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  10 great films about sex

  As Lars von Trier’s Nymph()maniac arrives in cinemas and on the BFI Player, we survey sex on film with a list of some of cinema’s naughtiest classics.

  Samuel Wigley , Catherine McGahan , Josephine Botting , Michael Brooke , Alex Davidson , Jasper Sharp , Georgia Korossi
  Friday 21 February 2014

  Lists

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  Berlin 2014: a programmer’s picks

  A family drama filmed over 12 years and an understated debut about a Chechen boy living in Vienna catch Geoff Andrew’s eye at this year’s Berlinale.

  Geoff Andrew
  Friday 21 February 2014

  Features

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  Bigger and even better: The Godfather Part II

  With towering performances from Pacino and De Niro, the second Godfather movie is a sequel without equal and a high-water mark of American cinema.

  Geoff Andrew
  Thursday 20 February 2014

  Features

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  Preview: Glasgow Film Festival 2014

  The Grand Budapest Hotel and Under the Skin bookend the 10th GFF as its home venue, Scotland’s oldest arthouse cinema, celebrates its 75th birthday.

  Samuel Wigley
  Thursday 20 February 2014

  Features

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  The Umbrellas of Cherbourg turns 50

  It’s 50 years since Jacques Demy’s all-sung musical romance premiered in Paris and made a star of Catherine Deneuve.

  Samuel Wigley
  Wednesday 19 February 2014

  Features

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  Complete Studio Ghibli feature season announced

  As Hayao Miyazaki presents his final film The Wind Rises, BFI Southbank launches a complete Studio Ghibli feature film retrospective from April-May 2014.

  Wednesday 19 February 2014

  Announcements

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  Programme announced for newly titled BFI Flare

  A new name, new platforms and the full programme is announced for our long-running London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

  Wednesday 19 February 2014

  Announcements

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  Behind the scenes: The Godfather trilogy

  17 rare shots of Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Francis Ford Coppola in production on one of film history’s greatest trilogies.

  Tuesday 18 February 2014

  Features

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  BAFTAs 2014: the winners in full

  12 Years a Slave named best film, but Gravity tops the table with six awards at this year’s BAFTAs.

  Samuel Wigley
  Sunday 16 February 2014

  Features

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  Film of the week: Her

  Nick James considers technological creep and its creepy effects in Spike Jonze’s marvellously unsettling cybernautical romance.

  Nick James
  Friday 14 February 2014

  Reviews and recommendations

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