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From the enormity of the BFI Imax to The Luna Cinema's return to Kensington Palace, we round up the best Christmas film screenings London 2023 has to offer
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To celebrate the reopening of the BFI Southbank, we talk with the head of programming Stuart Brown about what they have in store from 17 May
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When Netflix isn't enough any more, streaming services are offering more perks than ever – if you fancy a trip to the movies without leaving the house
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Talks
BAFTA, BFI and Curzon are among the venues hosting Q&As with the most exciting names in the film industry – here's all the best events to book now
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Cinema
From Freddie Mercury's lifetime to Mary Poppins' return - here's the Culture Whisper London film guide, Autumn 2018 edition
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Enjoy a screening of spaghetti western, A Fistful of Dollars, at the BFI this April
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Here comes the bride: Muriel's Wedding returns to the big screen at the BFI
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Our favourite gal pals return to the big screen as 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion comes to BFI
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A contemplative documentary exploring the Buddhist practice of mindfulness, Walk With Me aims to transform ‘movie theatres into meditation centres’
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Culture Whisper members get free tickets to a BFI screening of this haunting French film
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Paddy Considine directs and stars alongside Jodi Whittaker in the story of a boxing champion who must rebuild his life
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Talks
Indulge your dark side with a day of events and talks on the art of the thriller with the people behind Apple Tree Yard, Stellan Skarsgård and more
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Booking for the 61st BFI London Film Festival is open. Here's our pick of the latest and greatest films that are going to sell out fast
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Cinema
A 25th anniversary restoration of a dazzling 1992 adaptation of E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End comes to the BFI
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As he returns with new film Julieta, we look back at director Pedro Almodóvar's best films
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Cinema
Following the Cannes premiere of Julieta, Pedro Almodóvar Season starts at the BFI
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Kids
From aliens to archaeologists, rediscover these stories of fear and awe on the big screen
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Talks
Hugh Grant talks to The Queen director Stephen Frears about their new film, Florence Foster Jenkins.
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Cinema
100 Public Information Films on BFI Player: return to a time when Britons had nuclear attack fall-out rooms and no idea how to work a telephone
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New film about the controversial Apple pioneer has the dual talents of Danny Boyle and Michael Fassbender at the helm
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BFI: Shakespeare on Film presents the biggest ever international programme of the writer's work on the big screen
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Cinema
This February, the BFI devotes a season to Preston Sturges’ audacious comedies with their Unfaithfully Yours Season, showing a stream of some of the funniest films ever made.
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Cinema
As anticipation for upcoming American western The Hateful Eight continues to grow, the BFI Southbank dedicates an extensive January season to a revisitation of Quentin Tarantino's work
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Festival
16 days, 80 films: the UK Jewish Film Festival coming in November has something for everyone.
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Cinema
Director Eugenio Canevari's Paula comes to the London Film Festival
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Talks
At London Film Festival, Saoirse Ronan, Oscar-nominated star of Atonement and The Lovely Bones discusses he work
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BFI presents firebrand Italian director Paolo Sorrentino in conversation
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The next BFI London cinema season explores the works of one of the great directors of post-war neorealism, Italian director Vittorio de Sica.
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Highlights from the BFI film season include Umberto D., Vittorio de Sica's late and most highly prided work.
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Highlights from the BFI film season include The Bicycle Thieves, Vittorio de Sica's harrowing film about corruption and injustice.
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Highlights from the BFI film season include The Bicycle Thieves, Vittorio de Sica's canonical work of Italian neorealism and poverty.
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Highlights from the BFI film season include Miracle in Milan, Vittorio de Sica's 1951 comic parable.