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The Fantastic Four: First Steps at BFI IMAX

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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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Features and reviews

Finest hours

Finest hours: Helen Mirren’s transformation into The Queen

To celebrate Helen Mirren’s 80th birthday, Kate Stables hails her extraordinary 2006 metamorphosis into Queen Elizabeth II – “a human submarine with her emotions and personality largely submerged”.

By Kate Stables

Finest hours: Helen Mirren’s transformation into The Queen
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Events

The director of Lollipop, along with cast members Posy Sterling, Idil Ahmed and TerriAnn Cousins, visit BFI Southbank to talk about Hudson's debut, a raw and urgent drama about one desperate mother’s relentless fight for justice against a broken system.

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Screen Culture 2033

Our new ten-year strategy that sets out how we will transform access to our programmes, screen culture and jobs.

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Watch archive collections

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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