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Five roads to Michael Winterbottom

Michael Winterbottom is one of the UK’s most prolific, yet difficult to pigeonhole film directors. As The Look of Love opens in cinemas, Ashley Clark offers five pathways into his work.

Three films backed by BFI Film Fund to premiere at Cannes

Two debut features and the second film from Clio Barnard to feature in this year’s Cannes lineup.

The film star as bookworm: World Book Night

To mark World Book Night, here are some of our favourite images of the stars curling up with a good book.

The photographer and the missing Madonna

Images shot on the island of Capri in 1948 give intriguing glimpses of a long-lost British film starring Phyllis Calvert and Michael Rennie.

Double vision: the joys of twin-projection cinema

Why cinema incorporating two projectors offers unique, expanded potential for the filmmaker.

John Boorman, the Holy Grail and Lee Marvin’s shoe

Highlights from our exhibition of scripts, designs and costumes from the work of John Boorman.

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