The BFI is turning over the running of the jewel in its exhibiting crown, its IMAX screen on the Southbank, to Britain’s biggest cinema chain, Odeon.
Under an arrangement, scheduled to run for
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The BFI says this year’s event will use more cinemas and host more screnings than in the past.
Although, running from the 10th to the 21st of October, it will be slightly
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The veteran director Richard Lester, perhaps best known for his early films with the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night and Help!, has been honoured with the BFI’s highest accolade, a Fellowship.
The award was
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A government-commissioned report has claled for more cultural education in schools.
Darren Henley – who runs the Classic FM radio station – concluded that there is “a great deal of patchiness” in the amount of drama, arts, dance and music that schools receive at schools across the country.
The Education Secretary Michael
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British films have taken their biggest ever share of the cinema box office — thanks to the success of The King’s Speech and The Inbetweeners. New figures from the British Film Institute also show that total box office takings in the UK topped one billion pounds for the first
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