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BFI Flare 2021 programme launch

Discover the line-up for the 35th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival. With 12 days of the best new queer cinema, BFI Flare 2021 takes place 17-28 March 2021. BFI Members’ priority booking is now open, with tickets on sale to public from 2 March.

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What’s on at BFI Southbank

In line with the government announcement on 4 January and the new lockdown measures, BFI Southbank will continue to be closed until further notice.

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BFI at Home: online events

Watch now News of the World Q&A with director Paul Greengrass.

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Sight & Sound: the April 2021 issue

Adam Curtis tells us how we made our world, the better to try again. Plus Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, two new spy-thriller documentaries, a history of the ‘cursed film’, looking back at Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express – and forward to the future of Studio Ghibli.

Sight & Sound: the April 2021 issue

Features

In the beginning: cinema’s murky origin story

By Peter Domankiewicz

In the beginning: cinema’s murky origin story

Features

The Watermelon Woman at 25: the Black lesbian classic that wears its brilliance lightly

By Chrystel Oloukoi

The Watermelon Woman at 25: the Black lesbian classic that wears its brilliance lightly

5 things to watch

5 things to watch this weekend – 26 to 28 February

By Samuel Wigley