The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) has received funding from the BFI to make a remarkable archive of agricultural films accessible to wider audiences.

Riz Ahmed is exciting to watch and completely in command of his material in Aneil Karia’s east-London set version of Shakespeare’s tragedy, but this lean modern update lacks surprises and political ...

Shot by ace cinematographer Douglas Slocombe on the set of the Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt, the 16mm home movie offers an informal window into the human side of production – the faces and ...

Romantic Film Recommendations for Valentine's Day. Critic John Charet has some romantic films for your Valentine's Day viewing.

Now is a subscription over-the-top streaming television service launched in the United Kingdom in 2012. It is operated by Sky Group in Europe, and Xfinity in the US; both owned by the American media ...

TIM DUNN takes us on a journey through cinematic history - with the railway as the ultimate muse. It’s a given that railways occupy a central place in Britain’s culture. The sheer volume and drama of ...

"It felt like such a pinch-me moment, which was so funny considering we have all those kinds of stars for LFF, but we were like, 'You're coming to this, our little film festival'. That was really ...

Searchlight Pictures’ “Rental Family” will serve as this year’s American Express Gala presentation at the 69th BFI London Film Festival. Directed and co-written by Hikari, whose credits include “37 ...

When we talk about the movies we love, every voice deserves a spotlight. So after publishing our official list of the best movies of the 21st century, compiled from the votes of 500-plus filmmakers, ...

The second BFI Film on Festival kicked off last night with an on-stage appearance from Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy to introduce the first of two packed-out screenings of a rare original 1977 ...

Scripts from more than 130,000 films and TV shows have been used to train generative AI models, which a BFI report said today “poses a threat to the fundamental economics of the screen sector.” The ...

If you enter the foyer of the BFI on the London Southbank from the 12 th to 15 th of June 2025, you’ll be confronted with a mechanical machine sporting a large lens at one end and large round disks on ...