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  From Lynch to Haneke: my cinematic inspirations for The Ones Below

  The Night Manager screenwriter David Farr reveals the movies that influenced his directing debut, the taut psychological thriller The Ones Below.

  Lou Thomas
  Friday 11 March 2016

  Features

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  Kate Plays Christine – first look

  Nonfiction-cinema champion Robert Greene peels the documentary onion in this redolent portrait of a portrait of Christine Chubbuck and her 1974 television suicide, says Jordan Cronk.

  Jordan Cronk
  Friday 11 March 2016

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  Exploring the history of shipbuilding on film

  BFI’s ‘Shipbuilding on Film’, largely documentary, but also cinematic (including 1949

  Prof. Hugh Murphy
  Friday 11 March 2016

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  All voters and votes: The 30 Best LGBT Films of All Time

  Find out what over 100 critics, writers and programmers voted for in our poll to celebrate 30 years of BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival.

  Friday 11 March 2016

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  Miranda Pennell on The Host: ‘Selective memory and partial remembrance is a problem’

  Miranda Pennell tells us about her new film, a personal investigation into family history and connections with the Anglo Iranian Oil Company (BP) in which she asks provocative questions about our colonial past.

  Georgia Korossi
  Friday 11 March 2016

  Interviews

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  Five LGBT films unveiled for a worldwide celebration of love and diversity on 17 March

  The short films will be made available for free online in more than 50 countries and regions throughout the world.

  Thursday 10 March 2016

  Announcements

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  10 great tower block films

  To celebrate the release of Ben Wheatley’s towering new adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s cult novel High-Rise, we champion 10 more tall tales set in skyscrapers and high-rise apartments.

  Dylan Cave
  Thursday 10 March 2016

  Lists

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  BFI launches Vision Awards 3 for 2016-18 alongside renewed commitment to UK producers

  The BFI Vision Awards 3 mark a renewed commitment of up to £2.5m of National Lottery funding to support emerging film producers UK-wide.

  Thursday 10 March 2016

  Announcements

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  Voices of the undead: Robert Eggers on The Witch

  The writer-director of this “archetypal New England horror story” tells Anton Bitel about pulling a powerful Puritan’s nightmare from our collective unconscious.

  Anton Bitel
  Thursday 10 March 2016

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  Ben Wheatley on High-Rise: ‘We were making a futuristic film about a projected past’

  Ben Wheatley and writing partner Amy Jump finally crack a big screen adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s classic novel.

  Jason Wood
  Wednesday 9 March 2016

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