Jordan, Coogler and Caton on Sinners | BFI in Conversation
Director-Writer-Producer Ryan Coogler takes us behind the scenes of Sinners
15th January 2026
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2025
Lucia and Dedee’s Serious Conversation | The Opposite of Sex
The Opposite of Sex (1998): After her stepfather dies, 16-year-old Dede (Christina Ricci) moves in with her gay half-brother Bill, (Martin Donovan). Already pregnant, Dede seduces Bill’s partner, Matt (Ivan Sergei), and convinces him the child is his.
29th December 2025
Tim Burton on animation | BFI in Conversation
As we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, we welcome BFI Fellow Tim Burton to talk about his films and passion for animation, looking back at his work to date and the animation that has inspired him. BFI
27th October 2025
Ridley Scott on the state of movies today | BFI in Conversation
Director Ridley Scott visits BFI Southbank to talk about his long career in film-making including titles such as Gladiator, Alien, Blade Runner and The Martian. Across a career spanning more than 60 years, Scott has directed a wide range of ambitious, hugely entertaining and technologically innovative features, as well as...
16th October 2025
Daniel Craig in Conversation
The James Bond star talks to Mark Kermode about his career in acting, from a standout early role as Francis Bacon’s muse in Love is the Devil, to working with Spielberg on Road to Perdition, to the recent Knives Out murder mystery films, in which Craig plays the ebullient detective...
23rd July 2025
Kyle MacLachlan on working with David Lynch | BFI in Conversation
Kyle MacLachlan, speaking to BFI CEO Ben Roberts after the UK’s first ever screening of a 35mm print of the pilot episode of Twin Peaks, talks about working with David Lynch on the legendary series. ‘She’s dead! Wrapped in plastic.’ These words, spoken by David Lynch regular Jack Nance, sparked...
7th July 2025
Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation
The BBC is launching a special new season across TV, iPlayer and Radio called Memories and Dementia: Starting the Conversation. The season is being led by Dr Punam to help start conversations between those living with dementia and their friends, families and carers by evoking memories of their past through...
24th March 2025
Sir Richard Eyre | BFI In Conversation
This in-depth discussion with Richard Eyre will focus on his film and television career. The discussion, hosted by Samira Ahmed, focuses on what makes good television drama, the contrast between television and film, and the state of the UK and global film and television industry. The recipient of multiple Olivier...
12th February 2025
2024
In conversation with The Brockman family…
The Brockmans are back! Written and directed by the show’s creators, Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton, it follows the chaos in the downsized home of Pete and Sue Brockman, as they grapple with the challenges of parenting kids who are now adults, with their own lives to lead. The stars...
26th December 2024
Oscar-winner John Knoll | NASA Astronaut Kjell N. Lindgren | A Conversation
Oscar-winning ILM Visual Effects Supervisor—and NASA enthusiast—John Knoll makes spaceships fly in the @StarWars universe. @NASA Astronaut—and Star Wars enthusiast—Kjell N. Lindgren has spent 311 actual days in space. This is their conversation. ILM
10th September 2024
Guillermo del Toro on the joy of hand-crafted animation | BFI in Conversation
Director Guillermo Del Toro visits BFI Southbank, as part of the BFI’s Stop Motion season, to talk about his love of hand-crafted animated film. Initially joined by key crew from his Oscar-winning version of the Pinocchio story, Del Toro goes onto talk about his history with animation and his doubts...
10th September 2024
Henry Selick on his love of stop-motion animation | BFI in Conversation
The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Coraline and Wendell and Wild all share the DNA of creative genius Henry Selick. As we celebrate the 15th anniversary of Coraline, Henry talks to BFI Lead Programmer Justin Johnson about his career to date. BFI
28th August 2024
Walter Murch on The Conversation and working with Francis Ford Coppola | BFI Q&A
Walter Murch, the Oscar-winning film editor and sound designer, talks about his work on The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola’s Coppola’s thriller about our surveillance society. The Palme d’Or-winning film, 50 this year, is a film that continues to grow in relevance and stature. Gene Hackman has rarely been better than...
26th July 2024
Griffin Dunne in Conversation
Actor, producer and director Griffin Dunne has appeared in some of the most iconic American films of the last five decades, collaborating with esteemed directors such as Martin Scorsese, John Landis, Joan Micklin Silver and Robert Redford. At this event, he shared memories of his 50-year career and discussed his...
10th July 2024
THE CONVERSATION – Official Trailer
To mark the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s (The Godfather, One From the Heart) seminal neo-noir thriller, The Conversation, we are is thrilled to announce a brand-new 4K restoration of the film to UK cinemas on July 5th. The film will then be available to own on a 4K...
2nd May 2024
Monkey Man | Featurette | In Conversation
Release: 04/05/2024 Director/Writer/Producer: Dev Patel Writers: Paul Angunawela, John Collee Producers: Jomon Thomas, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christine Haebler, Anjay Nagpal Executive Producers: Jonathan Fuhrman, Natalya Pavchinskya, Aaron L. Gilbert, Andria Spring, Alison-Jane Roney, Steven Thibault Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma,...
2nd April 2024
Christopher Nolan on his career | BFI in conversation
The BFI Fellowship recipient and internationally acclaimed filmmaker discusses his hugely successful two-decade career, including Oppenheimer, the Batman trilogy, Inception and Memento. In a remarkable 25-year career Nolan has extended the limits of filmmaking, gaining recognition as an exhilarating and visionary film artist who is also able to connect with...
23rd February 2024
A Conversation with Todd Vaziri | The Creator
Join ILM’s Todd Vaziri for a moderated conversation with The Creator’s visual effects team, including Production Visual Effects Supervisor Jay Cooper, Visual Effects Supervisor Ian Comley, On Set Visual Effects Supervisor Andrew Roberts, and Supervising Special Effects Supervisor Neil Corbould. #FYC ILM
20th February 2024
Yorgos Lanthimos in Conversation
Through his exquisitely crafted, wild absurdist tales and darkly comic explorations of the human condition, Yorgos Lanthimos has become one of the most distinctive and exciting directors working today. The remarkable filmmaker behind celebrated films including Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Favourite, visits BFI...
7th February 2024
Bradley Cooper in conversation | BFI
Academy Award-nominated actor and filmmaker Bradley Cooper joins us to discuss his career, including his latest work Maestro. A nine-time Oscar and BAFTA nominee, Bradley Cooper has worked with a range of renowned filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood, Guillermo del Toro and Paul Thomas Anderson. In 2018, Cooper blew audiences...
5th February 2024
Gosling and Ferrera on Barbie | BFI in conversation
Barbie actors Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera visit the BFI Southbank to share their experiences of working on writer-director Greta Gerwig’s wholly original film. Hear how Gosling and Ferrera worked with Greta on Barbie’s hilarious, heartfelt and human journey and bring it – and multiple Barbies and Kens – to...
10th January 2024
Sofia Coppola on her filmmaking career | BFI in conversation
Sofia Coppola visits the BFI Southbank to talk to director Richard Curtis about her career, including her latest film Priscilla and new book Sofia Coppola Archive. From her feature debut The Virgin Suicides through to latest film Priscilla, Sofia Coppola has established herself as one of the most distinctive voices...
3rd January 2024
2023
Jung Jae-il on Squid Game, Parasite and composing for film and TV | BFI in conversation
Award-winning composer Jung Jae-il is has created some of South Korea’s most popular scores. He has worked on titles such as Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Broker, Hwang Dong-hyuk’s Squid Game series and collaborated with Bong Joon Ho on Okja and Parasite. In this video he talks about the growing appeal of Korea’s...
2nd November 2023
In Conversation | Brian Williams with The Cast and Crew of All Quiet on the Western Front
Writer/Director Edward Berger, Co-Writers Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell, Actor/”Stanislaus Katczinsky” Albrecht Schuch, Hair and Makeup Designer Heike Merker, Composer Volker Bertelmann, Sound Designer Markus Stemler, VFX Supervisor Frank Petzold, and Producer Malte Grunert discuss making their anti-war epic All Quiet on the Western Front with moderator Brian Williams. SUBSCRIBE...
2nd March 2023
2022
Slow Horses | A Conversation with Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden
Ever wondered what goes on behind closed doors in Slough House? Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden sit down for a quick debrief on Season 2 of Slow Horses, and share a look behind the scenes. Slow Horses Season 2 is streaming now on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_SlowHorses Slow Horses follows a...
5th December 2022
Making DAHMER: A conversation with the cast and Ryan Murphy
The cast of DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Evan Peters, Niecy Nash, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald and Penelope Ann Miller, sit down with the show’s co-creator Ryan Murphy for the first time after having finished shooting the series, to discuss its worldwide success, the stories behind their casting,...
28th November 2022
A Virtual Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Ben Mankiewicz
Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich joins TCM hosts Ben Mankiewicz and Alicia Malone to share memorable stories and answer questions about Season 1 of our new podcast, The Plot Thickens! Learn more about The Plot Thickens at http://theplotthickens.tcm.com/ Connect with Turner Classic Movies: Visit TCM WEBSITE: http://myt.cm/TCMwebsite Follow TCM on INSTAGRAM: http://myt.cm/TCMinstagram...
4th November 2022
A Conversation With Fink And Cuse
Author of Five Days at Memorial Sheri Fink, joins Carlton Cuse, for a conversation
22nd September 2022
A Conversation with Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen has had an outstanding and influential career.
4th September 2022
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