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Cinema Curator Matthew Barrington offers his insight ahead of the María Barea film screenings and ScreenTalk with the director.

ScreenTalk with director and co-writer Rose Glass on Love Lies Bleeding

ScreenTalk with writer & director Alex Garland 

We sat down with artist Ibrahim Mahama to talk to him about our latest commission Purple Hibiscus, which sees 2000 square metres of vibrant, hand-woven fabric from Ghana envelop our Lakeside facade.

No pain, no gain in the pursuit of love

Our New Releases Curator Sonia Zadurian looks ahead to a film you must see on our big screen in May.

Get lost in this beautiful footage from Ghana, documenting how the fabric for Ibrahim Mahama’s Purple Hibiscus was created. 

Watch the transformation of our Lakeside Terrace as Ibrahim Mahama’s Purple Hibiscus was installed over several weeks. 

The Barbican Young Film Programmers, curators of this year's Chronic Youth Film Festival curated a playlist for NTS Radio with music inspired by this year’s programme.

In this Barbican Session, clarinettist Anthony McGill performs Three Smiles for Tracey by American composer Adolphus Hailstork, filmed in the Garden Room.

Ballet Black dancer Ebony Thomas reflects on the company’s latest show, called Heroes.

In an exclusive film produced by DEZEEN our Curator Lotte Johnson talks us through some of her highlights from ‘Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art’.

A ScreenTalk with the iconic German director Wim Wenders and star Kôji Yakusho discussing their film Perfect Days, a beautiful, bittersweet drama set in Tokyo.