next, the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. hi, again, to you, mark. what do we have this week? we have get out, a horror movie—cum—social thriller. we have the salesman from asghar fahadi, a prize—winning offering. and personal shopper. kristen stewart on top form. i am fascinated to know what you thought get out, because even watching the trailer, i felt very tense. the trailer sells it as a horror movie, and it is. the director, jordan peele,

described it as a social thriller, so essentially, it is a satire about post—racial america, in inverted commas. daniel kaluuya is this keen—eyed photographer, alison williams is his preppy girlfriend, and they are going to her rich parents‘ house for the weekend, and he says, they do know i'm black, right? and she said, why would they need to know, they are incredibly liberal people. my father would have voted for obama for a third time and when they arrive at the mansion— like house, that is pretty much the first thing he says — i would have voted for obama for a third time. he's really sort of friendly and chummy in a way which is, frankly, rather creepy. here is a clip. how long has this been going on, this thing? how long? four months. four months? five months, actually. she's right, i'm wrong. atta boy, better get used to saying that! please.

i'm so sorry. she's right, i'm wrong. does he have an off button? this is exhausting. i wanna give you a tour! do you want to unpack first? at first, everything seems bonhomie and charming, but there are signs that everything isn't quite right. the housemaid and groundskeeper smile in a way that seems robotic almost. the friends turn up and they are not just attentive, it's almost as if they are treating the guest as some kind of trophy. we then move into something that ira levin, the writer of stepford wives and rosemary's baby would have recognised. the really clever thing about the film is, it manages the shift between being just about credible and going into something rather different very, very gradually. at it's at its best, i think, when all the horror remains hidden. the way to think of it is as something that starts out as a modern version of guess who's coming to dinner and then it drifts towards red state or greenroom, via to sleep with anger. there is humour all the way through, and there are really dark laughs in it.

to turn into something thrilling, shocking, it doesn't hold back. i thought it was a really effective piece of work. i saw it with a full screening room of people who were jumping, shrieking and laughing when they were meant to. it's a really, really smart social thriller/ horror film. overall, is it a satire about race? weirdly, it is about the underlying racism of the liberal elite, to some extent. it is not a film in which rednecks are the bad guys. the liberals, who appear to be incredibly egalitarian, but there is something really sinister beneath the surface. ! i don't want to give anything away. as you say, the trailer is a real teaser and will get a lot of people going to see it. they won't be disappointed. really intriguing. it did.

asghar fahadi, the director, wasn't at the acadamy awards, he was boycotting them as a result of donald trump's travel ban. he won before for the salesman. this isn't quite on a par with the salesman. i think this is still a very fine piece of work. husband—and—wife, pa rt—time actors, gutting—en the—pi . death of a salesman. she's attacked in the new apartment and his thoughts turned to vengeance. the real—life relationship spills onto the stage. some people have complained the film is too schematic, that the bridge between the play and real life is too contrived. i disagree. i thought it slipped from social observation into psychological thriller almost unnoticed. the performances are terrific. i think it is a really humane work and you can absolutely believe in the characters and their situations. i think it's a film that blends the personal and the political rather beautifully. it's strangely mysterious and rather heartbreaking. having heard a few lukewarm reviews, i was very, very impressed by it. he won before for a separation. this is not as good as a separation.

that is in a league of its own and it's not as good as that, but that is a very high water mark. it is a smart, intelligent, melancholic, insightful drama about people you can really believe in. you mentioned good performances in that. that seems to be the overriding film of the week. personal shopper. kristin stewart is absolutely brilliant in olivier assayas‘s film. it juxtaposes the spiritual and material world. it is literally a search for a nice pair of shoes. she is a personal shopper for a rich celebrity, so she spends her life going round choosing her wardrobe. however, she is also bereaved, having lost a brother, and she's trying to make contact with her brother because she was a medium. here's a clip. you're staying here to mourn? i'm waiting. i told you i was waiting. what are you waiting for?

we made this oath. whoever died first would send the other a sign. a sign... from the afterlife ? you could call it that, you could call it a million things. how do you know if it is a sign? i'm a medium. he was a medium. i'lljust know it. so, it's a really intriguing setup. at the beginning, it looks like being a really creepy ghost story, has her walking around the house, attempting to contact her brother. then, she starts getting text messages, and it's almost like her phone is working as a ouija board. she doesn't know whether the text messages are coming from her brother, another spirit, a real—life stalker, or whether as the film suggests, they are coming from herself, they are somehow subconscious. the texts are asking, what are

you afraid of and ashamed of? the phone almost becomes a confidante. as the film slips between the genres, as far as the supernatural stuff is concerned, it starts to be less sure—footed and drifts into territory that could be rather foolish. the reason that holds it together is because of her performance. she is in almost every shot, and it's a really sort of raw performance. she is brilliant, someone who is trying out different identities in the way she tries out different clothes. somebody caught between this world and the next. i was really impressed with it. for all the flaws of the film, and there are many, she is so good that she just carries it through, and i was mesmerised by her. as i said, i have been a huge fan of hers for a while. i love the twilight movies, but in this, she is really fine this is a properly brilliant performance. so it is worth seeing it for her? the film is fine, interesting and adventurous, but it is flawed, but i would rather something aimed

high and fell slightly short of the mark than just settled for something. this isn't something that you've seen every day. 0k. we always like to talk about film of the week. you and i could still be talking about moonlight, and it's still on, because it won the best picture oscar. it is great, go and see it. we should perhaps pick out something else. there is another choice, this anime called a silent in released voice. it is a schoolyard drama dealing with serious subjects — bullying, isolation, loneliness, self harm, suicidal thoughts, disability, in a way that is uplifting. and deeply sympathetic. a beautiful score, the animation is really well done, and it is one of those films the world in the eye, about learning to apologise for your mistakes. it is a film with a lot of crying in it, and i don't just mean on—screen.

i thought it was very touching, very impressive, and done with honesty. good. moonlight is still the best film! we are taking that as a given. dvd of the week is, and anyone who follows me on twitter knows that i detested nocturnal animals. i really struggled with it. looked clever visually. very stylish but hugely anti—women, and a difficult watch as a woman, and a lot of people have said that. i do, too. i have to say, i don't think it is, but i understand that point of view. it's stories within stories. there is an la art dealer who receives a manuscript from her ex—husband, which is a violent story which seems to have parallels with their life together, and the way in which one reads that story within a story, the fiction within a fiction, affects the reading of the film. i know that a lot of people really don't like it, and i utterly respect that they don't. i have to say that i don't think that it is offensive in the way that some people do, but it is worth flagging up the fact that there are some people who have

seen it and thought, this is just a film that is revelling in this violence. in its defence, on the violence issue, there is very little that you see. is because its ideas are powerful, and unpleasa ntly powerful. you're right, you don't actually see that much. but it's so powerfully conveyed that it's deeply unsettling. it would be less unsettling if it was not as well made and you could just switch off. it is a 15 because there is very little actually displayed, but you think it is worse because it is tense. i absolutely understand your reservations, i just don't share them. fair enough. thank you very much. that's the dvd for this week — nocturnal animals made by tom ford. before we go, you will find all our film news and reviews on the website. and all our previous

programmes are there, and on the iplayer, of course. that is it for this week. enjoy your cinema—going. good evening. we have got a weak weather front, across the native kingdom this evening. it is going south, also extending to the atlantic. and we have got that noticeable breeze, increasing amounts of rain, for southern england, and east anglia. the freshening breeze. wet and windy weather for scotland and northern ireland. generally speaking, it is not particularly cold, 10 degrees, but it is going to be turning colder

through the day. windy. rain around. wet and windy. particularly west to east. gusting around about 50mph. wet to the north of 54]; £2: 5 wet to the north of england. to the south west, but for extending to the south west, but for northern ireland, brighter, scattering showers butjust not particularly pleasant on the roads. it looks as though the main area has not got to the south east, cloudy start here. eventually, that is going to shore up at the south east of england co—op brighter skies. some sunshine, also showers, increasingly wintry. but it is still relatively mild at the south eastern corner, temperatures getting back to single figures. and - the

single figures. and through the evening, that colder air pushing single figures. and through the evenir britain, older air pushing single figures. and through the evenir britain, and rair pushing single figures. and through the evenir britain, and those ushing single figures. and through the evenir britain, and those showers across britain, and those showers increasingly wintry. this is the colderg pushing increasingly wintry. this is the colder air. pushing across increasingly wintry. this is the colderg pushing across all colder air. pushing across all parts. temperatures dropping. it is going to feel particularly cold, some showers, increasingly wintry. cold on choose to, widespread frost, some ice patches. and also some and some ice patches. and also some showers, getting down to local levels, possibly - farther south levels, possibly even farther south as well. on wednesday, it is going to bea as well. on wednesday, it is going to be a cold start with single figures, and potential for wintry weather. some we have got a lot on, keep up to date online. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 7pm: another warning over health service funding — to meet targets.

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