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Experience IMAX 70mm screenings of The Odyssey on the UK’s biggest screen.
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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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10 great witch films
From silent-era demons to modern folk-horror nightmares, witches have haunted cinema for well over a century. These 10 films chart the evolution of the screen witch, revealing how ideas about female power, fear and otherness have been transformed across cultures and generations.
By Kelly Robinson
Cannes winner Everytime coming to UK and Irish cinemas on 26 February
Cannes winner Everytime coming to UK and Irish cinemas on 26 FebruaryKiss kiss bang bang: Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet
By José Arroyo
The world moves on: Billy Wilder’s cinema of ageing and obsolescence
By Chloe Walker
Wildwood: Laika’s ambitious fantasy shows off its spellbinding stop motion craft
By Leigh Singer
BFI Player’s November 2026 line-up
BFI Player’s November 2026 line-upScotland’s rival to The Jazz Singer: the story behind a groundbreaking British sound film
By Marc David Jacobs
Events
Andrew Scott returns to the BFI London Film Festival with his new film Elsinore and visits BFI Southbank to reflect on his career.
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Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.
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