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Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. BFI Presents Shakespeare on Film, a season of films and special events in cinemas worldwide to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Shakesp...
Richard III (1995) will return to cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 28 April 2016 as BFI Presents: Richard III; a one-day event cinema release featuring an exclusive documentary and a post-film ...
Elisabeth Welch steals the show with her delicious rendition of ‘Stormy Weather’ in Derek Jarman’s brooding and darkly symbolic third feature - considered by some to be the most evocative Shakespea...
Two virtuoso performances in one – Shakespeare's complete works presented in puppet form by a master of animation - Barry Purves. See the complete film free on BFI Player (UK only). Subscribe: http...
Derek Jarman's evocative and radical visualisation of Shakespeare’s love poems, read by Dame Judi Dench. Watch the complete film on BFI Player and BFI DVD. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBF...
Toyah Willcox discusses working with Derek Jarman on The Tempest, in which she plays Miranda, and considers the director’s legacy. Watch The Tempest on BFI Player (UK only).
Writers Ben Willbond and Laurence Rickard and actors Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby and Martha Howe-Douglas talk about the making of Bill (2015). Willbond and Rickard talk about the development of the s...
Monkey business abounds in this spirited musical comedy updating Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew to 1930s London, with Stanley Lupino as the young man attempting to tame his formidably feisty...
Orson Welles cast Welsh actor Keith Baxter to play the role of Prince Hal in his stage production of Chimes at Midnight. In 1966 he returned to the role in Welles’s film adaptation of Shakespeare’s...
Aged just 17 and 15 respectively, Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey had just filmed Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). The pair relate their experiences (one story concerns their co-star ...
Once thought lost forever, this is the earliest known film of any Shakespeare play. Derived from the Her Majesty’s Theatre production of King John, this surviving fragment contains only one scene, ...
Welcome to the world of a national obsession and a place where people say 'orf' instead of 'off'. Tea connoisseurs will benefit from the six golden tips for making the perfect cuppa, as well as cou...
This cartoon propaganda short by Halas & Batchelor sweetens the pill of post-war coal prices by promising jam tomorrow. See more public information films free on BFI Player (UK only).
Portentous imagery and John Hurt’s grave voiceover define this key film from a £5 million campaign to combat the growing Aids epidemic. See more public information films free on BFI Player (UK only).
The eccentric Richard Massingham gives a slapstick-laden lesson about the importance of knowing your national insurance number. See more public information films free on BFI Player (UK only).
Facts and Fancies (1951) - Joan Collins' film debut | BFI National Archive Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Watch the complete film free and explore WTF - The Box of Odd on BFI Player:...
One of the scarier films from the Central Office of Information, 'Lonely Water' features Donald Pleasence voicing the character of the Grim Reaper, preying on the foolish youngsters who play near p...
Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks". See more public information films free on BFI Player (UK only).
A portly (and naked) Richard Massingham instructs wartime Britain in the importance of water economy. From the maker/star of 'Handkerchief Drill' (1949), which was seen across the UK accompanying t...
A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short. See more public information films free on BFI Player (UK only).
Johnny Barleycorn issues a rousing call for help with the Scottish harvest in this woodcut-style animation. See more public information films free on BFI Player (UK only).
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. An epic romance set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago is one of cinema’s great love stories. Returning to cinem...
Available on Blu-ray for the first time from 23 November, this dazzling and audacious film charts the powerful and dangerous relationship between one of...
A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when s...
Spanning a period of 14 years between 1984 and 1998 the story is built around three seminal product launches — of the Macintosh in 1984, the NeXT ‘Cube’...
Watch the trailer for "Suffragette", starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI.
BFI trailer for the new restoration of Federico Fellini's Oscar winning 8 1/2 (Otto E Mezzo). Book tickets for BFI Southbank screenings here: http://bit.ly/1Cw5mG4 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscri...
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (New Trailer) - In cinemas 3 Apr | BFI release For more information on the nationwide release and to buy tickets click here: http://bit.ly/1zJVMga