What’s on at BFI Southbank
Four screens open seven days a week for the widest choice of great films.
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The ghost with the most is back – Tim Burton revives Michael Keaton’s mischievous bio-exorcist in the sequel to his beloved 1988 fantasy.
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The 68th BFI London Film Festival
Discover the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling – from 9 to 20 October 2024 in London and around the UK.
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A new free-to-access digital archive exclusively available in UK public lending libraries. Discover thousands of digitised videos and television programmes from the 1960s to the 2010s, offering a glimpse into Britain’s past, its people and places.
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The Greatest Films of All Time issue
Once a decade the magazine asks critics to select the best films ever made. Explore the results in a special edition.
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How a death-penalty thriller proved Diana Dors was more than just ‘Britain’s Marilyn Monroe’
In Yield to the Night, Diana Dors plays a woman facing the death sentence for killing her boyfriend’s mistress. It proved a formidable acting flex from a star who’d been underrated as a ‘bombshell’.
By Chloe Walker
Indian Parallel Cinema: 5 essential filmmakers from a seismic Indian cinema revolution
By Omar Ahmed
Familiar Touch: a lovingly told coming-of-old-age film
By Ela Bittencourt
The night the country didn’t sleep: 40 years of Threads, the BBC’s traumatising TV movie
By George Bass
Maria: Pablo Larraín’s grand, reverential biopic of Maria Callas
By Nicolas Rapold
The Outcasts: the return of a buried landmark of Irish folk horror
By Paul Duane
Speakers and events announced for this year’s LFF Industry Forum
Speakers and events announced for this year’s LFF Industry ForumEvents
The stars of Nightsleeper – a high-octane thriller by Control Room writer Nick Leather – join Leather and executive producer Kate Harwood for a Q&A at BFI Southbank.
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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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