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From Hollywood blockbuster director, and real-life stuntman, David Leitch, comes his most personal film yet – an homage to the world of action movies.
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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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Scene by scene with Hélène Louvart, one of the world’s great cinematographers
As Nezouh enters cinemas, French cinematographer Hélène Louvart shares her behind-the-scenes insights from lining up shots with the likes of Wim Wenders, Agnès Varda and Alice Rohrwacher.
By Rachel Pronger
Leila and the Wolves 40th anniversary: Heiny Srour on her time-travelling tale of Arab womanhood
By Elhum Shakerifar
The Idea of You: pop star romance has a strangely inhuman quality
By Leila Latif
10 great French debut films by women directors
By Catherine Wheatley
Great 8 showcase films revealed for Cannes 2024
Great 8 showcase films revealed for Cannes 2024BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund announces first awards to project development programmes
BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund announces first awards to project development programmesStarve Acre to be released by BFI Distribution in UK and Irish cinemas on 6 September
Starve Acre to be released by BFI Distribution in UK and Irish cinemas on 6 SeptemberEvents
BFI Flare programmer Wema Mumma and award-winning asexual activist Yasmin Benoit discuss the history of asexual and aromantic characters in film and TV.
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