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Interviews
Missed an interview or a special event at the NFT? Catch up here, with an archive of complete transcripts dating back to 2001.
Richard Attenborough Gallery
Celebrating the life and work of one of Britain's genuine film legends on the occasion of his 80th birthday. With commentary from Attenborough and his collaborators.
Boulting Brothers Gallery
Identical twins John and Roy Boulting were born on 21st November 1913. Their enthusiasm for the film medium started when they were very young and, as teenagers, they formed one of the first film societies in a public school. So began one of the most successful partnerships in British film-making history.
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin is one of the most pivotal figures in film history and remains the most universally recognised figure in the history of entertainment. It is fitting then that Charlie Chaplin should have a focal position in the bfi's cultural programme.
Jack Cardiff
The bfi celebrates the life and work of the award-winning cinematographer with a special online exhibition featuring images from bfi Collections.
Jean-Luc Godard
Relentlessly inventive, prolific and constantly surprising; without doubt one of the most influential film-makers of the past four decades.
The Early Films of Peter Greenaway
This site showcases the work of Peter Greenaway: from his provocative early shorts (1973-1978) to the feature films that marked his arrival as a significant avant-garde director.
Audrey Hepburn Gallery
It's not unusual for a celebrated star to be transformed into an iconic idol after their death, as was the case with Marilyn Monroe or James Dean, but that's not how it worked with Hepburn. She was worshipped by the film industry and the movie-going public from the very start.
Akira Kurosawa
The bfi celebrates the influential Japanese director with a retrospective at the NFT, a dozen new prints from bfi Collections and a new book from bfi Publishing.
Fritz Lang: Master of Darkness
Based around January 2000's comprehensive retrospective of thematically grouped titles at the National Film Theatre, releases from bfi Collections, books from bfi Publishing, new writing in Sight & Sound, and educational events and activities.
David Lean
This site shows highlights from the David Lean collections across the bfi, and provides a full catalogue of the David Lean Archive held in Special Collections at the bfi National Library.
Olga Lehmann Gallery
Designer and artist Lehmann pursued a career of extraordinary versatility, encompassing painting, portraiture, graphic and costume design. Here, we present a Virtual Gallery of her film-related work from the bfi stills and designs collections
Ken Loach Gallery
Ken Loach doesn't make films about politics. He makes films about people. But, for Loach's people, politics play an inescapable role in their everyday lives, whether they're living in run-down housing estates across Britain, working in industries beset by profit-orientated reforms, or surviving against the odds in Los Angeles or Nicaragua or Civil War Spain.
Roman Polanski Gallery
When Jack Nicholson was asked why he allowed his director to dictate his performance in Chinatown to an extent where colleagues half-expected the actual takes to be delivered in a Polish accent, Nicholson replied "because the little bastard's a genius".
Powell and Pressburger: Pilgrims' Progress
A unique writer-director-producer partnership, together made some of the most memorable and inventive British films of the 20th century. Take a look at the work of Powell and Pressburger, two outstanding film-makers.
Carol Reed
The celebration of the centenary of the birth of Carol Reed - incorporating a season of all his available work at the NFT plus a national release of the Fallen Idol and new prints of other titles - is an opportunity to revisit the classics and discover those lesser known titles.
Luchino Visconti
His film career spanned over four decades, from working with Jean Renoir on Une Partie de Campagne to Death In Venice, making him a key force in 20th Century Italian cinema.
