this is bbc news, the headlines: one of america's top infectious disease experts has warned a us senate hearing that reopening the economy too quickly could lead to needless death and suffering. dr anthony fauci — who advises president trump — said the sitution was improving but the country did not yet have the outbreak under control. britain is extending until the end of october its scheme to subsidise the salaries of employees laid off by the coronavirus crisis. the government said employers would be asked to share more of the burden after august. the furlough arrangement has supported seven —— 7.5 million jobs. brazil has seen a record daily rise in the number of deaths from coronavirus, but president bolsanaro has again insisted the economy must be allowed to run smoothly. the health ministry says 881 people died in the past 2a hours. at least 12,000 people have died.

from today, people in england are advised to wear face coverings when taking public transport or in places where social distancing may not be possible. that advice is already in place in scotland and in northern ireland, while in wales masks are not currently recommended. sarah corker has more. face coverings are not a replacement for social distancing or other precautions, but could help reduce the spread of the virus. wash your hands before and after your journey. 0n the trams in manchester today, some felt it was an added layer of protection. the facemask is assembled by my family. i've come without mine and i feel more anxious. every time i come out, i wear it. where did you get that from? i'm in a hostel and they provide them in the hostel. i think people my age think they cannot get it.

i think they should wear them, because you could be going home and spreading it to the family. so you are wearing it to protect your family when you go home? yes, yes. 0ur trams and buses are set to get busier as those who cannot do theirjobs from home are encouraged to return to work from tomorrow. and, for the first time in england, the government is now advising people to wear these on public transport and in shops. you can buy face coverings and masks at pharmacies on the high street for as little as £1.50, but medical masks should be prioritised for nhs workers, so the government has put out instructions so people can make them at home, using anything from old t—shirts to bedding sheets. two of these guys are going to get the chop, quite literally. this dad from hampshire tried making a t—shirt mask for himself on his youtube channel. my ears aren't coping very well with the elastic bands. it has a pouch, and you

can put a tissue in. and in the west midlands, tracy has a crochet alternative. so, if you want something a bit different, get your hooks out. they come in all shapes and sizes. this is government guidance although it remains a personal choice. employers, though, have been told to support those who decide to wear them at work. now on bbc news, it's time for talking movies. hello from new york, i'm tom brook and welcome to talking movies, presenting one more edition of our show from close to home, from central park in these pandemic times. in today's programme, we're going to put the focus on female filmmakers and the pandemic and looking at some

of the challenges they've been facing. nowjoining me from close to her home in west london is emma jones. emma, i know you've been speaking to a lot of female filmmakers. how would you characterise their mood? i think that if you are a woman who had a film coming out in cinemas, i think they're feeling pretty deflated. not only were more women getting their films made than ever before, but more women were getting the opportunity to direct these enormous multimillion—dollar blockbusters. these are films like wonder woman 1984 and black widow. these films have been pushed back to the latter end of 2020 when it's hoped there might be a cinema audience for them or else to 2021 when there is going to be a glut of films that are all going to be competing for attention at the box office. in many ways, it is quite dire now for women because because there is a recent poll that shows that more than 90% of women in film and tv in the uk lost

all their income as a result of the pandemic. this is the survey by women in film & television in the uk which says 96% of its members report they've lost all their income because of the pandemic and of course across the world, most women working within the film industry will be freelance, and so will men. having said that, women are coming from a slightly different position. historically, they've taken care of the bulk of the childcare and they haven't had the same opportunities in terms of pay, and in terms of advancement in their career. so just as it seems things were going great for women in the film industry, covid—19 has struck. well, emma, thank you very much indeed. and now let's take a look now at your report. i didn't see you at school today. i went to the doctor. what's wrong? girl problems. never rarely sometimes always, the third film by new yorker eliza

hitman, scooped the jury prizes at both the sundance and berlin film festivals. the story of a teenager, autumn, who travels to new york from the countryside to seek an abortion should be in cinemas this month. covid—19 means it's still coming out, but only online. i know this is hard. i don't know if a release strategy without theatrical enhances the audience necessarily. i do think that since we are in the middle of a global health crisis, that it might reach a vulnerable audience. last year, thanks to movies like frozen 2 and captain marvel, films directed by women made a record $1.7 billion in profits and women made about 15% of the top studio releases, a record. i believe in you, elsa. but many high—profile 2020 releases by women won't get a chance to build—up box

office figures despite their online releases. these include the assistant by kitty green, about a young woman who suspects the powerful media mogul she works for is a sexual predator. you know you can always come to us, right? come to us first, 0k. and haifaa al—mansour‘s the perfect candidate, about a woman standing for political office in saudi arabia. hi, how's it going? i like your study. director hope dixon leach‘s latest film, a short as part of the uncertain kingdom, a series of reflections on modern britain, is now coming out online. she's also a founder of raising films, to highlight the lack of work—life balance for parents and carers in the industry. i think everybody suddenly realises how important childcare is and how important caring for our more vulnerable members of society is and we can see that so much of this labour is normally done by women. so there's the issue of childcare,

precarious employment. what about the economics for production in the future, do you think? i think that fear is that after this, people will go backwards and they will be risk averse and women are still seen as a risk. there are millions of michelle and barack 0bamas. but given the many high—profile women of the world stage, this netflix documentary becoming, about michelle 0bama, is an all—female team behind it. campaigners for equality hope there is no going back. there is the social imperative that we know and then there is the business imperative. what all of the leading content creators have learned over the past few years is that you will make more money when you have content that is diverse and inclusive. and now the academy awards have made online—only film releases eligible for the 2021 oscars. tayarisha poe, whose first film selah and the spades is rleased on amazon, thinks it is time to rethink cinema.

i think that innovation is always necessary. whether there's a pandemic or not, we need to be rethinking how we are talking about distributing films and i wanted to make sure i was putting something out that as many people could see as possible, no matter where they were, no matter if they are watching it on the phone or computer, it doesn't matter to me, i just want people to have access to stories. nevertheless, most filmmakers aspire to one day making a big box office movie on a big screen. it's uncertain times for blockbusters such as mulan, wonder woman 1984, and black widow, all directed by women with multimillion—dollar budgets, pushed back to later this year when perhaps there'll be a cinema audience again. even now, the hopes of so many women to have their moment in the spotlight could be taken away in this seismic year. women in the film business have been quite

busy, despite the pandemic, rising to the challenge. from his living room in north london, matt floyd has been surveying the activities of three female film professionals. the coronavirus has had a devastating impact on the film industry all over the world and here in the uk, things are no different. it's a situation that has affected women more than men but while most of the industry is at a complete standstill at the moment, there is still some work that can be done. london—based filmmaker sally el hosaini is best known for writing and directing the award—winning british independent film my brother the devil. last year, she was signed up by working title films to sign up and direct the swimmers, the incredible story of the mardini sisters. having fled the syrian civil war as refugees, they found themselves on a sinking boat on the way to greece, forcing them to swim and push the boat to safety,

which saved the lives of all onboard. younger sister yusra went on to swim for the first ever refugee olympic team at the 2016 rio 0lympics. essentially, the film is a road movie across europe so logistically it is a complex project because we are filmin in multiple international locations so for the last year, we've been setting up the organisational side of things, developing the script father, finding our two lead actresses. we were four days away from filming. the tricky thing is, when you restart, you can'tjust continue where you left off. we don't know when turkey, for example, which is one of our main locations, will be for us to film in order for us to travel in. so with no immediate perspective being able to start shooting on the horizon, what can be done from home during a lockdown? the actors are continuing with their physical training over online and doing dialect work that they were doing, online. there has been a revisit

to the script, to make that even better. there will be a preproduction period that we to go back into when we get up and running again but certainly i've been working with all the heads of department online, basically. we've been trying to keep the momentum going. filmmakers are amongst those heavily affected by the virus, but there are some professions in the industry that can still keep busy. just outside london and also dealing with the lot down is editorjinx godfrey whose credits include the theory of everything and the recent hbo series chernobyl. she's also been forced to continue her latest project from home. i'm very fortunate that i can carry on working, you know, that we were two—thirds of the way through our production so there seemed no point packing it up and stopping it. we can continue and in fact, all postproduction on this project is going to happen remotely. more and more people are doing that on smaller productions. writing is another traditionally solitary profession.

0livia hetreed is the president of the writers guild of great britain and she believes that some good can come out of much of society having to work from home. yeah, i think there's a lot of people, notjust writers, i think that lockdown life, because it's such a kind of extraordinary opportunity, and it is, i think, notjust the virus itself but the effect on our lives and the time to think what's really important, and who the most important people in your life and who are the key workers who are keeping you going? we've all had to rethink that. for most, though, it's a question of waiting and hoping that they can get back to work sooner rather than later at once that time comes, how will the landscape of film and cinema have changed? i'm an optimist so i think the virus is going to positively affect our industry. i think that people are going to be sick of sitting in and watching lots and lots of telly, so i think this will probably mean that there is a shift away from television sets and people

will want a very real cinematic experience, so i think there's going to be a rise in cinemagoing as a result because people will want to leave their sofas and their houses and go and watch a film, and they won't take that for granted anymore. the controversial psychological horror film the controversial psychological horrorfilm and the controversial psychological horror film and satire american sucker has celebrated its 20th anniversary. it's a film that put its director, mary haran, on the map. she remains a fearless and adventurous filmmaker. so, how has she responded to lock down? as it startled her creative impulses or stimulated them? startled her creative impulses or stimulated them ? i startled her creative impulses or stimulated them? i have followed her career mostly over the years because i worked with her fleetingly many moons ago. so, i reached out to her by way of skype. mary. hi there, how are you? you don't look any

different from how you did 30 years ago when i first met you. well, neither do you! is nice of you to say that. what we're all going through is incredibly intense and dramatic. do you think because of what you are experiencing, it's going to change the kind of stories you want to tell of a film maker in the future? definitely. there is the feeling of his what i am working on still relevant? you are always working two or three things at once on the understanding that something is going to be delayed. and then you wonder, oh, iwonderwhat is going to be delayed. and then you wonder, oh, i wonder what this story will mean in four orfive mac wonder, oh, i wonder what this story will mean in four or five mac years —— five years, so it's hard to tell. we don't know whether the world will bounce back very shortly or whether we are actually entering an era of, which is by likely, a constant pandemic, one after another. that sounds quite dire. constant pandemic. i feel really bad for this

city and for people in less fortu nate city and for people in less fortunate circumstances, frankly. anybody who writes is in a very privileged position because we can isolate ourselves easily. there is a mr donald kimberly here to see you. who? detective donald kimberly. tell him i'm at lunch. american psycho is probably mary haran‘s best known film. it features an excellent performance by christian bale as an affluent performance by christian bale as an afflu e nt wall performance by christian bale as an affluent wall street investment banker who goes on a killing spree. it's based on the book by the same name, by bret easton ellis. it makes comments on violence and consumerism. it was controversial because of its graphic violence and some felt it was misogynistic. your film american psycho has celebrated its 20th anniversary. do you think

what is going on nowadays, it is a film that resonates differently from how did at the time you made it 20 yea rs how did at the time you made it 20 years ago? yeah, it's interesting because it was about a time when there was a very, you know, the book itself was about the late 80s, about a very obvious time of greed and disparity and very blatant luxury and very obvious homelessness and i felt that the terrible gulf between rich and poor never changed. it's obvious people in poor neighbourhoods are suffering more than people in wealthy neighbourhoods of people with money who can escape. in some ways, those very stark divisions the book was about our back again. he's been compared to elvis costello, but i think huey is a far more better, cynical sense of humour. at the time the film was somewhat controversial. what triggered the controversy? was it the explicit depictions of

violence, do you think? yeah, it was violence, do you think? yeah, it was violence against women and then i think people didn't see that there was a critique of the book, that it was a critique of the book, that it was being seen as a celebration of the character, when i think bret clearly meant it as both an attack and a satire on those kinds of people. but it's one of those things. those controversies that sort of exploded in the van 20 years later, the book and the film have achieved a certain position where, i'm surprised for the film how very accepted it is now. can i have a lemonade? just a minute. do you want to kill all the men in the world? no, i don't think that's necessary. her debut feature was i shot andy

warhol. she also made the picture the notorious betty page about a notorious pinup model. in yourfilm career you have told a lot of stories about women, but you don't really see yourself as a feminist filmmaker, do you? well, i would say i'm a feminist person. a feminist human being. they are only feminist if they are a reflection of me, i suppose, but i wouldn't say they are ideologicalfilms. suppose, but i wouldn't say they are ideological films. you suppose, but i wouldn't say they are ideologicalfilms. you know, with a direct political message. in terms of improving the lot of women filmmakers, do you think that the me too movement has been very effective? is it continuing to bring rewards to women in the film industry? i don't know if it's bringing rewards, i've been giving interviews with 25 years on women in film and hollywood. it used to be every year i give an interview about

it. for about almost 20 of those yea rs, it. for about almost 20 of those years, the answer was always the same, which is yes, it's getting a little better but it hasn't changed too much. 0ver little better but it hasn't changed too much. over the last five years i would say it has changed a great deal. so many women directors, young women directors. i think that's a combination of me too and gradual pushing back. finally, how has the pandemic changed you as a person, do you think? 0h, pandemic changed you as a person, do you think? oh, i pandemic changed you as a person, do you think? 0h, ithink it pandemic changed you as a person, do you think? oh, i think it would make me value the time left more acutely, i think. thank you for your time. no problem, tom. thank you so much. it's good to see you again. bye! there are many films you can go see what is now if you are seeking solace away from the realities of

the harsh world right now. emma solace has made a list of recommended films. only one woman has ever won an oscar for direction, that was catherine bigelow for the hurt locker, and jane campion took the palm door. despite this, there are so many the palm door. despite this, there are so many fabulous films by female directors and they are very easy to watch online and at home right now. do you have a secret? lost in translation by sophia coppola got this director an oscar for writing. and if by this stage you are missing the strangeness of exploring exchange places and forming connections with strangers, than what bill murray, giving one of his

most new —— lost —— nuanced performances. a man and a woman with an unspoken connection that can't go any further. plus, it's got a fabulous soundtrack, hand—picked by coppola. french director since goma has won thousands of new fans for her latest some short historical budget of a lady 0n her latest some short historical budget of a lady on fire, but try the electrifying girlhood, electrifying cannes film festival. a teenager trapped in the confines of the projects of paris and simmering with potential. a desire to break out and do something with her life when cleaning is what she is told is her only option. but her coming—of—age ending marks marion's

and —— ending of girlhood. lipstick under my bercow is a film written and directed in hindi by indian filmmaker alan kreet as sheriff star mark, and at first it was banned in india for being too lady oriented. certainly the film is about the emotions are four different women and their desires of freedom and personal lives and dissatisfaction with a society they feel is constricting them. it that explores the lives of a notre—dame teenage rabble who has two brokers in her pa re nts' factory. rabble who has two brokers in her parents' factory. a white used as a baby machine and a woman who longs for excitement and travel. it's a tragi—comedy deftly put together that exposes double standards for men and women, as well as critiquing

what makes a good woman. this languid period piece is set in 1902 in the deep american south. it's a story of three female generations who preserve their african way of life in pockets of the american south, but many of them were about to migrate north judy south, but many of them were about to migrate northjudy dust became the first african—american female filmmaker to get a cinema release for the film. an interest was revived when beyonce paid, as to the look of the movie and costumes in her visual album lemonade. catherine bigelow took on the blockbuster in 1991 and made into one of the greatest action movies of all time. point break starzak yellow greatest action movies of all time.

point break sta rzak yellow reeves greatest action movies of all time. point break starzak yellow reeves —— stars gianni reeves. diffused with a light that is only found in california, point break speaks of wide—open oceans, lifelong emotion, and life measured in risk rather than moments of safety. the message will probably confine two resonate —— the film will probably resonate more in confinement now than ever. that brings this week's episode to a close. you can find us on facebook and twitter. to me, tom brooke and the rest of the talking movies team, we leave you with a scene from lost in translation.

hello there. well, we may well be heading towards the middle part of may, but i'm sure yesterday felt more like winterfor some. take sennybridge in wales for example, with a temperature to start the day at —4.7. it was the coldest may night for 25 years in wales. further north, the wintery fun didn't stop there because in shetland we had some snow falling, and down south, relatively, in 0rkney, we had a bit of snow covering the grassy surfaces as well with that colder air arriving behind this cold front. now, as we go through the next few hours, that is pushing southwards. it's weakening all the while, but it's still going to be enough

just enough to knock down the temperatures a few degrees across eastern parts of england. so it is going to feel a little bit cooler as we head into wednesday. as i say, though, the front itself is going to disintegrate, so any rain will tend to die away over the next few hours. and in many ways, it's a reversal of fortunes compared with last night. england and wales, quite a lot of places frost—free. scotland, a sharp frost developing here. so, wednesday, a cold start to the day. scotland, northern england with some sunshine, a few showers across northern and eastern areas. and after a cloudy start across wales, parts of the midlands, east anglia, southern england, that cloud will probably tend to break up with some spells of sunshine coming through. and as for the wind, may sunshine is quite strong, so it probably will feel 0k. but underneath those cloudier moments, and particularly where it's breezy with the onshore winds, it will feel quite chilly. now for thursday, we've got the winds turning more to a north—westerly direction, not the warmest of directions, but it will be bringing some slightly less cold air in across scotland and northern ireland, with temperatures popping back up to around 12—14 degrees or so. it will be cloudy, there'll be some patches of rain at times across the north—west. bright skies further south. and then for friday, again, we've got another weak weather front working into the north—west

of scotland, bringing a few patches of rain here. otherwise, it's a dry picture with cloud thinning and breaking at times to give some sunny spells. temperatures rising, highs of 17 degrees in both london and cardiff. now, into the weekend, our area of high pressure that's been influencing the weather for a few days now begins to slip its way a little bit further southward whilst weakening. and that will allow these atlantic fronts to move in across northern areas of the uk. so, it will turn quite cloudy across northern parts, with the threat of some rain scotland, maybe northern ireland, too. england and wales, largely dry and bright and a bit milder for most as well.

welcome to bbc news — i'm mike embley. our top stories: needless deaths and suffering — the warning from the leading white house adviser on infectious diseases, if controls are relaxed too soon. if that occurs, there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you might not be able to control. afg hanistan‘s president orders security forces to resume offensive operations against islamist groups — after a horrific attack on a maternity hospital. keeping up the financial support for seven and a half million people — the government in the uk extends itsjobs furlough scheme until october. after the lockdown, china's economy is bouncing