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  Rare promotional images of Charlie Chaplin... and what they tell us about him

  He was once the most famous person on the planet, but cultivating that stardom was a careful process. That’s why production stills of Charlie Chaplin always have a story to tell.

  Josephine Nardecchia
  Monday 10 December 2018

  Features

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  10 great tragic comedies

  Movies with a smile, and perhaps a tear… We laugh and cry our way through some of the best comedies with one foot squarely in tragedy.

  Christina Newland
  Monday 10 December 2018

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  Video: Vic and Bob on Vic and Bob’s Big Night Out

  The comedy duo behind Shooting Stars, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer and Catterick, visited the BFI Southbank to talk about their career and introduce episodes of their new show, Vic and Bob’s Big Night Out.

  Friday 7 December 2018

  Video

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  The Rider review: a visceral, organic western

  Director Chloé Zhao walks a fine line between fact and fiction in this nuanced study of a young rodeo star recovering from a brain injury, writes Nikki Baughan.

  Nikki Baughan
  Thursday 6 December 2018

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  Film of the week: Sorry to Bother You is an unruly, outrageous corporate satire

  The grasping racial politics of late-stage capitalism come under fire in Boots Riley’s wildly inventive comedy, starring Lakeith Stanfield as an office worker who gets too close to the truth, writes Adam Nayman.

  Adam Nayman
  Thursday 6 December 2018

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  When sitcoms go large – Britain’s curious demand for the TV comedy film spin-off

  Pack your suitcase, your favourite TV sitcom characters are getting a big screen outing, and of course they’re going on holiday. From Bean to The Inbetweeners, we analyse the spotty history of the sitcom movie.

  Jon Spira
  Thursday 6 December 2018

  Features

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  The Image Book review: Jean-Luc Godard’s ruminative and radical montage

  Godard’s multifaceted essay film revels in the mobility and mutability of imagery in the 21st century, uncovering the violence of representation but always searching for hope in a cacaphonous world, writes Erika Balsom.

  Erika Balsom
  Thursday 6 December 2018

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  BFI Southbank announces 2019 highlights

  Seasons dedicated to Kubrick, Weimar Cinema, Cary Grant and Musicals are among the 2019 highlights at BFI Southbank.

  Wednesday 5 December 2018

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  10 great winter ghost stories

  Battle the cold and dark of winter with this list of 10 terrifying tales that are guaranteed to get the blood pumping.

  Adam Scovell
  Tuesday 4 December 2018

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  Boots Riley: ‘I’m putting forward ideas about how we can change things’

  Sorry to Bother You pairs a righteous political fury with surrealist flights of fancy. Boots Riley explains how he came up with 2018’s wildest comedy.

  Lou Thomas
  Tuesday 4 December 2018

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