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Find out moreStar Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2D) at BFI IMAX
Once a lone bounty hunter, Mandalorian Din Djarin and his apprentice Grogu embark on an exciting new Star Wars adventure.
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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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11 discoveries from Cannes 2026
Back from Cannes, a selection of our critics pick the first, second or breakthrough feature that bowled them over during this year’s festival.
By John Bleasdale, Rory Doherty and others
A Man of His Time: Emmanuel Marre’s daring World War II drama explores the dark side of bureaucratic ambition
By Thomas Flew
All of a Sudden: Hamaguchi questions philosophies of care in a radically tender and enriching drama
By Nicolas Rapold
Applications open for the BFI LFF Critics Mentorship Programme 2026
Applications open for the BFI LFF Critics Mentorship Programme 2026When Brighton Rock was called ‘The Worst Sin’ – the rare original poster
By Alex Prideaux
Fjord: curiously underdeveloped addition to Cristian Mungiu’s body of work explores religious persecution in a small Scandinavian town
By Sophie Monks Kaufman
Paper Tiger: Adam Driver brings a dangerous charm to James Gray’s tense crime thriller
By John Bleasdale
Events
Learn more about the BFI National Archive’s pioneering Moving Image Conservation Research Laboratory (MICRL), plus other recent technological innovations, with our latest Inside the Archive video.
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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.
ExploreScreen 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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