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Alex Garland explores social breakdown and internecine strife across the US in this explosive blockbuster.
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Fantastic Machine: a frustrating whistlestop tour of humankind’s relationship with the camera
Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck’s ambitious documentary spans the birth of camera obscura to the invention of TikTok using a cursory approach that allows for little insight.
By Jordan Cronk
Where to begin with Roberto Rossellini
By Alex Barrett
5 things to watch this weekend – 19 to 21 April
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Last Summer: Catherine Breillat’s most heartbreaking film to date
By Ela Bittencourt
Children’s Film Foundation: 10 fabulous films from the home of kid-based hijinks
By Vic Pratt
Sometimes I Think About Dying: downbeat workplace indie shows another side to Daisy Ridley
By David Katz
BFI invests £900,000 National Lottery funding over two years to create a BFI Skills Cluster for Wales
BFI invests £900,000 National Lottery funding over two years to create a BFI Skills Cluster for WalesEvents
BFI Flare programmer Wema Mumma and award-winning asexual activist Yasmin Benoit discuss the history of asexual and aromantic characters in film and TV.
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The BFI National Archive has one of the most important film and TV collections in the world. Choose from a selection of 11,000 titles that cover 120 years of British life, and the history and art of film.
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