from the last week from around the world as the coronavirus continues to upend the lives of hundreds of millions of people. and a reminder you can keep up to date with all of the latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. thanks for watching. now on bbc news, mark kermode gives his unique take on the best and worst of the week's streaming and dvd releases.

hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode. now, with cinemas closed and everybody being urged to stay indoors due to coronavirus, new films are still opening in the uk through streaming services, being made available for home viewing. so, for example, last week, the surrealist thriller vivarium, which was going to have a theatrical opening, became available exclusively through streaming services. wait, no, no. i don't this is the right way. yes, this is the way we came in. is it? did wejust do some kind of loop? hello? i have never heard such silence.

jesse eisenberg and imogen poots are the couple looking for a perfect dream home who find themselves trapped in a nightmarish, stepford—style suburban development called yonder, where they are forced to raise an alien child. like an extended edition of the twilight zone, vivarium takes a single idea and stretches it out to feature length, but it does so with enough wit and invention to keep audiences entertained, engrossed and a little bit freaked out. what is that cloud in the shape of? a cloud. yes. another cloud—shaped cloud. all the clouds here are shaped like clouds. perfect... ..sickening. .. little clouds. should i hit it? no, hit her! this week's new streaming releases include four kids and it,

an adaptation of jacqueline wilson's 2012 novel, itself inspired by e nesbit‘s classic 1902 novel five children and it. this thing gives wishes. one wish a day, but there is consequences. michael caine provides the voice of the magical creature who can provide one wish for a day and is discovered by the titular kids, each wrestling with their own personal issues. matthew goode and paula patton are the single parents planning to make their two families one, to the horror of their respective children, while a villainous russell brand chews the scenery, provided in eye—catching fashion by ireland handsomely doubling for cornwall. well, that is extraordinary. you. you, don't move. brilliant. oh, and one of the rest of you. well, better be getting back to the old mansion!

do let me know if you need... ..anything. yeah! that would go there as a noun, wouldn't it? anything. any—thing! having apparently never been out of print since its first publication, the original novel has spawned several screen adaptations, including the much—loved ‘90s bbc tv series and a somewhat underrated 2004 film adaptation shot in the isle of man and featuring eddie izzard as the voice of it. this film of jacqueline wilson's modern update doesn't have the charm of those productions. what it does have is a hint of the real world issues that wilson's books have always tackled, a buoyant score by anne nikitin, and a likeably wrinkly sand fairy, to which caine lends deadpan, droll vocal appeal. you also get to hear russell brand use the phrase "ethnically insensitive erotica" and see him run around with his bottom on fire, which kind of sums up the film. four kids and it is now

available on sky cinema. at the other end of the spectrum, this week also sees the streaming release of the whalebone box, the latest fantastically inventive art—house production from british maverick andrew kotting. i asked him where the whalebone came from and he said it came from a washed—up whale after the whale had been smashed up as a result of a storm. the box in question was made of the bones of a whale that washed up on the island of harris in the outer hebrides many years ago. kotting's film follows two journeys — one in which psychogeographer iain sinclair and photographer anonymous bosch join andrew on a pilgrimage to take the box back to harris. in the other, we venture into the dreams of eden kotting, artist and daughter cum muse of andrew. there is nothing mainstream about andrew kotting's films, which are more like a cut—up collage of sound and vision, throwing together ideas and places and finding strange connections between them. ever since his breakthrough feature gallivant in the mid ‘90s,

many of his films have involved an element of a journey or a quest, exploring the landscape of a virtual idea through the physical landscape of britain, with all its history and folklore and magic. there really is no—one else making movies like these, although you can see the legacy of derekjarman in kotting's work and find a kindred spirit in the home—made movies of cornish film—maker markjenkin, who recently won a bafta for bait. like bait, the whalebone box isn't for everyone, but if you are looking for something genuinely creative, adventurous and inspiring, then i think you will love it. it is available exclusively on the streaming service mubi. sounds really nice. that sounds gorgeous! keep going, keep going! # looking from the window above. # like a story of love. # can you hear me?

# came back only yesterday and moving farther away. # want you near me. # all i needed was the love you gave. # love you gave. # all i needed for another day. # and all i ever knew, only you. # ba—da—da, bum—bum. # also available to stream is military wives, the feel—good film from the full monty director peter cattaneo, which had a brief but successful run in cinemas just before the current closures, and which has now been made available on all premium video on demand platforms for a limited period. so... no, no, no, go ahead. thanks very much, lisa. that's lovely. this reminds me of when my parents got divorced.

it's also worth checking out the perfect candidate, the latest film from haifaa al—mansour, which is available through modern films and curzon home cinema. you may remember a few years ago, i raved about wadjda, the ground—breaking film from al—mansour about a young girl desperate to buy a bike — a taboo—breaking symbol of freedom. the perfect candidate finds al—mansour returning to saudi for another tale of female empowerment — this time focusing on a doctor who winds up running for local election in an attempt to get the road in front of her hospital fixed. early on in the film, we see a male patient refusing to be treated by a female doctor — a hostility that's multiplied as maryam becomes a public figure. but despite the potentially tough subject matter, the perfect candidate is a joy to watch, not least because of the regular, vibrant bursts of live music

which punctuate the drama, and because of the defiance of our central character, who definitely gets my vote. it's worth noting too that

if you stream the perfect candidate through the modern films website, you can donate a percentage of the profits to your choice of one of several independent cinemas. but if streaming isn't your bag and you prefer good old—fashioned disc technology, then my dvd choice this week is a real treat. mr blanc, i know who you are. i read your profile in the new yorker. i found it delightful. ijust buried my 85—year—old father, who committed suicide. why are you here? i'm here at the behest of a client. who? i cannot say, but let me assure you this, my presence will be...ornamental. you will find me a respectful, quiet, passive observer... ..of the truth. rian johnson earned an original screenplay oscar nomination for knives out, a deliciously twisty satirical thriller that puts a new spin

on old agatha christie riffs. daniel craig is the gentleman detective with the outrageous southern accent, investigating the death of a famous crime writer whose family are now fighting over his inheritance. a star—studded cast includes michael shannon, christopher plummer, ana de armas and jamie lee curtis — the latter of whom, in my opinion, also deserved an oscar nomination. no—one move until we figure this all out. what? can we ask why? has something changed? no. no, it hasn't changed, or no, we can't ask? mr stevens, you may continue. knives out is out on dvd now. it's also available to download. that's it. thanks for watching, and i'll be back next week with more home viewing releases. you want to ask this guy some questions? all right, what is this? what's this arrangement? mr drysdale. csi kfc? he laughs sarcastically.

the good evening. temperatures got up to around 17 degrees in some southeastern parts of the uk today thanks to a lot of sunshine. there was more cloud further north. through tomorrow more of us will see sunshine, and it will be even warmer. quite breezy, particularly windy in the west, where we will see outbreaks of rain later on with stripe of cloud approaching. a fair amount of cloud across the northwestern uk, and it is rolling its way north now as we pick up a southerly wind, bringing dry air in our direction, helping to bring the cloud up and also bringing air northwords across all parts of the uk. you can see the cloud rolling away to the north and more clear skies developing, and despite the starry skies overhead, it will not be a particularly cold night, partly down to the increasing strength of the breeze. some areas may be getting down to freezing, the vast majority holding between four and eight degrees. a lot of sunshine through the day, and we'll generally see some cloud

turning the sunshine a little hazy, and it will cloud over for northern ireland and the far southwest of england, and we will see more here later in the day. those wind gusts, 50 mph or more, in parts of northern ireland or scotland, but this temperature is 21 degrees in london, and even further north, glasgow up to around 18 degrees. pollen levels will be high across england and wales. mostly tree pollen this time of year. and as we go through sunday night, we will see the frontal system making its way eastwards with some rain, and it could linger across the southeast corner for a time on monday morning, and we could see some late heavier rain for a time, but it should clear away and we should see some brighter skies and sunshine and particularly across the west and scotland, and a little bit cooler at this stage. that is not going to last

as we head deeper into the week, we see a southerly wind returning, and those temperatures will climb once again, and it could be around 22 degrees in the south, and it will be dry for many of us.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government urges people to stay at home, as the death toll from coronavirus in the uk rises by 700, including a five—year—old boy. our thoughts today are also with the family of the five—year—old child with underlying health conditions who's tragically died. so again, you must stay at home to protect the nhs and to save lives. spain records its lowest number of deaths this week, as the government says the crisis might be reaching its peak there. new york — the epicentre of america's outbreak —