In 1980, Lynch left behind the American heartland to make a film on British soil – his devastating story of The Elephant Man. We went looking for the hotspots of Lynchian London.

And all the major studios were at work integrating their businesses, so they could control their films from studio to cinema, a consolidation of power that set the conditions for the Golden Age of ...

Tina McFarling, our Head of Strategic Communications until July 2025, and David Thomas Gurney, our Film Laboratory Lead until summer 2025, are both made MBEs, while former BFI governor Idris Elba ...

These original cut-out creations for her film Cinderella reveal the painstaking craft behind Lotte Reiniger’s distinctive animation style.

Bardot became a global icon of post-war France. From her scandalous breakthrough in And God Created Woman and the ensuing Bardomania, her bold, brazen screen image embodied a new freedom and made her ...