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Uncommon terror – and a few laughs – links the films in the BFI Player Halloween collection, and they show vintage names such as Dario Argento and Hammer Films, alongside perverse visions minted more recently. Served chilled.
Explore the Halloween collection on BFI Player
Read about essential John Carpenter soundtracks
On Saturday 11 November, dive deep into thrillers with a day of films, talks, masterclasses and panel discussions.
Jonathan Demme’s classic chiller, starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, returns to cinemas on 3 November 2017 as part of the UK-wide BFI Thriller season.
Usayd Younis and Cassie Quarless’ urgent, impassioned documentary follows a new generation of black activists as they fight for social and political change in London and beyond.
Who can you trust? From October to December, delve into a season of thrillers in cinemas nationwide, at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player.
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Read: 100 thrillers to see before you die
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A new generation of black activists fight for change.
Gay twist on the home-invasion thriller.
Brian Cox is superb as the political titan.
A powerful character study and portrait of London life.
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61st BFI London Film Festival draws to a close
Overall London and UK-wide audience attendance reached 208,900, an 8% increase from 193,000 in 2016.
Read all about this year’s Festival
Catch up with the buzz from the Festival.
Watch all the action from the Festival
See the stars on the red carpet and our video interviews.
1,000s of films, preserved.
120 years of British life, many unseen for decades.
Hidden histories and forgotten stories of people and places from the UK’s key film and TV archives.
19 sun-kissed snapshots of seaside holidays in 1960s Bournemouth
Tourist hotspot is a city in bloom for sun-seekers, sportsmen, families and the foxtrot…
15 revealing pictures showing the Southern Railway experience 80 years ago
OK commuter: back in the 1920s Southern was a byword for train innovation and efficiency.
Life is Sweet (dual format edition)
Mike Leigh’s 1990 classic teamed with his 2012 short A Running Jump.
£14.99
Three Films by Ken Loach (Blu-ray set)
Three of Loach’s greatest films on Blu-ray for the first time.
£29.99
Three Films by Ken Loach (DVD set)
Celebrating Ken Loach’s fine run of films in the early 1990s.
£24.99
My Beautiful Laundrette (dual format edition)
A smash success, it earned Hanif Kureishi an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay as well as launching the career of Daniel Day-Lewis.
£14.99
Every Picture Tells a Story - The Art Films of James Scott (2-DVD set)
New collection of acclaimed art films about the likes of Richard Hamilton, David Hockney and William Scott.
£19.99
Peppermint Soda (dual format edition)
A tale of two sisters growing up in 1960s France from director Diane Kurys.
£14.99
How Clarice Starling ushered in a new generation of female agents
Tuesday 31 October 2017
TV’s forgotten trilogy about black family life
Monday 30 October 2017
Infographic: Women in UK feature film 1911-2017
Monday 30 October 2017
Five films that influenced Stranger Things 2
Friday 27 October 2017
Video: Mike Leigh, Alison Steadman and Jane Horrocks on Life is Sweet
Thursday 26 October 2017
Brave new voices: Film Africa 2017
Thursday 26 October 2017
10 great serial killer thrillers
Thursday 26 October 2017
A season of thrillers in cinemas nationwide, at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player.
India on Film at BFI Southbank
We celebrate the diversity of Indian filmmaking and films about India – from Bollywood to Tollywood (home of Telugu and Bengali cinema) – in cinemas and online.
Denis Villeneuve’s staggering sci-fi epic stars Ryan Golsing and sees Harrison Ford return as Rick Deckard.
In Luca Guadagnino’s intimate romance, Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet play young lovers who fall into each other’s arms during a sun-baked summer in rural Italy, writes Catherine Wheatley.
Thursday 26 October 2017
Can the crime film change its ways? The sway of the 1970s at the 2017 LFF
Friday 27 October 2017
The serial killer variations: David Fincher on Mindhunter at the 2017 LFF
Friday 27 October 2017
Thor: Ragnarok review: Marvel’s skies brighten
Friday 27 October 2017
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