girls State, on Apple TV+, reviewed: Here’s a fun thought experiment: instead of entrusting the future of American ...
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★★★★ Attitude
★★★★ Filmhounds
★★★★ Little White Lies
★★★★ The Upcoming
Silver Haze continues at BFI Southbank this weekend.
Pre-Order: Children's Film Foundation Bumper Box Vol. 5 (DVD): Children's Film Foundation Bumper Box Vol. 5 (DVD)
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