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Find out moreGladiator II at BFI IMAX
Paul Mescal and a sterling support cast including Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal and Connie Nielsen star in Ridley Scott’s fierce follow-up to his 2000 Roman epic.
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BFI Replay
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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5 things to watch this weekend – 22 to 24 November
A 1970s disaster movie classic, a double dose of slow cinema, and a romance set amid the London drag scene. What are you watching this weekend?
By Sam Wigley
Wicked: there’s room on the broom for this dizzying movie musical
By Lillian Crawford
Layla: Amrou Al-Kadhi’s vibrant drag fairytale
By Clara Bradbury-Rance
World TV Day 2024: how archive TV provides a portal to the past
By Lisa Kerrigan
“Magnificently produced pantomime”: The Wizard of Oz reviewed in 1940
By E.P.
UK Global Screen Fund announces latest awards to support the promotion of UK independent feature films
UK Global Screen Fund announces latest awards to support the promotion of UK independent feature filmsGoulash, grisly ghouls and the funk of 40,000 years: Vincent Price in the 1970s, 80s and 90s
By Kevin Lyons
Events
Actor and musician Ashley Walters in conversation with actor, writer, producer and director Daniel Kaluuya.
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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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