The British Film Institute turns 75 this month, and they're throwing a big Birthday Weekender bash at their swank Southbank and IMAX locations to celebrate. Things kick off tonight with an audiovisual performance that aims to "glance into the future of cinema" and mix it with "club culture", an ominous pairing if ever we imagined one one. On Saturday and Sunday things settle into a more predictable groove, with free screenings of Mitchell and......

There’s a new, rather large, kid on the block. Today, London’s new movie museum, The Movieum (geddit?), has opened its door to the public, catering to the interest of those, who were left wanting, when the Museum of Moving Image (MOMI) was closed in 1999. The Movieum, situated in County Hall on the South Bank, claims to be both tactile and academic, displaying props and sets from a variety of British films, as well......

If all your mates are off on holiday and work is unbearably dull and hot then here's some home entertainment to get you through the mid-August slump. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 13 August Panorama (BBC1, 20:30) If you're avoiding Dawkins on Channel 4 (and we've no idea why you would but it's not about London so we're not going to make a fuss about it but it's on at 20.00 and we could......

When you woke up this morning, your first thought was most likely “It’s St. George’s Day!” You undoubtedly leapt out of bed, barely able to contain your excitement, ready to kick up your heels and start celebrating in style. However, you might find yourself stumped as to what you can do to commemorate this special occasion, seeing as you most likely have to work (unless you happen to be employed by this guy). But......

The best news we've heard in ages: Britain's national film and television archive is to be opened up in order for it to be accessed by the public. Visitors to the British Film Institute (BFI), which is in London, will be able to choose items from the collection and watch them free of charge. There was a time before utter shit like Strictly Come Dancing and reality TV smeared itself across our screens that......

With all the depressing Wembely news going round at the moment, maybe it's time to concentrate on a more uplifting development story. The Independent reports today that, after a year of delays, the BFI is to resume work on turning the redundant Museum of the Moving Image into a revamped home for the National Film Theatre which will include "a 'mediatheque' where visitors can view archive material, a digital cinema for up to 36......

Just got back from the press launch of the 49th London Film Festival and it looks like there's even more on offer this year than ever. Amanda Nevill, the director of the British Film Institute (which last year alone screened an astonishing 3000+ films in the UK) kicked things off with a promise that she was "hell bent on bringing you one of the best festivals of world cinema" - no idle threat judging......

The British Film Institute has decided to kick off the new year with a festival entitled The Wild Bunch celebrating America circa 1965 onwards and the cinema that era produced. "Out of this time of social change, came a decade and a half of challenging, irreverent and innovative film-making." The BFI website explains. The season is two months long and promises some real gems, such as Easy Rider (on tonight at 6:10) , The......