getting don stoned first night be affected. in our home, desperate could be affected. that will alienate people. they're with every for affirmation, scared of women, feral, chewing gum on the steps, footprints on the wall. organisation, there are people who become attached to their organisation who go too far for that organisation who go too far for that organisation but it should be stressed that it's peaceful. it teaches very much the message of non—violent protest. toothpaste all over the mirror." teaches very much the message of non—viole nt protest. there teaches very much the message of non—violent protest. there will be disruption but these are people making huge sacrifices. so, you get a sense from that. it has a very nudely indie feel to it. what i liked about it was many sure, but innocent bystanders, of the characters in it are quite commuters, trying to get to work or difficult and quite annoying. to the hospital for emergency she is called overpriveleged treatment... i think they have and is referred to as an oaf. achieved more in the six months since they came to prominence in the writer played by emily mortimer april with the first round of is frosty and difficult, which is playing completely protest, but in 30 years of gentle against type for emily mortimer. protest. there was a claimant emergency declared by parliament, it raises the question, can you like a film parliament beefed up the climate with unlikeable characters? the answer in this case is yes. change act tuychiev zero faster. it this is an indie film in is because of organisations like which somebody produces a ukulele. and i have a rule which is don't produce a ukulele unless you're this ——to achieve zero emissions going to do something interesting. faster. an accommodation crisis hits students. what is going on here, and actually it did.

1500 undergraduates in temporary i did laugh a lot, it was very funny. accommodation? universities never also, it has that thing about it that it's got a nice offbeat, seem accommodation? universities never seem to be ready for the ever strange, off—kilter feel to it. increasing number of students a relationship between people heading their way stop we are told who are not likeable and in many there are five universities that have had to make last—minute ways you could take against them and find them irritating but it arrangements to put their students doesn't mean you find in temporary rooms because developers haven't finished the the film irritating. projects. some have been placed up mark kermode ukulele rule. it is. to 30 miles away. you are supposed good to know that rule. to 30 miles away. you are supposed the best out that the moment? to be at university in bristol and the farewell. you end up in newport, across the have you seen this yet? you must see it. border in wales. when students it is life—enhancing and charming didn't have to pay to go to and about the anticipation of death but also it is funny and it is very, university they might well have put very honest about families and this up university they might well have put up with certain inconveniences. are you still have slugs going across my range of relationships between families. somebody is a terminal diagnosis bedroom carpet at university —— i and they are the only one used to. that was par for the who doesn't know because their family thinks they shouldn't know. course. now they expect not to be 30 great performance. miles away when a pessimist money. i went to see it knowing nothing it is an awful lot of money. £1000 a about it other than the title and i was completely knocked out. month in some cases. great to have you with us. that's it for the papers tonight. thank you, rob and lynn. and i have been to see your best don't forget you can see the front dvd, which i absolutely adore. pages of the papers online rocketman. on the bbc news website. it is so worth seeing twice or even

it's all there for you — three times to get the most seven days a week at out of it. bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. next on bbc news it's time for the film review. yeah, it's really layered, brilliantly directed by dexter fletcher, who took over the direction of bohemian rhapsody, and i think in many ways he saved that film. also, bernie taupin played by jamie bell, who currently is also in cinemas playing a tattooed neo—nazi skinhead. the range is extraordinary. and it's a proper musical. like tommy. i think it owes a great debt to that film. it is one of my favourite films of the year. you were talking about hello and welcome to whether you believe renee zellweger the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's wasjudy garland, but although he is releases, we've got mark kermode. quite different in some ways who else? from eltonjohn, you do mark, you've got some big movies believe it is him. this week to talk about. i absolutely do. and they couldn't be more different. it is that weird thing we havejudy, in which renee about whether when you are watching somebody performing a performer, whether you think you are watching zellweger plastudy garland. a performer or seeing the real person. i think sissy spacek in the coal miner's daughter is one we havejoker, with an arresting central performance byjoaquin of those other times phoenix. and good posture, a little indie pic directed by dolly wells. where you completely lose it. so, from bridgetjones

when he was cast i thought to judy garland. it was interesting but five minutes into the film, you think it is fine, everything, the stance on a mixture this has been in the works a long of the bare—chested bravado time, adapted from the stage play but also that kind of rabbit called end of the rainbow. in the headlights vulnerability. it really made eltonjohn one it's the end ofjudy garland's life, of the most interesting performers it's when she was playing at the talk of the town, she's very, of the glam rock era. very low on money so she has to do and eltonjohn loved it. who wouldn't! the gig despite the fact that she's not entirely certain she can do it. he's got very good taste. she didn't want to leave her kids mark, thank you very much. in america but she had thank you. that is it for this week. to earn money. thank you for watching. and the film catches up goodbye from both of us. with her very much like with stan and ollie, that weird hinterland when suddenly hollywood stars find themselves working and not ideal situations in the uk. when she has to go on stage, because she has had pills and booze problems in the past, hello there. it was a wet day for she doesn't think her voice is up to it, she's not sure that she can do it butjessie buckley, some parts of the uk on sunday, we have been left with some mud who is playing her assistant, is absolutely insistent that it is time to go on. warnings in force. no sooner have weekly that ran out of the way in thank you, ladies. clear the way, clear the way. the next area of low pressure is thank you. coming in, bringing more rain and this time strong winds. gales or even this time strong winds. gales or eve n severe this time strong winds. gales or even severe autumnal gales of august. the most severe for the north and west of scotland. but for

most of us quite a breezy day. any here we go, boys. early morning fog in the clues away. this giving some miserable conditions. the wind and rain what's the matter? i can't. combined. lots of spray and standing what? what you mean you can't? water on the road dan hill fog as well. it does break into showers, there is an audience out but still squally winds into the there waiting to hear you sing. my mouth is dry and it afternoon further north and west. it could fall apart. will take much of the day for the listen to me. i can't. you'll be fine. rain to reach southern and eastern now, on you go. errors. so not as wet as yesterday. but any applause and cheering. errors. so not as wet as yesterday. butany rain errors. so not as wet as yesterday. but any rain falling onto the saturated ground, the already high river levels will not be welcome. once that rain clears through, which isa once that rain clears through, which is a wednesday, it is very much sunshine and showers. but there will be some torrential downpours around. the show must go on. it was a very tragic life story, wasn't it? it was, and the film does a lot of flashing back to her childhood, on set at the wizard of oz, being bullied and starved by louis b mayer. there is one thing which she is told, here is a birthday cake, don't eat it. because she is not allowed to eat anything.

we see a heartbreaking moment with mickey rooney where she says, are we dating? and he says, no, no, we're just good pals. and that is the basis of everything that happens later. the film is fairly on the nose about that sort of thing. it says this came from that and this led to that. it is stagey in its construction and at the heart of it is this performance by renee zellweger which i neverforgot that i was watching renee zellweger performing a legend. it wasn't like watching joaquin phoenix in walk the line, orjerry lee lewis played by dennis quaid. but the more i thought about it, perhaps that performance fits the film, because there's line the film where she says, i'm onlyjudy for like an hour and the rest of the time i'm somebody else. so, a lot of the film is about her performing the role the ofjudy, and in a weird way, watching renee zellweger giving welcome to newsday on the bbc. a performance asjudy kind of fits. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: defying a new ban on face masks — the other thing is the film does dozens of demonstrators have a lot of darkness in it and one are detained in hong kong as violent clashes continue. of the things it lacks is thatjoy,

that sparkle, thatjoie de vivre they started firing volleys of tear gas, over their heads, that you got from judy into the street. garland's performance. the protesters are responding. there are two characters, stan and dan, who are fans who absolutely love her and one reason they have been written in is because they stress how important she was to the lgbt community. but also i found that through them, watching her on stage, a second whistleblower comes forward in the impeachment case you saw in his face the joy that against donald trump. you should have been feeling from the performance. so it's an interesting film, it is very strong performance, a strange performance, but very strong. into the street. you mentioned joaquin phoenix, the protesters are responding. a second whistleblower comes forward we are going to talk aboutjoker, in the impeachment case shrouded in controversy. against donald trump. yes. it opened at a festival and gets an eight—minute standing ovation, wins top prize and the next thing is there's a backlash saying it's irresponsible, a cruel and nasty film. irresponsible, some say, because it is thought it could inspire violence. well... ok, the story is about a character played byjoaquin phoenix,

arthur fleck, who wants to be a stand—up comedian but doesn't understand what anybody else finds funny, is living an embittered life with his mother, he gets beaten up and abused, and he turns. very much in the style of something like death wish, or even more recently something like falling down. and then because he is dressed as a clown, that inspires an uprising. it is a film which is dealing with volatile issues. it is also made by the director of the hangover movies which never dealt with subtlety of kindness very much. my question is this, it's an origins film aboutjoker, what do people expect it to be? at the centre of it, you have a really mesmerising performance byjoaquin phoenix. the film, its prime frame of reference is martin scorsese's king of comedy, one of the darkest comedy movies ever made. de niro plays a guy who basically kidnaps his way onto television. here, robert de niro plays a character who is a smarmy tv talk—show host, so it reference points the ‘70s, martin scorsese, nothing about it is subtle. yes, it is a nasty, dark, difficult film.

is it very violent? no, certainly no more so than any mainstream cinema. i think, in the end, it is a character study, it is a very dyspeptic view of the world. but that's what it is meant to be. i went in thinking i hate the hangover movies, and i came out thinking, wow, who thought the guy that made the hangover movies could make that movie? good posture. thank you. a completely different independent picture written and directed by dolly wells. grace van patten is a young woman who finds herself needing somewhere to live, she ends up living in a house in which lives a reclusive author played by emily mortimer. she has to do chores and make dinner but they hardly see each other and yet they develop strange relationship by reading and writing in each other‘s journal. it is an epistolary tale about two people living in the same house. here's a clip. what? 00:08:48,759 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 "lilian, might be something there.