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Find out moreMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One at BFI IMAX
Ethan Hunt and team are back at it, saving the world with death-defying, hair-raising action.
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BFI Replay
A new free-to-access digital archive exclusively available in UK public lending libraries. Discover thousands of digitised videos and television programmes from the 1960s to the 2010s, offering a glimpse into Britain’s past, its people and places.
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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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Oppenheimer: Nolan’s dazzling expressionistic flourishes bring this sombre chamber drama to life
Christopher Nolan’s serious, scholarly epic about ‘the father of the atom bomb’ J. Robert Oppenheimer revolves around verbose courtroom confrontations, but the beautiful visual touches – and Cillian Murphy’s grave, introspective performance – put it among the director’s best.
By Jonathan Romney
Jane Birkin obituary: British star who became a French pop culture sensation
By Ginette Vincendeau
Derek Malcolm obituary: renowned British film critic and LFF director
By Nick James
Feathers: an overbearing husband morphs into a chicken in this Kafkaesque exploration of Egypt’s power structures
By Ben Nicholson
Applications open for the BFI LFF 2023 Critics Mentorship Programme
Applications open for the BFI LFF 2023 Critics Mentorship ProgrammeLeft Bank, East End: when Vali Myers met Lorenza Mazzetti
By Henry K Miller
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Onstage at BFI Southbank The director of Name Me Lawand, a compelling story on the power of language, is joined by the founder and chair of Deaf Kidz International and a deaf artist and activist to talk about the documentary.
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Our new ten-year strategy that sets out how we will transform access to our programmes, screen culture and jobs.
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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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