word. the receipt paper is contributing to the growing english. that should be bc papers. a lovely to see both. it is a treat to be back here with you. thank you both very much forjoining us. that is it for the papers this hour. coming up next, the film review. 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 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 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 the 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 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 burden, 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. 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 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. i'm going to die. i'm going to die in the ditch. 0h, all right. 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 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. 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 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 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. it's hard to overstate just how different our weather will be by the end of sunday, certainly in the feel of things out there as it turns much colder across the uk. the cold accentuated by a strengthening wind as well. more cloud around, too, the chance of seeing a bit of rain. sunday begins with the cold air already in place in scotland, and then it surges south across the uk. cold arctic air coming our way, so very different from what we've had. now, these are the temperatures to start the day. already frosty across northern scotland, even a bit of snow lying to relatively low levels in some spots. icy in places, too. any early rain towards southern scotland and northern ireland will gradually clear away, and over scotland and northern ireland into the afternoon, it's sunny spells, a few wintry showers peppering northern scotland. cloud and some patchy spreads south across england and wales.

a chance, too, of seeing a bit of rain just brushing the far south east, sussex and kent in particular, maybe the odd heavy shower for the channel islands and the far south west. now, the winds are picking up all the while as the cold air moves south, gusting 30—a0 mph, even a bit stronger towards north sea coasts and through the english channel later in the day. and temperatures to end the day in the range mainly of 6—10 degrees celsius, feeling colder in the wind. and even towards the south, where you end the day still with temperatures towards the high teens, the cold air does move in during sunday evening. and it's largely clear overnight and into monday morning bringing one or two wintry showers towards some north sea coasts. and temperature stepping away to give on monday morning a widespread frostjust away from some windier spots across parts of eastern and southern england. and on monday, there will be some sunny spells around, but still the brisk and cold wind, still a chance of seeing a few showers that could be wintry in nature towards northern and eastern scotland along some north sea coasts. temperatures look as if they've come up a little bit on monday, but particularly in that wind,

it will still feel cold, and especially compared with what it's been like out there. high pressure close by throughout the week ahead, but the air still coming in from a chilly direction. frosty nights at least to start the week, so gardeners and growers take note. the cold wind will gradually ease. temperatures edge up a little bit, but still getting nowhere near where they've been.

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