What’s on at BFI Southbank
Four screens open seven days a week for the widest choice of great films.
Find out moreJoker: Folie à Deux at BFI IMAX
Joaquin Phoenix returns to his Oscar-winning role, this time accompanied by Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn on a stunning IMAX 70mm print.
Find out moreThe 68th BFI London Film Festival
Discover the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling – from 9 to 20 October 2024 in London and around the UK.
Find out moreBFI 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.
Find out moreThe 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.
Subscribe nowFeatures and reviews
A note regarding our African Odysseys series
How we made our drug-war drama Sujo: “Many kids born into this crisis are now becoming adults”
By Georgia Korossi
Alien Isolation 10th anniversary: a decade of horrifyingly high stakes hide-and-seek
By Stuart Burnside
5 things to watch this weekend – 4 to 6 October
By Sam Wigley
Fire of Wind: Marta Mateus on her moonlit vigil in Portuguese wine country
By Sam Wigley
Sight and Sound: the November 2024 issue
Sight and Sound: the November 2024 issueSoundtrack to a Coup d’État: Johan Grimonprez’s collision of politics and jazz
By Sam Davies
Events
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele visit BFI Southbank to promote their documentary about a road trip to mark Harper coming out as a trans woman.
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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.
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