Thief in the Night (Persil Advert)

An amazingly complex cinema ad, disguised as a trailer for a film that never existed

Super soft-sell Persil ad, in the guise of a lush Technicolor essay on colour itself.

Pratfalls galore in rib-tickling commercial for Bush radios.

This propaganda advert encourages housewives to use Persil, the powder that gives “longer life to your linens”.

A Co-op window dresser dreams of his mannequins coming to life in this musical fashion fantasy.

“There is nothing you can beat about the Bush”: the wireless wows in this stylish ad for Bush Radio.

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.

The director talks to Mark Kermode about putting Stephen King's dystopian life-or-death gameshow thriller through its paces. 

Richard Linklater discusses his remarkable and wide-ranging body of work, including Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague.

Daniel Day-Lewis, the ultimate actor’s actor discusses his career in conversation with Mark Kermode.