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Many years after War for the Planet of the Apes, the ape empire grows and the future for all apes and humans alike hangs in the balance.
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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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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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Rome, Open City: Roberto Rossellini’s great leap for realism on screen
A lightning bolt or a melodrama “full of old ingredients”? How Roberto Rossellini’s wartime drama Rome, Open City became a line-in-the-sand moment for world cinema.
By Alex Barrett
Stop-motion animation season supported by Laika coming to BFI Southbank
Stop-motion animation season supported by Laika coming to BFI SouthbankTiger Stripes: a ferocious Malaysian pre-teen horror
By Simran Hans
O Lucky Man!, revisiting Lindsay Anderson’s anarchic 1970s trip down the rabbit hole
By Stephen Dalton
BFI Powell and Pressburger retrospective to tour US and Canada
BFI Powell and Pressburger retrospective to tour US and CanadaIt rained on the Sunday: a career interview with Roger Corman
By Matthew Thrift
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: this Ape-ocalypto is an inspired addition to the saga
By Kim Newman
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Actor, producer and writer Elliot Page visits BFI Southbank to talk about his career as part of BFI Flare 2024.
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