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Kyle MacLachlan explains how we screen Twin Peaks' pilot episode on 35mm ☕️
The original US pilot episode screens again on 19 January at BFI Southbank, as part of our David Lynch season.
Let none other than Dale Cooper talk you through how we bring the 1990 pilot of TwinPeaks all the way from the BFI National Archive to the big screen!
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10 great Lynchian films 🎬
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
The Red House (1947)
Experiment in Terror (1962)
Persona (1966)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Innocence (2004)
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
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10 great films of 1926 🎞
Mare Nostrum
Sparrows
Ménilmontant
A Page of Madness
The Scarlet Letter
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Faust
Mother
The Student of Prague
The General
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Will you be more successful with your New Year's resolutions in 2026?
On New Year's Eve 1970, Alan Jones asks people in Birmingham if they intend to make any New Year's resolutions. Film courtesy of Media Archive for Central England.
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Merry Christmas to our colleagues, audiences and partners celebrating today 🎄
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George Clooney on working with Noah Baumbach, feeling nostalgic about his filmography, and a career's worth of hairdos 🎬
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Stephen Lang and Jamie Flatters on why working with James Cameron is unlike any other experience 🔥
Watch Avatar: Fire & Ash in 2D and 3D at BFI IMAX from Dec 19.
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'All of the billions of things that had to happen. All the tiny moments of left and right turns.'
George Clooney reflects on his career and latest film, Jay Kelly, during his In Conversation event at BFI Southbank. Watch the full video on YouTube.
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'Just get in your car and start driving.'
Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio on the location behind the famous road scene in One Battle After Another.
Photos: Getty for Warner Bros (Stuart Wilson)
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Guillermo del Toro and Jacob Elordi arrive at BFI IMAX to introduce a special screening of Frankenstein, hosted by Edith Bowman 🍿
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Where to shop for film lovers this Christmas 🎬🎄
Swing by our BFI Southbank shop for books, blu-rays, memberships and of course socks for the cinephiles in your life this Christmas! Open every day until 23 Dec.
📍BFI Shop, BFI Southbank
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10 great Hungarian films 🎬
People of the Mountains (1942)
Merry-Go-Round (1956)
Current (1964)
The Round-up (1966)
Love (1971)
Szindbád (1971)
Adoption (1975)
Confidence (1980)
Sátántangó (1994)
Hukkle (2004)
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George Clooney reflected on social media, his career and family whilst chatting with Edith Bowman at BFI Southbank.
Watch the full In Conversation now, only on BFI Player.
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Wicked cinematographer Alice Brooks on how her late-night brainwave led to filming in mirrors for The Girl in the Bubble 🫧
Wicked: For Good is showing now in 2D and 3D at BFI IMAX 🍿
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Costume designer Paul Tazewell breaks down Glinda's dresses in Wicked 🫧 How the iconic Broadway bubble dress and Billie Burke's ballgown in The Wizard of Oz inspired the costumes in Wicked: For Good.
Watch Wicked: For Good on the biggest screen in the UK, playing at BFI IMAX until 4 December 💖💚
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George Clooney took to the stage on Friday to discuss his career to date with Edith Bowman at BFI Southbank 🎬
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Revealing our gorgeous, fully illustrated artwork for our upcoming season celebrating the life and work of the late great American filmmaker, artist, and dreamer ❤️
David Lynch: The Dreamer plays at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX in January 2026.
Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus
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Amanda Seyfried arriving to her In Conversation event at BFI Southbank, to talk about her career and latest film, The Testament of Ann Lee.
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Earlier this week, Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio gave an extended intro before a screening of One Battle After Another at BFI IMAX 🎥
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10 great films set in Taipei
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Vive l’amour (1994)
The Personals (1998)
Yi Yi (2000)
Millennium Mambo (2001)
20:30:40 (2004)
Au revoir Taipei (2010)
Lucy (2014)
A Sun (2019)
The Sadness (2021)
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Last night, Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio arrived at their In Conversation event to talk all things One Battle After Another 🎥
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How Arnold Schwarzenegger reacted to watching The Running Man with Edgar Wright and Glen Powell 🏃
Don't miss The Running Man at BFI IMAX, playing until 20 November 🎬
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Tom Cruise on writing Magnolia’s opening monologue and creating the character of Mackey with Paul Thomas Anderson 🎬
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'We went to therapy, you made a movie.'
Richard Linklater on portraying real life in his coming-of-age film, Boyhood. Full screen talk available to watch now, only in BFI Player.
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