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Find out moreProject Hail Mary at BFI IMAX
Based on Andy Weir’s (The Martian) novel of the same name, Ryan Gosling stars in this year’s hottest sci-fi space adventure.
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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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Object of the week: Costume designs for the 1970s swashbuckler The Man in the Iron Mask
These sumptuous sketches by the Chilean-born British designer Olga Lehmann were created for the 1977 version of The Man in the Iron Mask, starring Richard Chamberlain, Jenny Agutter and Patrick McGoohan.
By Melanie Williams
BFI invests £9.25 million to support UK-wide screen culture for audiences
BFI invests £9.25 million to support UK-wide screen culture for audiences40th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival wraps with global talent attendance and 12 feature film world premieres
40th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival wraps with global talent attendance and 12 feature film world premieres10 great Australian debut features
By Rory Doherty
“Funny, engaging and winning in its self-deprecating modesty”: Bridget Jones’s Diary reviewed in 2001
By Leslie Felperin
François Ozon on his adaptation of Albert Camus’s The Stranger: “The idea was to make a very erotic movie”
By Lillian Crawford
Object of the week: Modernist brochure for the Film Society revealing its historic first 100 screenings
By Bryony Dixon
Events
From its 1986 origins as Gays’ Own Pictures to its 40th edition, BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival is celebrated by the filmmakers and programmers who chart its evolution into a cornerstone of queer cinema and the people and events that define it.
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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.
ExploreScreen Culture 2033
Our Screen Culture 2033 strategy for the BFI and ten-year National Lottery funding strategy from 2023 to 2033.
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