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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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Sumitra Peries’s The Girls: how a landmark Sri Lankan film captures the agony of girlhood
A groundbreaking Sri Lankan film with a uniquely feminine perspective, The Girls (Gehenu Lamai) wowed critics in the late 1970s and is now returning in a new restoration.
By Uditha Devapriya
The Last One for the Road: a leisurely Beckettian bender through northeastern Italy
By Philip Concannon
10 great films about dinner parties
By Gayle Sequeira
Shoot the People: Misan Harriman documentary questions the power and purpose of protest imagery
By Leila Latif
UK Global Screen Fund announces latest international distribution awards
UK Global Screen Fund announces latest international distribution awardsGod’s lonely man: Amy Taubin on Taxi Driver
By Amy Taubin
“Films very rarely do this”: the Nirvanna the Band duo on fair use, 80s blockbusters and guerrilla filmmaking
By James Mottram
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The creators of Free Nelson Mandela bring the story of Mandela’s extraordinary release to BFI Southbank.
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