Stranger in the City

A treat for Victorian voyeurs - and Britain's oldest erotic film?

A relationship liable to blow up at any moment is at the heart of this animated short about a man and an inflatable sex doll

An intimate, unusual encounter with the progressive narrative of orgasm.

A truck driver thinks he’s in luck when he meets a strange girl by the road in this supernatural horror short

A young bride-to-be models a modish nylon nightie before a voyeuristic camera in this silent 1950s striptease film.

Glamour goddess Pamela Green reveals all in a key ‘60s striptease collaboration with George Harrison Marks.

Journalists congregate outside the Japanese embassy in London following the announcement of the death of the Emperor Meiji.

Geeky Pavan takes his 'English Rose' on a date to the most authentic Indian restaurant in the city. To his horror she goes off-menu, in Hindi...

Capital scenes thanks to Victorian filmmakers

The Band of the First Life Guards approaches Westminster Bridge during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

A sports day gives the young residents of the Foundling Hospital a chance to let off steam

Londoners turn out in their thousands to greet the returning Boer War hero after his famous defence of Ladysmith

Charlie Hammersley, a student from Northumbria University, explains how Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film holds up a mirror to society. 

The film-makers behind a haunting tale of love and community within a UK immigration detention centre visited the BFI Southbank to discuss their film.

Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio in Conversation at BFI Southbank, discussing the making of One Battle After Another.

Laura Mulvey in conversation, following her BFI Fellowship Award.

George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career.

The Oscar®- winning director of Nomadland discusses her unique approach to filmmaking and the inspiration behind the adaptation of Hamnet.