Commandos Return to Hastings After Raid on St Cecily Plage, Le Touquet 3/4 June 1942 'Operation Bristle'

Post- war Hastings needs to brace itself for change in this short film from the Town Planning Department

Concluding Michael Smith and Maxy Bianco's trilogy on Britain's coastal edgelands, this films looks specifically at the bohemian eccentricity of Hastings.

A plaque commemorating the first theatre in Hastings is unveiled and Stone Age dwellers take to the lake for a race.

Hastings looks marvellous in this sumptuous colour film from the late 1930s - complete with sunbathing, swimming and being slapped with a fish

Join the Youngs as they tour a number of historic coastal towns and resorts during a May holiday in the early fifties

Town criers test their vocal mettle and there's a comic knees-up in this curious tinted newsreel item

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.