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Godzilla Minus Zero at BFI IMAX

Takashi Yamazaki delivers on the promise of Godzilla Minus One with a character-driven, action-packed sequel – see it on the UK’s biggest screen.

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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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10 great films based on unfinished books

Adapting an unfinished text means confronting gaps, ambiguities and unrealised intentions. With the acclaimed new film of Lorca’s La bola negra currently in cinemas, we look at 10 films that embrace the challenge, turning incomplete books, plays and memoirs into distinctive cinematic works.

By Miriam Balanescu

10 great films based on unfinished books
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Events

Andrew Scott returns to the BFI London Film Festival with his new film Elsinore and visits BFI Southbank to reflect on his career.

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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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Screen Culture 2033

Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.

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