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We’re opening the doors of the BFI National Archive for a special tour on 28 November, to say thanks to National Lottery players for supporting our work.
A young girl tries desperately to protect her family from illness and dark outside forces in William McGregor’s stark period horror.
From now until January 2020, the BFI is hosting the UK’s greatest ever season to celebrate the film musical, at BFI Southbank, on BFI Player and at venues across the country.
Explore the BFI Southbank programme
Find films and events around the UK
Read: The best musical of every year – from the dawn of sound to the rise of the jukebox musical
Listen: the BFI podcast Singin’ in the Rain special
Werner Herzog meets the former President of the Soviet Union in this invigorating portrait of a towering 20th-century figure.
Eyes Wide Shut at 20: we revisit and reappraise Stanley Kubrick’s last film. Plus Jesse Armstrong’s Succession, Mati Diop’s Atlantics, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, Jérémy Clapin’s I Lost My Body and Netflix’s animation gold rush.
Brexit will change the way UK businesses interact with the EU, including those working in the screen sectors. We answer some of the key questions for the screen industries.
Subscription-only classic and cult films from across the decades
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A tentative friendship blossoms into an erotically-charged bromance.
Re-imagining of the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West.
Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger star in a 1950s-set romance.
Astonishing documentary about the 1969 lunar mission.
1,000s of films, preserved.
120 years of British life, many unseen for decades.
Hidden histories and forgotten stories of people and places from the UK’s key film and TV archives.
20 colour snapshots of vibrant Soho 60 years ago
Flesh and pleasure made its name, but in 1956 there was a lot more to a place that, in modern times, has all but vanished.
37 pictures showing what punk Britain was really like
From the late 70s, punk fashions and attitude spread agitation round the nation.
Do Not Adjust Your Set (3-disc DVD set)
The most definitive release to date of the ground-breaking sketch show.
£24.99
At Last the 1948 Show (3-disc DVD set)
Classic comedy, produced by David Frost and written and performed by some of the UK’s best loved comedians.
£24.99
Two small time ranchers join forces against a ruthless land baron in Alan J. Pakula’s western drama.
£14.99
Pasolini: Trilogy of Life (3-disc Blu-ray set)
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s trio of literary adaptations, presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.
£29.99
Thursday 14 November 2019
The Report director Scott Z. Burns: ‘In the paranoia and fear after 9/11, we lost the plot’
Thursday 14 November 2019
Video: The cast and crew of BBC One’s The War of the Worlds
Wednesday 13 November 2019
It ain’t over till the fat lady sings: What musicals get right about fat women
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Video: At Last the 1948 Show stars Tim Brooke-Taylor and Aimi MacDonald
Tuesday 12 November 2019
Where to begin with Barbra Streisand
Monday 11 November 2019
Ken Loach on Sorry We Missed You: ‘I want to be part of the world, not somehow locked away’
Friday 8 November 2019
Five things to watch this weekend – 8-10 November
Friday 8 November 2019
Musicals! The Greatest Show on Screen at BFI Southbank
Dust off your dancing shoes, practice your scales and join us for some heart-lifting movies, special events and joyful singalongs.
Maurice Pialat and the New French Realism at BFI Southbank
A two-part exploration of an uncompromising director and the impact he’s made on recent French cinema and its actors.
Academy Award-winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in James Mangold’s study of a friendship that shaped 1960s motor racing.
Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver play divorcing spouses struggling to take care of their son in Noah Baumbach's reflective and occasionally devastating drama, writes Christina Newland.
Sunday 1 September 2019
The Good Liar review: Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen play cat-and-mouse
Thursday 14 November 2019
Animistic Apparatus: cinema for the spirits
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Meeting Gorbachev review: Werner Herzog misses the boat
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Enjoy priority booking for BFI Southbank and BFI London Film Festival, as well as many more benefits all year round.
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