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Sinners at BFI IMAX

Director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan reunite for this Jim Crow-era Deep South chiller screening from a glorious IMAX 70mm print.

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A new free-to-access digital archive exclusively available in UK public lending libraries. Discover thousands of digitised videos and television programmes from the 1960s to the 2010s, offering a glimpse into Britain’s past, its people and places.

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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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Shirley MacLaine: 10 essential films

From The Apartment to her Oscar-winning turn in Terms of Endearment... On her 91st birthday we toast Shirley MacLaine’s resumé of tough cookies and wise-cracking dreamers.

By Chloe Walker

Shirley MacLaine: 10 essential films
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Events

Bong Joon Ho joins us to talk about his incredible career to date and his new film, Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson.

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Screen Culture 2033

Our new ten-year strategy that sets out how we will transform access to our programmes, screen culture and jobs.

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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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