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### Whatâs on at BFI Southbank
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### Ne Zha 2 at BFI IMAX
The biggest Chinese animated action saga ever comes to the largest screen in the UK.
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BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
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Our springtime celebration of queer cinema at BFI Southbank â 19 to 30 March 2025.
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BFI Replay
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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 Britainâs past, its people and places.
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The Greatest Films of All Time issue
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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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Features and reviews
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Reviews
### Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other: elegant portrait of an artist marriage
New York photographer Joel Meyerowitz and artist Maggie Barrett take stock of their 30-year marriage, contemplating mortality, equality and how to move forward together, in this richly artful documentary directed by another artist couple, Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter.
By Nick Bradshaw
[Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other: elegant portrait of an artist marriage](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/two-strangers-trying-not-kill-each-other-elegant-portrait-artist-marriage "Read Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other: elegant portrait of an artist marriage")
Interviews
### James Schamus on a new The Wedding Banquet: âOver the years, Iâve come to the conclusion that what we call civilisation and culture is more or less queerâ
By Blake Simons
[James Schamus on a new The Wedding Banquet: âOver the years, Iâve come to the conclusion that what we call civilisation and culture is more or less queerâ](https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/james-schamus-wedding-banquet "Read James Schamus on a new The Wedding Banquet: âOver the years, Iâve come to the conclusion that what we call civilisation and culture is more or less queerâ")
News
### BFI to celebrate Tom Cruise with a BFI Fellowship
[BFI to celebrate Tom Cruise with a BFI Fellowship](https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/tom-cruise-bfi-fellowship "Read BFI to celebrate Tom Cruise with a BFI Fellowship")
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### 10 great Slovak New Wave films
By Michael Brooke
[10 great Slovak New Wave films](https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-slovak-new-wave-films "Read 10 great Slovak New Wave films")
Reviews
### Santosh: Indian police drama explores the messy intersections of class, gender and caste
By Bedatri D. Choudhury
[Santosh: Indian police drama explores the messy intersections of class, gender and caste](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/santosh-indian-police-drama-explores-messy-intersections-class-gender-caste "Read Santosh: Indian police drama explores the messy intersections of class, gender and caste")
Features
### Sounds of the future: Howard Shoreâs scores for the films of David Cronenberg
By Kevin Harley
[Sounds of the future: Howard Shoreâs scores for the films of David Cronenberg](https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/sounds-future-howard-shores-scores-films-david-cronenberg "Read Sounds of the future: Howard Shoreâs scores for the films of David Cronenberg")
Interviews
### âI had to say something about what it feels like to be a Black queer person in Americaâ: Shatara Michelle Ford on Dreams in Nightmares
By RĂłgan Graham
[âI had to say something about what it feels like to be a Black queer person in Americaâ: Shatara Michelle Ford on Dreams in Nightmares](https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/shatara-michelle-ford-dreams-nightmares "Read âI had to say something about what it feels like to be a Black queer person in Americaâ: Shatara Michelle Ford on Dreams in Nightmares")
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Events
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Director Raoul Peck, photographer Misan Harriman and writer Ekow Eshun visit BFI Southbank to talk about Peckâs documentary on photographer Ernest Cole.
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### Screen Culture 2033
Our new ten-year strategy that sets out how we will transform access to our programmes, screen culture and jobs.
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Watch archive collections
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The BFI National Archive has one of the most important film and TV collections in the world. Choose from a selection of 11,000 titles that cover 120 years of British life, and the history and art of film.
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