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10 great British pastoral films
As the new adaptation of Jim Crace’s novel Harvest opens in cinemas, we gather in a bounteous crop of previous films that have captured life on the land and the rolling beauty of the British countryside.
By Miriam Balanescu
Finest hours: Dorothy Dandridge’s sultry temptress in Carmen Jones
By Alex Ramon
True cyber resilience comes from culture
By Jia Fu
F1 the Movie: Brad Pitt’s racing drama aims for maximum adrenal thrills, minimal storytelling
By Nick James
The director who wasn’t there: Mohammad Rasoulof on The Seed of the Sacred Fig
By Ehsan Khoshbakht
How to build an archive: inside the early years of the BFI’s National Film Library
By Pamela Hutchinson
Battleship Potemkin centenary celebrated with special edition and cinema release, featuring Pet Shop Boys score
Battleship Potemkin centenary celebrated with special edition and cinema release, featuring Pet Shop Boys scoreEvents
The director of Lollipop, along with cast members Posy Sterling, Idil Ahmed and TerriAnn Cousins, visit BFI Southbank to talk about Hudson's debut, a raw and urgent drama about one desperate mother’s relentless fight for justice against a broken system.
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The BFI National Archive has one of the most important film and TV collections in the world. Choose from a selection of 11,000 titles that cover 120 years of British life, and the history and art of film.
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