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1928 Tube film resurfaces

23.10.09

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Lights, camera, funding Ł166m for new film centre on South Bank

16.10.09

London is to get a Ł166million state-of-the-art film centre, Gordon Brown said... more

London Film Festival to play host to big-name stars

09.09.09

Hollywood stars George Clooney, Bill Murray and Meryl Streep will be among the big names to attend the London Film Festival... more

Pints and Pimms in the great outdoors

22.07.09

Beer gardens get a makeover with treehouses, cabanas, fountains - and good food... more

Top museums lose out in public spending squeeze

16.07.09

Series of major London arts projects face the axe in the public spending squeeze, including a new exhibition area for the British Museum... more

Slow film is a quick winner

16.06.09

A 12-year-old Londoner who used timelapse photography to film the bustle of the South Bank has won a film competition to capture London in Motion... more

Forgotten film of moon landing returns to cinema

20.05.09

A film about the moon landings is to be shown in London after a Soho film-maker tracked down the tapes years after they were thought to have been lost... more

Cannes gets a peak at depraved London

14.05.09

A salacious snapshot of London life in the Sixties is being revealed to at Cannes this week.... more

Rare chance to see classic Tolpuddle film

20.04.09

The 175th anniversary of the Tolpuddle martyrs' struggle for union rights is to be marked this week with a rare showing of a classic film on the story... more

Record-breaking London film festival ends on emotional high

31.10.08

The London Film Festival notched up record audiences in a two-week run ending with the European premiere of the new movie from Trainspotting director Danny Boyle... more

Special delivery of Love Letters and Live Wires

22.09.08

In publicising Love Letters and Live Wires, the BFI has likened the telecommunications explosion of the Thirties to the internet revolution of today.... more

Best bars on South Bank

05.09.08

You can combine a culture fix with a great night out at South Bank. Here are our top venues to sit and soak up the atmosphere.... more

Stalker is Cate's movie choice while life's a Cabaret for Dyke

02.09.08

Cate Blanchett favours a little-known Seventies thriller, while Little Britain star Matt Lucas prefers Billy Elliot... more

Happy 40th to art's concrete bunker

09.07.08

Luminaries of the art world will flock to the South Bank tonight to celebrate an institution they love - even if the paying public has always been more cautious... more

Creative Britannia ... costume college and 5,000 arts apprentices

22.02.08

Thousands of "cultural" apprenticeships will be created as part of plans to bring Britain's creative industries into the mainstream... more

Arts and fashion need to see the colour of the PM's money

12.02.08

Culture is what Britain does well. And if the Government has finally bought that argument, the plans revealed today are cause for celebration... more

BFI demands Ł34 million to save Brit film archives

21.06.07

The British Film Institute is to demand £34 million upfront and another £6 million a year to save the nation's film and television archive. ... more

BFI launches Cassavetes season

13.06.07

The BFI’s tribute to maverick American filmmaker John Cassavetes gets under way on Friday. ... more

For the love of film

03.05.07

Rottentomatoes is the latest movie website to expand with a special UK version. You can find out everything you need to know about cinema on the internet - but where to look?... more

Where to celebrate St George's Day

19.04.07

It's St George's Day on Monday 23 April and London is getting into the patriotic spirit with a series of events that celebrate England's patron saint.... more

West End casts in free festival

13.04.07

The casts of hit West End shows including Chicago and Dirty Dancing will perform in Leicester Square as part of a free summer theatre festival. ... more

Enjoying the art of food

11.04.07

There was a time when eating in the restaurants and cafès of London's museums and galleries was the penance for seeing great collections. But there's been a dramatic change.... more

A modern remake at the old film theatre

28.03.07

The old NFT has been revamped and rebranded as the British Film Institute Southbank. Its new eaterie, Benugo Bar and Kitchen, offers a selection of specials and an easygoing attitude.... more

Minghella launches new film centre

13.03.07

Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella is hosting a champagne reception to launch the British Film Institute's new multi-million pound cultural centre.... more

Look what they've done to the NFT

06.03.07

A preview of the new BFI Southbank reveals a state-of-the-art destination for cinema lovers.... more

NFT reopens after £5million renovation

06.03.07

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BFI archive to offer a free view into TV past

22.02.07

The British Film Institute has unveiled plans to give Londoners access to the world's biggest archive of moving images.... more

Inspired look at world's greatest films

01.02.07

A season devoted to the greatest films made - from Psycho to His Girl Friday - is being screened at one of the capital's greatest cinemas.... more

Minghella's love letter to London

20.10.06

Anthony Minghella's latest is one of the highlights of the London Film Festival. It's a great time for movies in the capital, the director says.... more

London's cinemas are most expensive in Europe

17.10.06

Londoners pay more than three times the European average to watch a film, research showed today. An adult ticket for the Odeon in Leicester Square costs up to Ł17.50.... more