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Films from Italy and beyond prefigured the themes and formal innovation of neorealism, a style that would become one of cinema’s most influential movements.
Nearly 100 cinemas across the British isles are screening the rediscovered Billy Connolly documentary Big Banana Feet from Fri 10 May. Find a screening near you.
'I think anyone wanting to be a writer should read his books.'
Irish filmmaker Pat Collins tells us about his new rural drama set in a lakeside hamlet, an adaptation of the final novel by acclaimed author John McGahern.
'I don't think I've seen a film all the way through for the past three years'
Charles Dance and Richard E. Grant in Stephen Poliakoff's Hidden City. Coming soon to BFI Blu-ray.
Ahead of the release of the new Ryan Gosling action comedy The Fall Guy, we look at movies that put stunt people centre stage – from Drive to Once upon a Time in Hollywood.
'The anxieties represented in the film [...] are in the ether'
Don't miss Alex Garland's high-octane blockbuster Civil War on the UK's biggest screen. Book now for its final screening on 30 Apr at BFI IMAX.
Unfortunately our Box Office maintenance has taken longer than planned and we have had to stop sales for all BFI venues. We apologise for the inconvenience and hope to be open as soon as technically possible.
Our next set of Members' Mondays screenings will now go on sale…
Our Jun/Jul programme has been revealed!
Highlights include an inventive and eclectic exploration of Pan-African cinema and a boldly cinematic antithesis of the ‘comfort’ watch, plus special screenings and events at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX.
Neglected since its first screenings in 1971, the newly restored Bushman follows a Nigerian man’s experiences in counterculture-era San Francisco, but is interrupted by the arrest of its leading man.