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“Every person is a universe”: Wim Wenders on Wings of Desire
Angels listen in on the thoughts of mortals in Wim Wenders’ modern classic Wings of Desire. On its return to cinemas, we asked Wenders to cast his mind back to its unusual production in a divided Berlin.
By Lou Thomas
The Afterlight: a film of immortals en route to oblivion
By Jonathan Romney
Wandering souls: the ending of L’eclisse
By Paul Tickell
Approaching Shadows and a game-changing, people-centred model for film production
By Clare Baines
5 things to watch this weekend – 1 to 3 July
By Samuel Wigley
Time at the bar: how every scene in EastEnders’ Queen Vic pub became an epic film event
By Matthew Harle
All about StoryTrails, a new immersive storytelling project drawing inspiration from the UK’s moving image archive
All about StoryTrails, a new immersive storytelling project drawing inspiration from the UK’s moving image archiveSign up to BFI news emails
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