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The Film London and London Screen Archives Kinovan (think a cinema-in-a-van) will be out and about this christmas, offering Londoners the chance to see -for free- archive footage from across decades of London history. The van will be at the following locations: Xmas Lights Switch On, Sutton Sat 19 Nov 2016, 16:00 – 19:00 Sutton – […]
At a special event held at BFI Southbank in London with comedian Gina Yashere and DJ Norman Jay MBE, the BFI today launched what is being billed as the UK’s biggest ever season of film and television dedicated to celebrating black talent: BLACK STAR. Appropriately, this launch coincides with the UK premiere of Amma Asante’s London […]
This year marks 400 years since the Bard shuffled off this mortal coil, and there are a batch of film events around the capital to mark the date from April onwards, many being found at the BFI and Barbican and other cultural centres. THe entire project is part of Shakespeare Lives, organised by the British […]
Thursday 23 April, 8.15. Picturehouse Cinemas. Also check RSC website for more participating venues. This year marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, and there will be a variety of film events that will tie in to the date. The BFI have a huge, diverse season planned, which you can read about here, but the […]
Secret Cinema is always one of the biggest film events on the calendar in London. So high profile is the event company, and so pricey are its tickets for its multi-layered, live screening immersive events, that their seasons often make the box office charts. Recent productions involved Back to the Future and Star Wars: The […]
Tickets went on sale today for BFI members for London’s premiere LGTB Film Festival: BFI FLARE, which will run from 16-27 March at BFI Southbank and other related venues. BFI Flare will present over 50 features, more than 100 shorts and a wide range of special events, guest appearances, discussions, workshops, club nights and more. […]
Finally restored by the team – led by the tireless Kevin Brownlow- at the BFI National Archive after decades of work, Abel Gance’s 1927 epic silent Napoleon will screen for the public on Sun 6 Nov 2016 at 14:00 at the Royal Festival Hall. The film played to sell out crowds back in 2013, but this is […]
The BFI announced this week that, starting in March, they will begin a tribute season to the late filmmaker Alan Clarke. Clarke is still probably best remembered for his controversial and groundbreaking dramas: Scum, Made in Britain and The Firm, which helped make household names of actors like Tim Roth, Gary Oldman and Ray Winstone. The BFI however […]
At a time when the 2016 Academy Award nominations should have been dominating culture news headlines, a very different and much sadder story emerged instead. Stage and screen performer and director Alan Rickman, widely loved for his roles in Die Hard, Harry Potter, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Truly, Madly, Deeply and Sense and Sensibility to […]
Undoubtedly one of the biggest news stories of the last few years, the leaking of key National Security Agency surveillance data by former employee (and now exile) Edward Snowden is the subject of filmmaker Laura Poitras’ new documentary CITIZEN FOUR. Poitras herself was contacted by Snowden before the media melee began, making her one of […]