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that's it for now. a reminder — you can follow me on twitter. @annita—mcveigh or head to the bbc website for the latest information. thanks for watching. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing in the home. from eliza hittman, writer—director of the brilliant beach rats, comes another drama that manages to combine the gritty authenticity of a documentary with the poetic
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sensibility of pure cinema. that looks like a positive. if it's positive, is there any way it could be negative? no. a positive is always a positive. in never rarely sometimes always, hittman investigates an urgent contemporary issue but does so through a coming—of—age story that presents a perfectly observed portrayal of female friendship. sidney flanigan is autumn, a 17—year—old from pennsylvania who discovers that she can't get an abortion in her hometown without parental consent. quietly desperate, she travels to new york with her cousin, played by talia ryder, where these young women find themselves effectively living on the streets while waiting
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for the procedure that autumn was denied in pennsylvania. where's the rest of the money? the title, never rarely sometimes always, comes from the multiple—choice answers to a series of questions that autumn is asked for the procedure — questions about her health, her history, and most importantly, her safety. touching upon subjects of coercion and abuse, these questions and responses they elicit — which include significant silences — speak volumes, not only about autumn's experiences but also about those of the many women who, for whatever reason, find themselves in a similar situation. don't you everjust wish you were a dude? all the time. with reproductive rights currently under attack in the us, hittman‘s film, which includes scenes of anti—abortion protesters, strikes a particularly timely note. but it never wears its politics on its sleeve, focusing instead on the day—to—day reality
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of these young women's lives and the growing bond between them. hittman describes her film as first and foremost, a narrative about a girl carrying around a lot of pain and urgent and the loneliness of it all. unobtrusively lensed by helene louvart and combining the melancholy realism of midnight cowboy with the humanist art of the dardennes, never rarely sometimes always is a remarkable film from an outstanding film—maker — honest, truthful and powerful. it's available from wednesday. today, you will do your first word in the whistling language. which is? mama! he whistles but first, you will do it separately. ma—ma. he whistles not mamu.
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mama! romanian director corneliu porumboiu, best known for films like 2009's police, adjective, displays a playful attitude to genre in the whistlers, a twisty crime thriller with a colourfully noirish tinge. vlad ivanov is cristi, the corrupt bucharest cop who's knee—deep in the money—laundering scandal he's meant to be investigating. his equally corrupt superiors are onto him and he knows it, right down to the location of the surveillance cameras they've placed in his apartment. catrinel marlon is the femme fatale who also knows more than she lets on. in fact, all the characters in this enjoyably double—crossing drama have secrets, many of which can only be spoken in the whistling language which cristi must learn on the island of la gomera — a secret code that the cops can't crack. flipping back and forth in time, with multiple chaptered viewpoints, the whistlers is a rip—roaring ride
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in which everyone‘s playing a role and no one is to be trusted. i enjoyed the heck out of it and you can find it on curzon home cinema, where you can also find porumboiu's previous film, the 2018 documentary oddity infinite football. sticking with documentaries, camino skies follows six modern pilgrims from new zealand and australia as they walk the historic 800 km trail that leads to the cathedral of santiago de compostela in northwestern spain.
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i'm going to die. i'm going to die in the ditch. each of the walkers is facing their own personal challenges, whether it's the rigours of age and failing physical ability or the spectres of grief and loss which haunt so many travellers on this trail. it's hardly ground—breaking fare, but you'd have to be pretty hard—hearted not to be moved by these stories of hope in the face of adversity, sensitively gathered by the film—makers. you can walk alongside these pilgrims, albeit vicariously, on curzon home cinema. from uplifting truth to grisly fiction, the wretched is a horror film whose title invites critical
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scorn but which actually delivers a neat mix of character development, narrative tension and selectively deployed monstrous effects. the plot centres around a tree—dwelling witch that not only devours their victims but also makes everyone forget they ever existed, a neat narrative device. john—paul howard is ben, the sullen teenager who resents his father's new girlfriend and has little enthusiasm for his summerjob at a marina. but when the neighbours start acting weird — to the terror of their young child — ben becomes convinced that something wicked this way comes. nodding its head to a diverse range of sources, from rear window to fright night, via the woodland iconography of the blair witch project, the wretched is an effective genre exercise from the pierce brothers, who made the anarchic zombie flick deadheads and who here conjure up some eerily atmospheric chills and a few skin—crawling transformations.
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you're a very stupid boy. you think i don't know what people see? gawking at me, their eyes are like pin balls. " look anywhere but at the gork" — that's what's in their minds. but out of their mouths, we're "special needs". one must be pc after all. at the opposite end of the spectrum, more beautiful for having been broken is a very personal passion project from writer—director nicole conn. cale ferrin is terrific as freddie, the precocious young boy with a rare genetic condition whose mother becomes unexpectedly involved with an fbi agent, on the run from the ghosts of her past. a strange blend of televisual intrigue, romantic drama and unexpectedly adventurous dance, conn's film suffers somewhat from a superfluity of contrived backstory plot which threatens to get
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in the way of the characters, the most interesting element. but it's hard to fault the sincerity of the film—making, which clearly mixes personal experience with dramatic invention. poorjojo. what's wrong, little man? hi, adolf. want to tell me about that rabbit incident? what was all that about? they wanted me to kill it. i'm sorry. i couldn't. don't worry about it. i couldn't care less. but now they call me a scared rabbit. let them say whatever they want. people used to say a lot of nasty things about me. "oh, this guy's a lunatic!" "oh, look at that psycho! he's going to get us all killed!" i'll leave you with news that jojo rabbit, for which taika waititi won a best adapted screenplay oscar, is coming to dvd. we need somebody to walk the clones. following in a great tradition of films like chaplin's the great dictator and roberto benigni's life
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is beautiful, this uses comedy to address and deflate the horrors of nazism, with waititi playing a slapstick version of hitler, the imaginary best friend of a young boy growing up under the third reich. despite the potentially incendiary premise, i found jojo rabbit to be rather bland — neither sharp norfunny enough to cut to the heart of its controversial subject. many others disagree, and the film has provoked heated debate since first opening in cinemas. you can make up your own mind about it on dvd from monday. that's it. thank for watching the film review. stay safe and i'll be back next week with more home viewing treats. you aren't eating. no, i am not that hungry. i might eat later. for now, i'm just going to chew on these grapes. hello.
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that's the warmth over with for a while. it will feel very different out there, this time tomorrow. now, we are ending today with a few thundery downpours out there, parts of wales, moving on towards the midlands, and one or two heavy showers gradually fading elsewhere as we get into the night. tomorrow, the main weather story is that a change to much colder weather, and the wind is really picking up as well. now, northern scotland is already in that colder air. and through tonight, and then tomorrow, that continues to push its way southwards across the uk. again, with that strengthening wind, making it feel even colder. now, as the cold air digs into northern scotland overnight, some snow at relatively low levels. frosty and icy in places. some rain pushing further south across scotland, into parts of northern ireland. ahead of that, still one or two showers around, maybe a few heavy ones brushing the far south of england. now, for many, it is still mild overnight. that change to much colder air, especially across scotland, with that frost, ice,
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and, again, some snow at quite low levels as we start the day tomorrow. and further wintry showers, along with some sunny spells during the day. elsewhere, we will see an area of cloud. not a huge amount of rain left on it, as it pushes further south through england and wales. but again, the colder air follows. one or two heavy showers close to the south coast, may be the odd thundery one into cornwall and the channel islands during the afternoon. northern england, northern ireland and scotland will get to see some sunny spells. but these are the winds, strong, gusty, north easterly winds. in excess of a0 mph, towards north sea coasts, and through the english channel later. and that's transporting the colder air southwards. just the very far south of england, south wales, towards the mid to upper teens, even at the end of the afternoon. but for much of the uk, we are talking a 10—15 degree drop in temperatures tomorrow, and that cold air does reach all the way to southern england as we go through sunday evening. clear skies, bar the odd puff of cloud, and a shower going to monday morning. that means a widespread frost, just a few towards the east and south—east of england, where it is windiest, avoiding that as monday begins. gardeners and growers, take note of that. high pressure in control next week.
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so that does mean a lot of dry weather around, but the flow of air coming around the high pressure is going to be a chilly one. so, high pressure next week is looking mainly dry. frosty nights at first. the wind slowly easing, becomes a little less chilly through the day.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. british airlines call for clarity after plans are announced for a 14—day quarantine for passengers arriving to the uk. ministers pledge to put cycling and walking at the heart of plans in england to reduce the pressure on public transport as lockdown eases. with public transport reverting to a full service, once you take into account the two—metre social distancing rule, there would only be effective capacity for one in ten passengers in many parts of our network. russia marks the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii, but without the planned red square parade of soldiers and veterans. drumming.

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