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Find out moreThe Odyssey at BFI IMAX
Experience IMAX 70mm screenings of The Odyssey on the UK’s biggest screen, from 17 July 2026.
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Discover the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling, in London and around the UK – 7 to 18 October 2026.
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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 films about infidelity
As Claude Chabrol’s classic psychological thriller La Femme infidèle returns to cinemas, discover 10 films in which affairs, betrayals and forbidden desires send ordinary lives spinning into obsession and heartbreak.
By Brogan Morris
The discreet murderer of the bourgeoisie: an interview with Claude Chabrol
By Rui Nogueira and Nicoletta Zalaffi
Bucking Fastard: Herzog’s tale of two sisters who speak in unison is his best fiction feature in years
By Nicolas Rapold
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger: Fan-service rockumentary is very much the Gallagher brothers’ show
By John Bleasdale
My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile: documentary sequel exposing Russian media censorship is every bit as gripping as its first instalment
By Carmen Gray
Almost Perfect: The Films of Billy Wilder, a major new season arriving at BFI Southbank in October
Almost Perfect: The Films of Billy Wilder, a major new season arriving at BFI Southbank in OctoberPossible Love: Lee Chang-Dong’s sober exploration of economic disparity is filled with quiet revelations
By Jonathan Romney
Events
Mark Jenkin’s latest exploration of Cornish folklore blends mystery, politics and time travel. The filmmaker and cast of Rose of Nevada visit BFI Southbank to explore the story behind this uncanny maritime fable.
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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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Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.
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