frontier. not sunshine for all. the heat is building even with fair weather cloud around. —— there is a week whether front here. we can expect the hottest of the weather in southern and eastern areas. overnight, the humidity rises. 19 in central london tonight. for most of us are central london tonight. for most of us are murky and muddy field. the mist and us are murky and muddy field. the mistand murk us are murky and muddy field. the mist and murk clears away and then back to business as usual. more rain from this whether front in northern ireland and scotland. we could see 29 or 30 ireland and scotland. we could see 29 or30 in ireland and scotland. we could see 29 or 30 in southern and eastern areas and that he is with us particularly in the south—east all week. —— that heat is with us. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, says a brexit deal will be done if the european union matches the same ‘energy, ambition and pragmatism' shown by the uk. israel says it's rescued hundreds of white helmets,

the syrian civil rescue teams that operate in rebel—held areas, from a war zone in southern syria. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said it was a joint diplomatic effort by the uk and international partners. a woman who lost nine members of her family in the missouri duck boat disaster, claims the captain told passengers they wouldn't need life jackets. mps are calling on the government to consider banning the sale of real fur in the uk after shops were found selling real fur labelled as fake. now on bbc news... from mamma mia! here we go again to incredibles 2, mark kermode takes us through the latest releases in the film review: summer special. hello, and welcome to this film review summer special.

i'm here at the bfi southbank in london and over the next half—hour, i'll be looking at some of the films playing in uk cinemas this summer and back to the highlights of the film year so far. let's start with a film that i'm not ashamed to admit i've been looking forward to above all others. mamma mia, here we go again. #just one look and i can hear bell ring # one more look and i can get everything # mamma mia, here i go again # my, my, how can i resist you? the first mamma mia was a head—spinning experience that redefined my understanding of the words good and bad. rarely has something so wrong felt so right. now this follow up takes us back to the beginning, to 1979 where lily james plays a young meryl streep

trying on new dungarees and trying out three handsome suitors played by hugh skinner, josh dylan and jeremy irvine who will grow up to become colin firth, stellan skarsgard and pierce ‘pick a note, any note‘ brosnan. # look into his angel eyes # one look and you're hypnotised # he'll take your heart... meanwhile, amanda seyfried calls upon her mum's old chums for guidance through her own pregnancy in an idyllic island rerun of former events. only this time, we know who the father is. it's hard to top phyllida lloyd's record—breaking original, but can you really resist any movie in which cher plays a glamorous granny who gets to do a show—stopping version of fernando? i know i can't. # oh, no, no, no, no# despite becoming the biggest ever hit at the uk box office, back in 2008, the original mamma mia wasn't nominated for a single oscar, not one. at this year's academy

awards in march, the top prizes were spread between a range of titles. francis mcdormand won best actress for three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. gary oldman earned a belated best actor oscar for playing winston churchill in darkest hour. and best film and best director went to guillermo del toro‘s sublime magical fantasy, the shape of water. as always, some of the most interesting films were in the foreign language category where diverse contenders included ildiko enyedi's ethereal on body and soul from hungary. ziad doueiri's provocative the insult from lebanon. andrey zvyagintsev bleak loveless from russia. and ruben ostlund's cannes palm d'or winner the square from sweden. go on, go away. go away. (man making monkey noises) (piano music) (singing)

but the trophy went to the chilean entry, a fantastic woman, a bold and moving love story from gloria director sebastian lelio, with a mesmerising central performance by rising star daniela vega. foreign language treats coming to uk cinemas this summer include a big screen re—release of jacques rivette‘s ‘60s classic the nun which returns to our screens in a new 4k restoration from the original film negative. adapted from the 18th—century novel by denis diderot, the nun is not to be confused with the 2005 spanish—english film the nun, the 2013 french film the nun, also from diderot, or the 2018 american horror movie the nun which comes to uk cinemas in september. how many more nuns could there be? none more. it's not a drill.

he's got him. stand up! are you alone out here? my daughter's with me. dad? let's go. can you tell me where you live? in the park? one of my favourite releases currently in uk cinemas is leave no trace, the miraculous new film from debra granik who made winter's bone. a tale of a father and daughter living off the grid in the forests of the pacific northwest. this pitch perfect drama is as understated as it is overwhelming. so far, i think it's the best film i've seen this year.

dad! dad. leave no trace premiered injanuary at the sundance film festival, a mecca for indie film—makers. meanwhile in may, france played host to the 71st cannes film festival where there was the usual selection of cheers and boos. the top prize went to the japanese film—maker hirokazu kore—eda for his new film shoplifters which isn't due to open here till november. while most of the booing was reserved for lars von trier‘s serial killer film the house that jack built. von trier had not been to cannes since he was declared persona non grata in 2011 after jokingly describing himself as a nazi who could understand and sympathise with hitler. his new film, which include scenes of violence involving women, children and ducklings, provoked mass walk—outs although practice provocateur von trier declared he wasn't sure if his critics hated the film enough. oh, lars. others at cannes include spike lee's

grand prix winner blackkklansman which opens here towards the end of august. based on an autobiographical book by ron stallworth, the film starsjohn david washington as the black detective who infiltrates the ku klux klan. the village voice critic said of lee's latest, "i don't know that i've ever seen a movie exploit its tonal mismatches voraciously and purposefully. judge for yourself when blackkkla nsman opens here in august. one film you probably won't be seeing in the immediate future is the man who killed don quixote, the long—awaited passion project from terry gilliam which took a debut bow at cannes amid a heated lawsuit about rights and ownership. if you saw the documentary lost in la mancha about the gilliam's previous failed attempt to make this dream project, you can be forgiven for thinking that he would never get it completed but completed it he did. it is vintage gilliam that does not disappoint.

i really hope you get to see it in the not too distant future. don quixote de la mancha! come to restore the lost age of chivalry! well, i wrote that. blasphemy! a hand of our god in heaven wrote me. can i read? a peasant like you cannot read! i will sound the words and you can look at the pictures. there was much discussion at cannes about the role of women in the film industry and the ongoing gender imbalance. jury president cate blanchett led a women's march up the red carpet to the palais to highlight the need for more equality and to emphasise how badly cannes has traditionally under—represented women. they were 82 women on the red carpet, including kristen stewart, lea seydoux and a wrinkle in time director ava duvernay, representing each of the 82 women film makers who have climbed these steps since the festival began in 1946. compared to the 1688 men.

to date, only one woman has ever won the palm d'or, jane campion, for the piano which this year celebrated its 25th anniversary with a big screen re—release. despite these imbalances, women film—makers are definitely on the rise. one of the most eagerly awaited releases of the late summer is the miseducation up cameron post, the second feature from desiree akhavan who made 2014's appropriate behaviour. i have come to meet our new disciple. welcome, cameron. i'm doctor lydia march.

i'm the director of god's promise. hi. it's a pleasure to meet you. i know the adjustments can be difficult at first but i have every faith you'll find yourself at home here soon. in the meantime please don't hesitate to ask if you need anything. thank you. you should consider yourself amongst family, cameron. you can call me cam, it's fine. cameron's already a masculine name. to abbreviate it to something even less feminine only exacerbates your gender confusion. right. chloe grace moretz plays a lesbian teenager who has been sent to a christian gay conversion camp. the film co—stars sasha lane who made a splash in british director andrea arnold's acclaimed drama american honey. hey. i like your band, uh, withjonah ruiz, l'enfance nue?

(in french accent) l'enfance nue. well, i saw your thanksgiving show. my name's lady bird. it's weird you shake hands. yeah. back injanuary, greta gerwig picked up oscar nominations for best screenplay and best director for her work on the best picture contender lady bird, a semi—autobiographical coming—of—age story that just came out on dvd. as did liam ramsay's you were never really here which earned her a screenplay award at cannes last year. and leonor serraille‘s camera d'or winnerjeune femme. if you don't fancy making a trip to the cinema this summer, these films are well worth watching at home from the comfort of your own couch. and then there are those who prefer to watch their films outdoors, a growing trend despite the traditionally unreliable british weather. in the recent past british audiences have watched the blair witch project in the woods and jaws in a swimming pool and on a pier. although outdoor cinema traditionally kicks off after the sun goes down, more versatile screens have led to a rise in daylight performances so remember

to always check your start times. this year you can see the italianjob with a full orchestra in leeds‘ millennium square in august or the gooneys, the greatest showman and the shape of water in edinburgh royal botanic gardens. at muncaster castle, picnic cinema presents the adventures of priscilla queen of the desert and the coen brothers‘ cult classic the big lebowski, with themed clothing from flip—flops to feathers encouraged. in nottingham, the summer nights festival of outdoor films returns to wollaton hall and deer park in august, including a screening of christopher nolan‘s spectacular batman epic the dark knight rises which you can watch in the shadow of wollaton hall, aka wayne manor. meanwhile, in london, somerset house has its annual outdoor programme which this year is themed around dreams, fantasies, nocturnes and reveries. diverse films include labyrinth, the wizard of oz, rebecca, carol, sleeping beauty and selma. my own highlights would be david lynch‘s perennially unsettling blue velvet and a double bill of la belle et la bete and bride of frankenstein, perfect.

one film that‘s been selling out at outdoor screens this summer is the greatest showman which, like grease, has proved a crowd—pleasing singalong hit. showman opened at christmas to largely negative reviews and some say as the result of those reviews, a soft showing at the box office. but then something unusual started to happen. thanks to repeat viewings and super positive word of mouth, the huthackman star rebuked box office trends and began to climb rather than descend the charts, reaching the number one sport in its sixth week. an unprecedented turn of events. critics were accused of misjudging the movie and failing to recognise its populist virtues. quite the opposite was true

of star wars: the lastjedi which drew loads of rave 5—star reviews but incurred the ire of some rabid star wars fans who accused critics of having being bought off by disney. things turned nasty in the shape of an organised campaign against the marvel blockbuster black panther which saw a group of hyperventilating fan boys publicly conspiring to damage the film‘s rating on rotten tomatoes, the ridiculously overhyped and unreliable review aggregator site which attempts to reduce film criticism to a binary fresh or rotten rating. the campaign failed, and it became a huge hit along with marvel‘s supergroup smash avengers: infinity war. i‘m peter by the way. dr strange. oh, we‘re using made up name names. then i am spider—man. the end is near.

this summer brings us antman and the wasp, the sequel to the famously troubled antman which was set to be directed by edgar wright until he left to helm baby driver. this film was originally to open at the end ofjune but was pushed back to august to avoid clashing with the world cup which sparked an online petition to bring it forward again. make your mind up. what are you waiting for? i'm jumping out of a window. good luck. and then there is mission impossible: fallout, their sixth instalment. directed by christopher mcquarrie it reunites a familiar ensemble cast alongside newcomers angela bassett and henry cavill. the latter sporting the moustache that had to be digitally removed for the reshoot ofjustice league. the famously gung ho cruise broke his ankle during production

and had to stop shooting for a couple of months. i hope it was worth the pain. there‘s plenty of action men duking it out in cinemas this summer. hot on the heels ofjumanji: welcome to thejungle and rampage, one man movie machine the rock is back again in skyscraper, aka die rock hard, while jason statham goes head—to—head with the world‘s biggest shark in the meg. the modern summer blockbuster was built on shark bait with stephen spielberg‘s 1975 hit jaws setting the wide release pattern which would become the template for such seasonal sensations. i‘ve always said that jaws is not about a shark, it‘s about a crisis of masculinity in the post—watergate age. as for the meg, i‘m pretty sure it is about a shark. and the stath. i‘ve often said that we are living through a golden age of animation, and on the basis of films released

in uk cinemas this year, that continues to be true. in march the animated feature oscar went to cocoa, a vibrant gem set around the mexican day of the dead. the visuals are dazzling, the songs catchy, and the message, love never dies, wholly admirable. this isn‘t a dream then. you are all really out there! meanwhile, pixar‘s winning streak continues with incredibles 2, one of the must—see films of the summer. more than a decade after the original first introduced us to mr incredible, elastigirl, violet, dash and babyjack—jack, this sequel finds bob playing stay—at—home dad while mum is out kicking ass. it is an absolute treat, not least because there‘s a lot more jack jack attack. what the— ? 0k, want a cookie? num num cookie? num num? num num cookie? cookie?

oh, my god! whoa! 0k. one of my favourite animations of the year so far is early man, a timely football—themed delight which marks nick park‘s first feature as solo director. described by its creator as dodgeball meets gladiator, it opened in uk cinemas earlier in the year and at the time i said i couldn‘t wait for the dvd release since there were just too many side gags to take them in on the first viewing. well, this summer i suspect that plenty of families with youngsters will have the dvd of early man on hard rotation both for home viewing and for those long holiday carjourneys where the kids really need pacifying. is there women present? cover yourselves now! sadly, you‘ll have to wait till september for the dvd release of the breadwinner, a sublime animation from the irish studio behind song of the sea, brilliantly directed by nora twomey. in the meantime, hotel transylvania 3: monster vacation hits cinemas

at the end ofjuly while live action and computer graphics come together in disney‘s christopher robin in august. tigger! piglet! if anyone wants to clap, now is the time to do it. like animation, horror also seems to be experiencing a real renaissance. at the oscars, get out was nominated for several awards, including best picture, whilejordan peel became the first african—american to win academy award for best screenplay and to be nominated for producing, writing and directing in the same year. since then, we‘ve had the silent terror of a quiet place and huge success of hereditary, dubbed this generation‘s the exorcist, even though it isn‘t. coming away this summer, we have unfriended: dark web, the sequel to the underrated us/russian co—production unfriended which proved to be a blair witch project for the broadband era. and then, towards the end of august, we get slender man, a late in the day cinematic adaptation of something that was an internet

meme back in 2009, caused a moral panic in 2014 following the so—called slender man stabbing, and was the subject of an hbo documentary, beware the slender man, in 2016. from slender man to journeyman, paddy considine‘s heartfelt boxing picture which comes to dvd at the end ofjuly. it‘s one of a number of recent pictures which shows the oft—maligned uk film industry is in surprisingly rude health, certainly from a creative point of view. home—grown highlights released in the uk this year have also included funny cow, a tale of a comedian finding her feet in northern club circuit which featured a barn—storming performance by maxine peake and co—starred the ubiquitous paddy considine. how very nice it is to be here this evening. but then again i‘m from rotherham, so it‘s, um, it‘s nice to be anywhere. (laughter) i don't know how to see this, i think... i think i want to have an affair.

what? at the end of august, we have the uk release of the children act starring emma thompson and directed by richard eyre. juggling the personal and the professional, the story concerns a high courtjudge called upon to rule in the case of a minor refusing a transfusion on religious grounds. the children act is based on the novel by british author ian mcewan whose work alsoprovided the basis for the recent british film on chesil beach. it‘s hopeless. is it? august also sees the arrival of beast on dvd, a dark mix of fairytale and psycho chiller set onjersey. rising starsjessie buckley and johnny flynn provide the visceral spark that fires the story, a game of psychological cat and mouse in which desire and danger, innocence and guilt, are intriguingly intertwined. it‘s a very impressive feature debut from writer—director michael pearce, a name to watch in future. if you‘re feeling

adventurous in your support of home industries, and we are in the home of the british film industry, the bfi southbank, then why not check out lek and the dogs, the latest feature from that magnificent british maverick andrew kotting. inspired by hattie naylor‘s 2010 play, it draws on the true life story of a young boy who lived rough on the streets of moscow where he was befriended by a pack of feral dogs. it had an all—too—brief theatrical run injune and july but you can watch it now on streaming services like bfi player and mubi. if you‘re starting to feel blockbustered out, believe me, this really is something different. i know she still has you in her heart, jehovah. also look out for the british film apostasy, a drama about the jehovah‘s witnesses directed by daniel kokotajlo. it follows a mother and her two daughters, one of whom finds herself disfellowshipped, barred from the close—knit community

in which she grew up and from contact with herfamily. if you want to catch an old classic there is plenty to fit the bill. both mildred pierce and the women are back on our screens as part of a joan crawford season in august. diehard hollywood gems always worth catching in the cinema. there‘s also a very welcome 30th anniversary re—release of terence davies‘ haunting feature distant voices, still lives, one of my favourite films of the 1980s. i‘ll leave you with this teaser from the eyes of orson welles, the new documentary by mark cousins who is perhaps best described not as a film—maker or a film critic but as a film poet. having played to rapturous applause in cannes in may, this acclaimed doc opens in uk cinemas in august where it‘s sure to prove an eye—opener. enjoy the summer. dear orson welles. you left no autobiography but you left something else. i went to this secure storage unit in new york and look

what i found in the box, orson. drawings. many have never been seen before. you draw yourself crying. pray for the free man who damned himself. did you damn yourself, orson, and if so, for what? who were you? there are at least a thousand of your artworks. can we tell your story anew? we can still look through your eyes. hello there. perhaps a good idea to

head to the cinema if you want relief from the heat, a warm week ahead. warm today, this was taken earlier this morning. i love that short of runswick bay and north yorkshire are enjoying the glorious sunshine! a touch cloudy as we started the day in tenby in pembrokeshire, the sun was working its magic to clear the cloud, we see quite a lot of cloud breaks, across pembrokeshire, southern england, eastern england and eastern scotland. looking fine and golf at carnoustie. an exception to the driver rule. in this weather front, north—west of scotland, that produces rain and drizzle. for the most part a nuisance, but some light showers in south—east england. a feature that could be here this afternoon, as temperatures pushed 20s. for most, a temperatures pushed 20s. for most, a temperature a degree up. in eastern

scotland, warmer, considerably warmer, then yesterday with that sunshine. further north and west, a breeze, with cloud and rain, it will be cooler. overnight, that does not happen. cloud holds up the temperatures and with the rain, it looks to be humid. misty and hot in the north—west of the uk and northern ireland. tomorrow, sinking self into northern england. quite a muqqy self into northern england. quite a muggy night for most of us. a muggy week ahead. high pressure, a general south—westerly drift. moist, but the difference in the north—west is the north atlantic influence with a risk of showers on this weather fronts. in africa and iberia, drawing up heat. heat continues to build at this time of year. more energy from the sunburn you lose through the night—time cooling. temperatures by date gradually rising. if skies are clear, not dropping as much by night. 29 or 30 clear, not dropping as much by night. 29 or30 in clear, not dropping as much by night. 29 or 30 in england and wales, the weather front peps up in

and northern ireland. for most of us across the sun index, it is not linked to temperature. on the coast, enjoy the sea breeze. the sun is just as strong at 20 as it is for 30. temperatures for most of the week around 30, not far short in cardiff, in the north it is more refreshing and the chance of showers. dry, fine and summery weather to come. this is bbc news. i‘m shaun ley. the headlines at 11. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, says a brexit deal will be done if the european union matches the same ‘energy, ambition and pragmatism‘ shown by the uk — but warns the eu not ramp up the pressure. if reciprocated, the energy we bring

to the negotiations, we get a deal donein to the negotiations, we get a deal done in october. if, if. sure. israel says it‘s rescued hundreds of white helmets civil defence workersand their families from a war zone in southern syria. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police‘s own anti—corruption unit.