BFI Film Classics

  • It’s a Wonderful Life

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    Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life is one of the best-loved films of Classical Hollywood cinema, a story of despair and redemption in the aftermath of war that is one of the central movies of the 194

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: Newton, Michael
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 168
    • Publish Date: September 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 1839023481
    • Language: English
  • Rushmore

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    Earning critical acclaim and commercial success upon its 1998 release, Rushmore-the sophomore film of American auteur Wes Anderson-quickly gained the status of a cult classic. A melancholic coming-of-

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: McKim, Kristi Irene
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 120
    • Publish Date: October 05 2023
    • ISBN10: 1839024496
    • Language: English
  • Grave of the Fireflies

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    On its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama. Directed by Isao Takahata at Studio Ghibli and based on an autobiographical story by Akiyuki Nosaka, the

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: Wit, Alex Dudok de
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 104
    • Publish Date: May 06 2021
    • ISBN10: 1838719245
    • Language: English
  • When Harry Met Sally …

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    When Harry Met Sally (1989) is one of the definitive romantic comedies and has had an enormous impact on the development of the genre since its release. With an illuminating scene-by-scene analysis, T

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: McDonald, Tamar Jeffers
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: November 25 2015
    • ISBN10: 1844579077
    • Language: English
  • Detour

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    Long considered an unpolished gem of film noir, the private treasure of film
    buffs, cinephiles and critics, Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour (1945) has recently earned
    a new wave of recognition. In the words o

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: Isenberg, Noah
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 105
    • Publish Date: July 01 2008
    • ISBN10: 1844572390
    • Language: English
  • The Big Lebowski

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    Ethan and Joel Coen’s The Big Lebowski was released in 1998 to general bafflement. A decade on, it had become a cult classic and remains so over 20 years later, inspiring a thriving circuit of ‘Lebows

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: Tyree, J. M.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: May 28 2020
    • ISBN10: 1838719601
    • Language: English
  • The Silence of the Lambs

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    Released in 1990, The Silence of the Lambs is one of the defining films of late twentieth century American cinema. Adapted from the Thomas Harris novel and directed by the late Jonathan Demme, its cen

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: Tasker, Yvonne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 104
    • Publish Date: November 30 2021
    • ISBN10: 1839023678
    • Language: English
  • Eraserhead

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    A surreal and darkly humorous vision, David Lynch’s Eraserhead (1977) has been recognised as a cult classic since its breakout success as a midnight movie in the late 1970s.

    Claire Henry’s study of th

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: Henry, Claire
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 120
    • Publish Date: May 04 2023
    • ISBN10: 1839025603
    • Language: English
  • The Exorcist

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    Inspired by an alleged real case of demonic possession in 1949, The Exorcist became an international phenomenon on its release in 1973. A blockbusting adaptation of a best-selling novel, it was praise

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: Kermode, Mark
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 136
    • Publish Date: October 29 2020
    • ISBN10: 1839021713
    • Language: English
  • Spirited Away

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    Spirited Away, directed by the veteran anime film-maker Hayao Miyazaki, is Japan’s most successful film, and one of the top-grossing ‘foreign language’ films ever released. Set in modern Japan, the fi

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: Osmond, Andrew
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: May 28 2020
    • ISBN10: 1838719520
    • Language: English
  • The Red Shoes

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    Endlessly fascinating, dark and bright, The Red Shoes (1948) employs every branch of the cinematic arts to sweep the audience off its feet, invigorated by the transcendence of art itself, only to lea

    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: Hutchinson, Pamela
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: October 05, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1839026065
    • Language: English
  • Rosemary’s Baby

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    Rosemary’s Baby is one of the greatest movies of the late 1960s and one of the best of all horror movies, an outstanding modern Gothic tale. An art-house fable and an elegant popular entertainment, it

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    • Series: BFI Film Classics
    • Author: Newton, Michael
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 136
    • Publish Date: May 28 2020
    • ISBN10: 1844579522
    • Language: English
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