the standout home cinema release this week is clemency — a haunting death row drama from writer/director chinonye chukwu — with an astonishing central performance by alfre woodard. four hours from the execution, all communication with outside parties will cease, that includes miss lumetta, friends, family members, but you can be with the chaplain the entire day — all the way through the procedure. you will have to take your clothes off, wear the shirt, the pants and shoes issued to you. when it's time for the procedure, you will be walked to the chamber. woodard plays bernadine williams, warden at a maximum—security prison who prides herself on treating her inmates with dignity as they move through incarceration to whatever awaits — whether that be freedom or death. do you have any family that would like to claim your body? yet despite the professional facade, bernadine has doubts about herjob,

accentuated when a botched procedure reveals the true horror of execution. how do you keep doing it? i do myjob. you've given me hope. meanwhile, anthony woods, played by aldis hodge is running out of time after 15 years on death row. his lawyer, played by richard schiff, has uncovered plentiful evidence throwing doubt out on his conviction for murder. but hope of a reprieve is still fading, leaving both jailed and jailer facing a terrible end. i can't do this on my own any more. that sense of the toll the death penalty takes on all whom touches runs throughout chukwu's intelligent drama, in which everyone is at the end of their tether — from the warden to the lawyer to the prison chaplain — all of whom seem to be experiencing a form of collective ptsd. i don't see how it's going to work — living with an empty shell

of a wife. at the centre of it all is woodard, who conveys so much about her character's history and situation through her stance and stoicism, the modulation of her voice, even the rhythm of her breath. applause too to hodge, who memorises as the inmate facing death, even as new life presents itself — albeit at a distance. i'm here and now with you. beautifully lensed by eric branco, and evoctively scored by the greats catherine bostic, this is a powerful thoughtful piece of cinema, taken to the next level by the sheer calibre of its performances. you can find it on curzon home cinema or on the bohemian media platform — where viewers can also choose to donate half of the revenue to a participating cinema, charity or film collective of their choosing.

in the early 1930's, luis bunuel who garnered praise and outrage alike with large door directed one of the strangest pseudo—documentaries ever filmed— los hurdes — or land without bread — a brutal portrait of life in one of the poorest regions of spain. now with bunel in the labyrinth of the turtles, available on bf iplayer, salvador has made an equally strange animated feature about the creation of las hurdes — which similarly defies categorisation. adapted from a graphic novel by furmen sarris, the film centres on the friendship between the artist and friend who agreed to finance the movie if he won the lottery, which he promptly did.

unable to control bunuel‘s increasingly outrageous creative urges, he finds himself questioning the entire nature of the project — in which he has invested time, money and most importantly, trust. manuel galiana — who served as animation director on the brilliant chico and rita once again works simple wonders with the visuals, which are starkly intercut with live—action footage from this film. be warned, orchestrated animal suffering and death is a recurrent feature of las hurdes, and he does not shy away from this unpalatable truth. act really cool, just act cool. i've got two... ..persons with disabilities. ..persons with disabilities and a blind guy. excuse me, it's visually impaired. visually impaired gentlemen. which one of you is driving? it's sort of a team effort.

back in 2007, bbc film, for one night only, told the story of asta philpot who was born with arthrogryposis and who travelled to a legal brothel in spain to lose his virginity. philpot‘s story has since inspired several feature films, the award—winning 2011 belgian pick hasta la vista, the 2016 dutch film, adios amigos, and now a third incarnation, come as you are, an american version of the same story which is available to rent from several premium platforms. seriously, toss it out the window, they can track us. boe, you too. did he just throw his phone out? i'm not throwing my phone out. grant rosen meyer, hayden zito and ravi patel are scotty, matt and moe, the trio who arrange a road trip to montreal against the wishes of parents and carers who still treat them as children. my sim card, i threw out my sim card. so stupid. driving the bus is sam, engagingly played by gabourey sidibe who was 0scar nominated in 2010 for a breakthrough role in precious.

i'm not your mama, i'm not your girlfriend, and as long as you are 100% honest with me, we are good. let's get in the van. come as you are clearly has a both an impressive pedigree and a sturdy story, which is refreshingly funny, frank and fearless on the subject of the sexual needs and rights of the disabled. it's no surprise that reviews are being filled with phrases like "feel—good" and "heart—warming". but it's also not surprising that the film has attracted criticism for failing to cast actors with disabilities in the lead roles. rosen meyer — who stars and also produces — insists that logistics limited their opportunities, while director richard wong asserts that the film's message was so positive, it was worth any backlash. it's true that some of the smaller roles do feature actors with disabilities, including philpot himself, who makes a cameo appearance as indeed he did in the 2011 film. come as you are. it's also true that come as you are, which is both entertaining

and touching is a rare example of a mainstream sex comedy that doesn't fit cookie—cutter mould. but in an age where movies as varied as my feral heart, peanut butter falcon and even the current release, ride like a girl, are proving the positive power of diverse casting. it's a real shame that come as you are wasn't able to follow their lead. kat malone, jane berman, power cords music management, we are on the list. not on the list. you are incompetent. you call yourself a pa and you can't even remember to phone and get my name on the list? what? you heard me come you skinny leg goggle eyed berger brain reject. you're fired. harsh. don't even bother coming into work tomorrow? miss malone, i found your name. kat malone, plus one. my mistake. one of the surprise treats of 2018 was anna and the apocalypse, a christmas zombie

musical, yes, really. boasting a star making central performance by ella hunt. i'm kat malone, a music scout, why don't you and i grab a seat and talk management. hunt takes the title role again in kat and the band a sweet—natured hannah montana—style fantasy in which our heroine as a schoolgirl by day, aspiring rock manager by night. roles which must be kept separate and secret. dollar days are the band with whom kat hopes to make her mark, unhindered by the fact that she's in the middle of her mocks and has zero experience of organising a gig, let alone a tour. a warm welcome to dollar days! thank heavens the band members include actual rock star, duggee pointer, the basist of mcfly, who, regular viewers will remember costarred in the silly horror thriller, the host, which came out on digital back in april. we've gone viral! this is altogether more enjoyable,

just don't go expecting a hard—hitting behind the scenes expose. it's essentially a teen fairy tale in doc martens, buoyed up by hunt's likeable presence of, accompanied by the tunes of some velvet morning, and even posting a cameo by badly drawn boy, as an unlikely knight in shining armour. thank you so much for the. no worries, my pleasure. it's available on a range of platforms now. we've died and gone to heaven, boys. man, you kidding me, look at this. this place is bigger than roseland. it's bigger than my whole neighbourhood in queens. all of us brings us to ghosts of war, a horror war movie hybrid with one of the most audaciously silly late in the day plot twists of recent memory. don't worry, i'm not going to spoil it for you. suffice to say that while silence may be required of an audience in a cinema, watching this at home, it's perfectly acceptable

to go, "what?" we open in the later stages of world war ii, where billy zane makes a suspiciously brief cameo before a group of american soldiers take command of an eerie mansion. so what's wrong with the joint? i mean, if this place like coney island, what is the rush? what evil forces are at work here? apart from the obvious evil forces of the nazis and world war ii, and what was all that stuff with billy zane? ghosts of war is written and directed by eric bress, whose previous credits include the butterfly effect, which should give you some idea of where this is all going. it's a strange mix of the quite creepy and the utterly ridiculous, like an extended edition of the twilight zone, longer yet somehow less substantial. if you leave, you die! that's it for this week, thanks for watching the film review, stay safe, and i will be back next week with more home viewing treats. 0k, you've got this.

and need you to hit the easy brake, easy brake in a little bit more, little bit more. harder. harder, harder! stop! what are you blind? well, a weather front that first moved into scotland and northern ireland from thursday night is still bringing some cloud and rain across parts of southeast england in the day ahead. where is for us as defined sunday on the way. here's a weather front which has clearly been very slowly moving south across the uk. that won't clear away from southeast england until tonight. this is how things are shaping up. warm, muggy start to the south clearing away from wales maybe still a bit towards parts of the midlands. into southern england as the day starts. where else where it's a fine and quite cool start to the day. you get the sunshine few showers run across scotland mainly towards the north and the west. but northern ireland,

northern england, wales increasingly into the midlands gradually to southwest england they will be some sunshine. across much of east anglia and southeast england still cloud even at this stage of the afternoon. still some petty rain around some of us here too. still some patchy rain around some of us here too. the most part temperatures just into the teens with up quite a change from yesterday was so warm and humid. change compared to saturday's washout. with the sunshine in the day ahead as we go on through sunday evening still a bit of rain towards essex and kent. it will finally clear away. along with that weather front at last, keeping a few showers across parts of northwest scotland. as much of the uk will be dry going into monday morning. and cooler across the board, many of us will be into single figures as monday begins. with the ridge of high pressure building into monday and tuesday for that matter. a lot of dry weather, dry everywhere because still around that ridge of high pressure

there will still be a few showers coming in. especially into scotland but during monday there is a chance of catching northern ireland as parts of northern england as well. both england and wales will stay dry. a cool start to the day temperatures recover in some sunny spells but we still mainly talking temperatures into the high teens. just a few spots getting into the low 20s. so, most stay dry again on tuesday by wednesday we will see a bit of rain into parts of northern ireland. especially scotland for as much as england as well a chance of a shower later in the week will stay dry.

this is bbc news: i'm maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia's ambassador to the uk rejects allegations his country interfered in british politics — or tried to steal vaccine research. i don't believe in this story at all. there is no sense in it. there is no sense in it. a record single—day increase in global, coronavirus infections — as nearly 260 thousand new cases are recorded in 2a hours. us presidents from across the political divide pay tribute tojohn lewis — an iconic figure of the american civil rights movement.