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Features and reviews

Features

In Prospero’s Room: the worlds of Derek Jarman and Powell and Pressburger collide at Prospect Cottage

An exhibition at Derek Jarman’s former home in Dungeness creatively explored the links between Jarman, the work of Powell and Pressburger and their mutual love of magic and the fantastical.

By Brian Robinson

In Prospero’s Room: the worlds of Derek Jarman and Powell and Pressburger collide at Prospect Cottage
Lists

101 hidden gems: the greatest films you’ve never seen

101 hidden gems: the greatest films you’ve never seen
Reviews

Anselm: Wim Wenders’s innovative 3D documentary immerses the viewer in the art of Anselm Kiefer

By Katie McCabe

Anselm: Wim Wenders’s innovative 3D documentary immerses the viewer in the art of Anselm Kiefer
Polls

The best Blu-rays and DVDs of 2023

By Kieron Corless

The best Blu-rays and DVDs of 2023
Interviews

“I like feeling uncertain, displaced and unnerved”: Todd Haynes on May December

By Amy Taubin

“I like feeling uncertain, displaced and unnerved”: Todd Haynes on May December
News

British Independent Film Awards 2023: the winners in full

British Independent Film Awards 2023: the winners in full
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Christopher Nolan to receive a BFI Fellowship

Christopher Nolan to receive a BFI Fellowship
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The cast and creators of The Lazarus Project, including Paapa Essiedu, Caroline Quentin, Anjli Mohindra and writer Joe Barton, visit the BFI Southbank to talk about the second series of Sky's time travel thriller.

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