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i'm used to seeing you in a black tie and on the red carpet. if i had known, i would've dressed up. what are we looking at. we have great films with great actors and actresses of award standing. the first bag the microfilm is a handbag leading to a nightmare. chloe grace moritz and isabelle huppert * greta. we are off to italy, the sun—drenched beaches in palo sorrentino's loro. and red joan, judy dench opens the door on her past and a wartime secret that she was accused of treason. she's a national treasure! let's start with greta it sounds cartoonish, but critics like it? it's almost not
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hysterical enough for me. i really liked it, it's called greta and directed by neiljordan, who's been doing these dark tinged fairy tales. he did in the company and of wolves and the crying games and in dreams. his stories always come with this little fairy element. like angela carter in the underbelly of firm —— fairy tales. this one is called greta, like handel and gretel. it's a tale of breadcrumbs left or the city that brings chloe grace moritz to isabelle huppert‘s little gingerbread house in new york. you don't see house like this in new york. chloe grace moritz returns this handbag to isabelle huppert, who plays a betty old french lady who's lost her husband and is a bit sad. they strike up and unlikely friendship which leads to a rather stalker —ish bit of behaviour from isabelle huppert. like fatal attraction, she tracks down all the —— through the city, and even turns
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up —— through the city, and even turns up at the restaurant where chloe grace moritz is working. may i? hmm... a bit like you — promises a lot, then disappoints. 0k. i deserve better! oh my god, i'm so sorry. you can't do this to me — to us. are you a child? no, you're the child. you need someone to love. you need a mother to hold you. you need someone to love, and you're afraid to love. don't you dare talk to me about my mother! darling, you must learn, she had to die. she had to die for me! are you out of your mind? you just can't accept it! she's gone, frances! just accept it! leave me alone! she's gone, leave me alone! leave me alone!
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she's so elegant but scary!” she's so elegant but scary! i know, she's like that in real life. you think she'll go at any moment. she's done brilliant films, like al, which won the oscar nomination a few years ago. that is what we are picking up on here. i love how in the clip, all the new york diners decide they aren't moving, even if there is a madwoman going on. as you can see, it's got that delirious nature to it, and! it's got that delirious nature to it, and i mention fatal attraction oi’ it, and i mention fatal attraction or single white female, though psychological thrillers from the 80s and 905. that psychological thrillers from the 805 and 905. that is whatjordan i5 mining here. they even go shopping for a rescue dog which brings in the big bad wolf. there's a lot of clever stuff here, but it's also just a lot of fun. it's one of those films that's a bit silly and you think, why didn't 5he google her? she would know. that spoils at. exactly, it's old —fa5hioned. she would know. that spoils at. exactly, it's old—fashioned. i like the style of it, shot by 5hamu5
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mcgarvey. it's like a hitchcock film. it's unhinged, which you need. i'm interested. now loro, about silvio berlusconi. lot5 i'm interested. now loro, about silvio berlusconi. lots of colour to be looked at in his life? for those who don't know, silvio berlusconi was the prime minister of italy and engulfed in scandal. but you could never get rid of him, he was coated in teflon. he's played in this film brilliantly by the great italian actor tony savio, who is the muse of palo sorrentino, the director of the film. we are set in the palaces of sardinia, where everyone is trying to get berlusconi's attention. it is a film that has a lot of women dancing around and bikini, lots of partie5, dancing around and bikini, lots of parties, and dancing around and bikini, lots of pa rties, and berlusconi dancing around and bikini, lots of parties, and berlusconi wa5 dancing around and bikini, lots of parties, and berlusconi was famous for inviting heads of state to these parties. you remember them?|j parties. you remember them?” reported on them a few times. parties. you remember them?” reported on them a few timesm would be fun to be invited, except
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with this film does is make you realise that it's fun to start with, but after the fifth or 5ixth one, the excess is way too much. how appealing will this be to the female audience? given that we've gone through this time's up, me too moment... it's like those things never happen in this movie. you will be di5gu5ted never happen in this movie. you will be disgusted by much of it, but that's the idea. i5 be disgusted by much of it, but that's the idea. is it di5gu5ting enough? not really, but there are 5ome brilliant touches of 5urreali5m. 5ome brilliant touches of surrealism. red joan with judy dench? no dancing girls in this one. judy dench play5 dench? no dancing girls in this one. judy dench plays a woman— this is based on the real—life tale of melita norwood, the grandniece by —— granny spy. suddenly the police 5how up granny spy. suddenly the police 5how up at her home and arrest her for wartime behaviour. she says she's done nothing wrong, then we fla5hed back to cambridge in the 19305 where 5he back to cambridge in the 19305 where she was a young back to cambridge in the 19305 where she was a young woman back to cambridge in the 19305 where
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she was a young woman who came under the charm of a handsome and charismatic communist played by tom hughes. here's a clip. it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness... it was the epoch of belief. it was the epoch of incredulity. it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness. a tale of two cities, book one, recalled to life. that's communism. that's dickens. i'd have thought far too english for you. so what made you want to read physics? the clever answer is that when in 1932, they discovered the neutron, and the whole world changed. and i wanted to be a part of that. but the reality is tadpoles.
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does it work? the flashing back and forth ta kes does it work? the flashing back and forth takes the drama out of both segments, unfortunately. judy dench i5 segments, unfortunately. judy dench is always brilliant, but this is not the best role i've seen her do. there's not enough of her, you want to see how this affects this woman who is suddenly confronted by her pa5t. here she is living happily in a suburb, and all this past catches up a suburb, and all this past catches up with her. herfamily knows nothing about it — her son is the barri5ter who end5 nothing about it — her son is the barri5ter who ends up defending her, with no clue about what her mum has been up to. then it all gets a bit muddled, flashing backward5 been up to. then it all gets a bit muddled, flashing backwards and forwards between the two. they don't quite marry the two segments for me. it reminded me of the imitation game. that's what we do with british period films, and unfortunately it i5a period films, and unfortunately it is a pale imitation of that. best outcome you've chosen mid 905 with mac it's nostalgic for those who
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have lived through it? berlusconi is enough mid 905 for anyone, but we are talking about a young kid growing up on the streets of la in the 19905 and falls amongst a group of skateboarders. it is very much as coming—of—age tale, which i love, especially when it is said to mid 905 hip—hop. thi5 especially when it is said to mid 905 hip—hop. this is directed by jonah hill, a rather portly actor whose work with scorsese. the wealth of wall street? exactly. there's lots of scorsese in this movie. it's summary lots of scorsese in this movie. it's summary with great beat5, dope beat5, i would say. summary with great beat5, dope beats, i would say. would you really? are we allowed to use lenglet like that? who is this appealing to, is it for people who are around in the 905? appealing to, is it for people who are around in the 90s? it's for anyone who's come of age, which is mo5t anyone who's come of age, which is most of us, mainly boys, but your first experiences with alcohol, your mum telling you off, the embarrassment of your mum finding you when you are trying to be cool. it ca ptu res you when you are trying to be cool. it captures that moment of youth and becoming into experience, and he
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doesn't really well. quite well, lots of banter and growing up to be done on screen. he's growing up as a film—maker before our very eyes. best streaming, something called guava island ? best streaming, something called guava island? you say that is if you don't know what that mean. streaming i5 don't know what that mean. streaming is not just for don't know what that mean. streaming i5 notjust for he figure sufferers, it's where we find a lot of stuff the5e it's where we find a lot of stuff these days. i thought i would find this little film dropped on amazon prime starring donald glover, and rihanna, who is also a singer. while the island is set on and a story that reminded me me of 19505 palm door winner like orpheus, directed by marcel carli. all pretensions aside, it is realistic, great music, workers under the shackles of a dictator on this island. but more than just dictator on this island. but more thanju5t a dictator on this island. but more than just a feature—length mu5ic video? much more, although it is only 55 minutes, so it finds itself between a rock and a hard place. but
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you can release the sinks on streaming i5, you can release the sinks on streaming is, it doesn't have to get you on cinema5. but i found it colourful and well acted with a very fine 5et colourful and well acted with a very fine set pieces of dancing. this naive inqui5itor thing i do isju5t an act to make you look really good. i know. thank you very much jason. that's it for this week, thank you for watching and goodbye. good evening. we've ramped up the 5un5hine through the weather —— today antipater i5 5un5hine through the weather —— today antipater is a followed suit. at times 5ome today antipater is a followed suit. at times some of that 5un5hine turned hazy, but certainly not spoiled the feel of the day. in fact it's given our temperatures and extra boo5t. all four nation5 today 5aw extra boo5t. all four nation5 today saw their highest temperatures of the year so far. and there's more warmth to come for most of us as we head into the weekend. i say for mo5t head into the weekend. i say for most of us, we still have high
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pre55ure, so most of us, we still have high pressure, so i largely settled story but we have this weather frontjust looking out towards the west, that will try to make inroads overnight. introducing more cloud into parts of northern ireland and western fringes of scotland, and hear the winds will pick up slightly as well. elsewhere lighter wins, we could see a return of low cloud, mist and fog to places like lincolnshire and yorkshire. and while temperatures shouldn't drop away too far for most of us, there will be a few cold spots for northern ireland in eastern england. any early mist and fog will lift quite quickly, but we still have this band of cloud draped across northern ireland and up in scotland. we could see outbreaks of rain at times as we had to the day. it will be quite blustery for northern idols. elsewhere we have lighter winds, particularly to the southern half of the uk, lengthy spells of sunshine where the heat will be focused. we could see highs tomorrow of around 25 celsius. heading into saturday evening, we still have high pressure setting out to the east.
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this is our weather front, pressure setting out to the east. this is our weatherfront, still draped across northern ireland and parts of scotland introducing outbreaks of patchy rain. anywhere could see early morning mist and fog first thing on easter sunday. underneath this band of cloud, it will feel cooler and will have some brisk winds. but lighter winds elsewhere and easter sunday for much of england and wales is fine and dry. lengthy spells of sunshine in it, and once again those temperatures responding above average at the time of year. now as we head on into easter monday, a bit of change as it looks as though pressure will build in a bit more, pushing this weather front back out towards the west. so it starts to retreat, and this is what the map looks like for easter monday. here's our area of looks like for easter monday. here's ourarea of rain, looks like for easter monday. here's our area of rain, and looks like for easter monday. here's ourarea of rain, and it looks like for easter monday. here's our area of rain, and it cannot make much progress. much of the uk will be under lengthy spells of sunshine, but there will be a noticeable breeze for all of us with cloud bubbling up as we had to the day. but it will still feel warm. lengthy spells of sunshine and those
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this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6. the prime minister has described the killing of journalist lyra mckee in londonderry as ‘5hocking and truly senseless'. it's also been condemned by political leaders in northern ireland and the irish taoiseach. hundreds of police have begun removing climate change protesters who've been blocking london's main shopping street all week. officers have been moving activists from a pink yacht that forms the centrepiece of the demonstration at oxford circus. councils, schools and community centres are increasing their support over easter for disadvantaged families — as figures show a record number of children with working parents are living
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