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Pig Brother is watching you: 70 years of Animal Farm, Britain’s first animated feature
Britain’s first animated feature was a long way from Disney. It was an adaptation of George Orwell made at the height of the Cold War and part funded – in secret – by the CIA. Seventy years on, curator Jez Stewart delves into the press reaction on both sides of the Atlantic.
By Jez Stewart
“Rearrange their faces and give them all another name”: on Bob Dylan and I’m Not There
By Michael Gray
“We live in the age of cement and sugar”: Victor Kossakovsky on Architecton, his gargantuan vision of rock and ruin
By Nick Bradshaw
Ordet at 70: the humanity behind one of cinema’s supreme spiritual achievements
By Alex Barrett
“You have to take the glamour away from the kink”: Halina Reijn on Babygirl
By Leila Latif
Film programme announced for BFI Future Film Festival 2025
Film programme announced for BFI Future Film Festival 202510 great Mexican horror films
By Anton Bitel
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Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin visit BFI Southbank to discuss their witty and heartfelt portrait of two estranged cousins honouring their roots.
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