tv The Film Review BBC News May 2, 2020 11:45pm-12:01am BST
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i think johnson and in with his son. i think as chris mason was saying to you earlier, james, you could not really make it up, the life of a day in the week or a week in the day of the life of boris johnson. week or a week in the day of the life of borisjohnson. within days are coming out of hospital having been close to death, he has kept his newborn baby. extraordinary amount of hairfora newborn baby. extraordinary amount of hairfor a very new newborn baby. extraordinary amount of hair for a very new baby. but it isa of hair for a very new baby. but it is a lovely photograph and i think we all need cheering up and new babies are quite good for that. perhaps not for the mother and father who are awake at night. thank you so much. that's it for the papers tonight. my thanks tojo and nigel. the film review is next. goodbye for now.
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hello, and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding out the best films for viewing in the home. far and away the most eye—opening film getting a digital release this week is the assistant, a low—key but high—impact drama about a day in the life of a young woman working for an abusive and strangely familiar entertainment mogul. where is he? julia garner is jane, a college graduate with dreams of becoming a film producer who finds herself on the bottom rung of the industry ladder.
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her tasks are menial — making coffee, ordering lunch and arranging travel. but she also has to clean up after her boss, removing used syringes from his waste bin, picking up suspicious earrings from his office floor, scrubbing stains off his office couch and fielding calls from his increasingly exasperated wife. what can we do? do about what? when a new recruit is flowm down from boise, idaho, jane fears she will become her boss's next victim. but in this culture of harassment, no—one is interested in complaints, only conformity. i won't let you down again. starting life as a work of scripted nonfiction, the film mutated into a drama inspired by the real—life stories of women working in the television industry. as a result, everything about the assistant rings true, from the slight shabbiness of the office, which has no hint of hollywood glamour,
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to the day—to—day bullying practised by her workmates, who know this is the way to succeed. garner is terrific, a performance relying more upon looks and physical gstures than words to convey jane's entrapment and the silencing that goes with it. crucially, jane is denied a voice in an industry which keeps its dark secrets unspoken. it's a smart choice, too, to keepjane's boss off—screen. although we hear him laughing and yelling through closed office doors and down telephone lines, we never meet him face—to—face. lending a universality to the character that extends beyond the specifics of, for example, the harvey weinstein case, which clearly inspires this me too drama. i can see that you've got what it takes. thanks. so, why are you in here trying to throw it all away over this? although it's set in the entertainment industry, the assistant will strike a chord with anyone who's worked in an office where bullying
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and harassment are just business as usual. the film's available right now on a wide variety of platforms. altogether more esoteric is ema, the hypnotic and occasionally bewildering latest from chilean director pablo larrain. the story nominally follows a couple who have returned they adopted to the foster home from which he came. there are dark hints of fiery deeds in his past, but the boy's absence precipitates a crisis in the couple's relationship which threatens to tear them apart. gael garcia bernal, who previously starred in larrain's political drama no, is the choreographer of a dance company. in the title role, mariana di girolamo is utterly incendiary. parlaying a successful tv career
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into a breathtaking feature debut. ema is described by larrain as a movie about family. a testimony about the way families are shifting and direction. themes of masculinity and femininity are explored in sometimes a bleak fashion, with the time—sliced narrative relying on dance sequences to tell its kaleidoscopic story. as always, there's a political element with corrupt authority figures attempted to police an ever—diversifying world. ultimately, this is an experiential movie, defined by fiery visuals and haunting images that invite the viewer tojoin in this strange dance. you can experience ema exclusively on movie. diana kennedy's knowledge and passion for mexican cooking is unsurpassed. she's a legend! for something more down to earth, why not check out
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diana kennedy: nothing fancy? it's about the british woman who became an unlikely doyenne of mexican cooking. people plagiarise my recipes, they haven't done the research, i do the research. a force of nature, kennedy, who's in her 90s, lives in an ecologically sustainable property, from which she holds forth on a range of issues. from the correct way to make guacamole, it's meant to be lumpy, to macho despoilation the planet, by trump and putin. interspersed with these conversations is archive footage of kennedy's extraordinary career, travelling thousands of miles for the ingredients and recipes immortalised in her own cookbooks. it's appalling. mexico is importing chickens. read my books and learn, please! what will you do when i'm gone? who else is going to start screaming? described as an indiana jones of food, kennedy is fantastically entertaining. an independent woman who speaks openly and honestly
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about love and ageing, food and fulfilment, sex and death, and the need for a little more salt in all our lives. you can enjoy her company now on a wide range of digital platforms. looking ahead, monday sees the digital release of reborn, a derivative low—budget horror flick which premiered to crowd pleasing responses at frightfest halloween in 2018. described as carrie meets firestarter, this b—movie's main selling point is barbara crampton. cult star of re—animator
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and from beyond, she's a mainstay of horror films since returning in 2011's you're next. i want to know where her body is. she plays an actress whose stillborn daughter returns from the grave as a needy teenager with destructive electromagnetic powers. the script is stilted, the effects basic and the scares familiar. the only surprise is the pay—off to a subplot about auditioning for peter bogdanovich, which raises a few passing chuckles. a few passing chuckles is pretty much all you get from can you keep a secret, a contrived rom—com which also opens on monday. i heard you guys broke up. i'm sorry, are you 0k? yeah, i'm fine, i think. you know, it's for the best. it'll be good to be single. freedom. right. based on the book by confessions of a shopaholic
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author sophie kinsella, this throws alexandra daddario's emma on a flight where she reveals her most personal secrets to her ceo. i just want this huge, amazing romance. turbulence stopped a few hours ago. why didn't you tell me that? it seemed like you needed to get a few things off your chest. when romance inevitably ensues, he holds all the cards. he knows everything about her, and she knows nothing about him. this is formulaic fare, held up by the substance of daddario, who has something of a sandra bullock quality. enlivened by a few nice supporting performances as notable as laverne cox as the main character's tough but sympathetic boss. i asked where it came from and it came from russia on a wave after being smashed up by a storm. for my own personal recommendation of the best film currently available for home viewing,
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let me direct you to the whalebone box from maverick genius andrew kotting. the film follows two journeys, iain sinclairand his photographer boschjoin andrew kotting on a pilgrimage. the other into the dreams of eden kotting, the daughter and muse of andrew. it's a remarkable and wholly unique work available excessively on movie. i'll leave you with news that bacurau which had a limited theatrical release before lockdown, is available on blu—ray. a near future dystopian parable, this tale of a remote brazilian enclave that has disappeared
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from maps and satellite tracking systems nods tojodorowsky, bunuel and sergio leone, providing plenty to engross, entertain and occasionally shock. that's it. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe, and i'll be back next week with more home viewing treats. it's actually ovaries with some panda eyes. would you buy this if it was on a product of some kind? is it a product for my ovaries? no, it's not. no. hello. the weekend weather continues with perhaps a greater chance for catching a shower in the day
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ahead compared with saturday. there will still be some sunny spells around, but actually for a large part of england and wales, it'll be a cloudier day compared with saturday. that's because this frontal system is bringing at least some cloud up from the south, and to start the day across parts of southern england and south wales, there mayjust be a bit of patchy light rain around. it does mean more cloud across a large part of england and wales compared with saturday. still sunny spells, though, for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, but this is where some showers are going to break out. some of those may be heavy and possibly thundery. you may also see a few towards north wales, the midlands and east anglia on through the afternoon. as for temperatures, mostly in the mid—teens. looks like a cooler day across northern and eastern scotland compared with saturday, especially where you're seeing some showers, and notice how some of these will continue as we go into the night across parts of eastern scotland and the eastern side of england. they may merge to give a longer spell of rain across yorkshire and lincolnshire. and as for these temperatures, most of them are holding up underneath the cloud cover.
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chilly enough for maybe a touch of frost in the coldest parts of northern scotland. monday starts with a few showers across particularly eastern parts of england. a lot of those are going to die away. the best of the sunshine in the west. the breeze starts to pick up across parts of england and wales, especially the further south you are. it does turn things a bit cooler across eastern parts because it is an easterly wind around this area of high pressure. but weather fronts to the south get a new lease of energy going into tuesday and bring some rain back in towards, we think, parts of south west england and south wales. still a bit of uncertainty about the position of this, but for some of us here, tuesday's looking like quite a wet and windy day as well. whereas further north, you could get some sunshine, especially northern ireland and scotland staying dry here. those are the winds. gusts will be be a bit higher, particularly across the south west of the uk. and as for those temperatures, still cooled in the east by the wind. where you have some sunshine across parts of western scotland, it will certainly feel quite pleasant. now, once that system has gone midweek onwards, a selection of locations for you here.
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