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Experience IMAX 70mm screenings of The Odyssey on the UK’s biggest screen, from 17 July 2026.
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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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“He rendered the foreign familiar without ever stripping it of its soul”: Wong Kar Wai, Bong Joon Ho and more on Tony Rayns
Filmmakers from Bong Joon Ho to John Woo pay tribute to the critic, curator and translator Tony Rayns (1948-2026), whose support and friendship shaped their careers.
By Bong Joon Ho, Wong Kar Wai and others
10 great Sri Lankan films
By Uditha Devapriya
Evil Dead Burn: the franchise returns with fire, fury and family dysfunction
By Anton Bitel
John Waters on restoring Hairspray and Desperate Living: “The mistakes are part of the charm”
By Blake Simons
Tony Rayns (1948 to 2026)
By Sam Wigley
Lonesome tonight: Tony Rayns and Edward Yang on A Brighter Summer Day
By Tony Rayns
How to train a kestrel: the original notes from the making of Kes
By Melanie Williams
Events
The creators of Free Nelson Mandela bring the story of Mandela’s extraordinary release to 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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Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.
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