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Finest hours: Chloë Sevigny in The Last Days of Disco
As her latest film Magic Farm is released in cinemas, our new series on peak performances looks at Chloë Sevigny’s nervily vigilant partygoer in Whit Stillman’s razor-sharp comedy about the New York club scene.
By Carmen Gray
Robina Rose’s Nightshift: a restored vision from the punk-era British avant-garde
By Charlotte Procter
Tom Cruise receives BFI Fellowship from director and collaborator Christopher McQuarrie at the BFI Chair’s Dinner
Tom Cruise receives BFI Fellowship from director and collaborator Christopher McQuarrie at the BFI Chair’s DinnerE.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea: an elegant docufiction journey through a real-life modernist melodrama
By Katie McCabe
Drowning Dry: how an award-winning Lithuanian drama captures the disorientation of trauma
By Carmen Gray
Mental Health Awareness Week: 10 films showing the evolution of mental healthcare in the UK
By Patrick Russell and Jez Stewart
The Extraordinary Miss Flower: from a suitcase of old love letters, a charming musical fantasy emerges
The Extraordinary Miss Flower: from a suitcase of old love letters, a charming musical fantasy emergesEvents
Actor, producer and Hollywood legend Tom Cruise visits the BFI Southbank to talk to Edith Bowman about his career.
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