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  10 great films about doubles

  With Jesse Eisenberg acting alongside himself in Richard Ayoade’s new film The Double, we reflect on some of cinema’s best films featuring doubles, dead ringers and doppelgängers.

  Michael Brooke
  Thursday 27 March 2014

  Lists

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  Vera Chytilová, 1929-2014

  Celluloid Liberation Front remembers the “recalcitrant first lady of the Czech New Wave”.

  Celluloid Liberation Front
  Thursday 27 March 2014

  Obituaries

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  Film of the week: 20 Feet from Stardom

  Foregrounding the background singers: Morgan Neville’s Oscar-winning documentary feels good, sounds great, says Kate Stables.

  Kate Stables
  Thursday 27 March 2014

  Reviews and recommendations

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  Studio Ghibli: five essential films

  As the great Japanese animation studio nears its 30th anniversary and BFI Southbank mounts a full feature retrospective, we pick out five must-see titles from the fantastic Studio Ghibli.

  Jasper Sharp
  Wednesday 26 March 2014

  Lists

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  Video: Heather Peace on If These Walls Could Talk 2

  Actor/musician Heather Peace explains why If These Walls Could Talk 2, an anthology of three lesbian shorts, is her favourite LGBT film.

  Monday 24 March 2014

  Video

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  A day in the life of the BFI National Archive

  Go behind the scenes at the BFI National Archive’s Conservation Centre, where we preserve and restore the nation’s film collection, as we celebrate Twitter’s first ever #MuseumWeek.

  Monday 24 March 2014

  Features

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  Ugly ducklings? Fluxus docs at True/False 2014

  Nick Pinkerton takes stock of the new documentaries at US cinema’s foremost neither/nor zone.

  Nick Pinkerton
  Saturday 22 March 2014

  Festivals

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  Now go wash: True/False 2014 and the Unclean Cinema

  Art / journalism, ethics / aesthetics, chaos / structure, creativity / confusion: documentaries are embracing their inner slash, reports Robert Greene.

  Robert Greene
  Saturday 22 March 2014

  Unfiction

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  Safe harbour: David Hare on Turks & Caicos

  Britain “finest living dramatist” talks to Adam Preston about moving between the stage, cinema and television, the perils of improvisation and the mutual benefits of working with American actors.

  Adam Preston
  Thursday 20 March 2014

  Interviews

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  10 great films set in the spring

  As we shrug off the winter and head into spring, here are 10 films to get you in the mood for the warmer weather.

  Samuel Wigley
  Thursday 20 March 2014

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