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From his classic book Signs and Meanings in the Cinema to his filmmaking collaborations with Michelangelo Antonioni and Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen was the single most influential film theorist in the English language, remembers Henry K. Miller.| BFI
Mohammad Bakri is one of the founding fathers of Palestinian cinema, with four of his sons now actors too. He tells us about growing up with a cinema but no electricity, the burden of playing Palestinians, and the enduring controversy around his documentaries as director.| BFI
Less than a minute long, this sound test from 1929 offers precious on-set footage of Alfred Hitchcock on mischievous form nearly 100 years ago.| BFI
A reel-by-reel dovetailing of two films, one from Fascist Italy and the other from Soviet Russia, Record of War shows the Italian invasion of Ethiopia from radically opposed viewpoints. From our June 2017 issue.| BFI
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The festival opens with a glorious dye-transfer original British release print of Star Wars, and will close with a pristine 35mm print of the original US pilot episode of Twin Peaks, screening for the first time ever in the UK and presented in person by special guest Kyle MacLachlan.| BFI
BFI’s collection of Victorian 68mm film – the “IMAX of their day” – afforded protected status as part of a collection of 300 titles that will be added to UNESCO’s register.| BFI
Influential film theorist and filmmaker Peter Wollen was a compulsive list-maker. His notebook contains fascinating lists on many themes, including this rundown of ’diabolical doctors’.| BFI
In their assured debut about the aftermath of sexual violence, online comedian-turned-director Eva Victor balances defiantly dark humour with real melancholy.| BFI
Danny Boyle and scriptwriter Alex Garland’s horror saga takes an inspired mythical turn, following a young boy’s quest to secure his ailing mother’s safety in what remains of a country ravaged by virus.| BFI
The festival takes place at BFI Southbank from 26 to 27 July and will open with the UK premiere of Nyle DiMarco and David Guggenheim’s rousing documentary Deaf President Now!| BFI
As the BFI Film on Film Festival came to a close with a 35mm screening of Twin Peaks with special guest Kyle MacLachlan, we announced our plans to honour David Lynch with a forthcoming BFI season.| BFI
Excavating hidden histories of British Blackness, Lanre Bakare’s book We Were There casts an expansive and overdue spotlight on Black life in the UK and its depictions in screen cultures outside the confines of London.| BFI
An exploration of the impact of generative AI on the full breadth of the UK’s screen sector.| BFI
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Find which of the 8 regional BFI Film Audience Network film hubs is closest to you.| BFI
David Lynch on music, innovation and his future as a filmmaker Plus, in a music special: Kneecap on their blistering biopic – Brian Eno in conversation with Walter Murch – Great 21st century scores, as chosen by Ishibaki Eiko, Colin Stetson, Fatima Al Qadiri and more| BFI
In 1952, the Sight and Sound team had the novel idea of asking critics to name the greatest films of all time. The tradition became decennial, increasing in size and prestige as the decades passed. The Sight and Sound poll is now a major bellwether of critical opinion on cinema and this year’s edition (its eighth) is the largest ever, with 1,639 participating critics, programmers, curators, archivists and academics each submitting their top ten ballot. What has risen up the ranks? What has ...| BFI