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What’s on at BFI Southbank

Four screens open seven days a week for the widest choice of great films.

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The Running Man at BFI IMAX

Edgar Wright and star Glen Powell team up for a spirited take on Stephen King’s dystopian life-or-death gameshow thriller – see it on the largest screen in the UK.

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New and exclusive: I’m Still Here

Winner of Best International Feature Film at the 2025 Academy Awards.

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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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Features and reviews

Features

The phantom that birthed Hollywood monster movies: The Phantom of the Opera at 100

Released 100 years ago, Lon Chaney’s grotesque yet sympathetic turn as The Phantom of the Opera marked a primordial moment in Hollywood history when melodrama morphed into horror and Universal noticed an appetite for monsters.

By Craig Ian Mann

The phantom that birthed Hollywood monster movies: The Phantom of the Opera at 100
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Events

The cast and crew of ITV's thrilling drama visit BFI Southbank as Vicky McClure’s Lana Washington returns with her team of bomb disposal experts in the incendiary opening episode of the third series.

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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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Screen Culture 2033

Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.

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