this is bbc world news, the headlines... the united states has passed seven million confirmed coronavirus cases. that's according to johns hopkins university. it's the highest number in the world, with india second at 5.8 million cases and brazil third with 4.7 million. a police officer who died after being shot at a police station in croydon, south london, on friday has been named as matt ratana. he was 5a. lawyers for breonna taylor, the woman killed by police in her own home in the united states, call for full transparency over the investigation into her death. the late us supreme courtjudge, ruth bader ginsburg, has become the first woman in american history to lie in state in the capital building in washington.

at ten o'clock, clive myrie will be here with the bbc news at ten. now, in a change of schedule, it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. the standout new release this week is missjuneteenth, the directorial feature debut from channing godfrey peoples,

whose cv includes writing credits on tv series queen sugar. turquoisejones. is that you? i haven't seen you since the pageant. it slipped my mind that you have a daughter old enough to be in the pageant. set in fort worth, texas, this very engaging drama follows a former pageant winner whose daughter is now competing for the same title that her mother won years ago. what's her problem? i beat her. nicole beharie is turquoisejones, the one—time beauty queen now juggling shifts at the local diner— bar at the funeral parlor juggling shifts at the local diner— bar and the funeral parlor while trying to ensure that teenager kai gets the breaks she never had. not only will you represent your beautiful selves, but our history as well. turquoise desperately wants her headstrong daughter to win missjuneteenth, a pageant celebrating

the belated freeing of slaves in texas onjune the 19th, 1865, a full two and a half years after the emancipation proclamation of 1863. that sense of delayed or deferred emancipation runs throughout the film, as turquoise continues to battle against inequality as a working single mother who found herself unable to pursue her own aspirational dreams. pick up your salad fork. yet despite this strong, historical, political underpinning, it's the warm and empathetic trail of day—to—day life that shines through peoples‘ film. having grown up in fort worth, she understands the rhythms and the resilience of this community, clearly relishing the blend of true grit and true beauty that lies at the heart of herfilm. that's my baby! it's no surprise that both mother and daughter should turn to maya angelou's phenomenal woman as a defining mantra, although the differing ways that each interpret that poem speaks volumes about the changing

world in which they live. you can find missjuneteenth in cinemas and on vod platforms now. jonathan, um... this is amazing. oh, no, no. he won't. i've had one before. when? well, it's illegal, so, you're not getting any. so is killing grandma. 0h, nice comeback, kiddo! in bille august's acclaimed 2014 danish drama silent heart, a woman suffering from a terminal disease gathers her family around her for one last weekend after which she plans to take her own life with the help of her husband. now, original screenwriter christian torpe has revisited and rewritten the silent heart screenplay for the english—language remake, blackbird. hey! susan sarandon steps into the central role of the feisty grandmother whose chalk and cheese daughters join their father

and their mother's best friend for what turns out to be an early christmas dinner. can we all behave as normally as possible? over a couple of days, old wounds are reopened and hidden grievances uncovered, with contrived revelations, recriminations and inevitable reconciliations wheeled out in shopping list fashion. you cured me. i cured you. 0k, tmi, tmi! there's something fantastically formulaic and uncomfortably comfortable about the way this all plays out. it's kind of like ajohn lewis ad for euthanasia. but with a cast this good which includes sam neill, kate winslet, mia wasikowska and the great lindsay duncan, it's hard to avoid getting just a little involved. it helps that director roger michell, whose credits include notting hill, the mother and le week—end, really understands the architecture of dramatic, domestic interiors, making the most of the largely housebound settings, aided by peter gregson‘s stirring but sparingly used score. you up yet? i'm dead soon.

you coming down? having been released digitally to little fanfare on monday, blackbird comes to dvd from the 28th. do you remember my mother? she read stories to you when you were very young. yeah, i have a vague remembrance of that. he speaks vietnamese my vietnamese isn't very good any more, do you mind telling him that for me? in the vietnam—set british drama monsoon, crazy rich asians star henry golding plays kit, a young man returning to the country of his birth for the first time in decades. your english is very good. better than your vietnamese. having fled with his family as a child, kit is now back to scatter his mother's ashes, but encounters with estranged relatives and a handsome young american whose father fought in the vietnam war make him question his purpose, his heritage and his identity. directed with understated

flair by hong khaou, who made the affecting 2014 drama lilting, this is a very low—key mood piece that melds kit‘s own personal journey with a portrait of modern vietnam as a country in flux, evolving and changing as rapidly as this prodigal son. beautifully shot by benjamin kracun, whose anagrammatical credits include both beast and beats, this may prove too underplayed for viewers longing for big, emotional climaxes. you can really make something of yourself here. but i liked its refusal to shift into melodrama, encouraging the viewer to see the bigger picture and appreciate the sense of place. monsoon is in a few cinemas and on digital now. bands would be cool. such as? simple minds. we bought how much? we'd like to book pink floyd and fleetwood mac.

you complete and utter fanny. we decided to book one of your more up—and—coming bands, iron maiden. who? the winner of the audience award at the edinburgh international film festival last year, schemers is a biographical inspired romp by music promoter turned first time film director dave mclean that's currently playing in uk cinemas. conor berry stars as davie, a young chancer who we first meet being chased down a scottish street in a freeze—frame manner which doesn't so much recall trainspotting as simply sample it. if this movie was a pop tune, the copyright writs would be flying. gig cancelled. promoter dead. from there, we follow our feckless antihero as he attempts to put on a string of increasingly ambitious gigs, culminating in a make or break iron maiden concert which may or may not come together. i'm out on the streets trying to find a bunch ofjakies to fill the positions. anyone who saw the brilliant belfast—based feature good vibrations will know that it's possible to make an utterly wonderful movie about a gaudy presenter staging an against—the—odds gig that

will leave audiences cheering. but whilst glenn leyburn and lisa barros d'sa's masterpiece tugged brilliantly at the underdog heartstrings, schemers is less lovable and, let's be honest, less originalfair. sorry, what are you trying to say? many of the roles are little more than thumbnail caricatures. even davie himself doesn't offer much to root for or sympathise with. yet conor berry is clearly a star on the rise, and while schemers may be flawed, i predict we'll see a lot more of berry up on the big screen in the future. back in 2018, belgian film—maker lukas dhont‘s girl, a fictional drama about a trans teenager who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, became the subject of heated controversy. now, the french documentary petite fille, little girl, offers an engaging and empathetic portrait of an eight—year—old

whose gender dysphoria sets her and her parents at odds with a school system unready or unwilling to adapt to change. remarkable for its intimate access to sasha and herfamily, little girl, which is in selected cinemas and on curzon home cinema, presents not only an up close and personal portrait of specific hot topic issues, but also an engaging and insightful look at the universal traumas of childhood and parenting. whatever your views going into this documentary by sebastien lifshitz, you'll come out wishing only the best for the film's wholly sympathetic subject and hoping that the world really is changing for the better. i'm going to speak to you like an adult because i expect you to act like one. you're not at the neighbours'. i know you're in the woods behind the house. now, alleged funny man kevinjames starred in some of the most horrifyingly unfunny comedies

of all time, including i now pronounce you chuck and larry, grown—ups and of course, paul blart: mall cop one and two. so, it kind of makes sense that his new film becky is a horror—inflicted thriller in which james is actually meant to make the audience feel deeply uncomfortable. in a role originally pegged for simon pegg, james plays a neo—nazi prison escapee who terrorises a family in a remote lake house while searching for a mysterious key. where's becky? lulu wilson is the young teenager who takes on the baddies with blood splattered, diy aplomb, cranking out what the bbfc have labelled "18—rated, bloody violence and gore", but what horror fans will call a delightfully nostalgic throwback to the good old days of the video nasties. from the co—directors of 2017's bushwick, becky feels a bit like home alone meets you're next, albeit without the wit of the former or the white knuckle scares of the latter.

wilson makes a feisty final girl, dispatching villains with brutal aplomb. you didn't call on me once, sweetheart. you didn't call anyone, sweetheart. as for kevinjames, he seems less creepy every time he speaks, which is peculiar because that's the exact opposite of what usually happens. you can see for yourself when becky becomes available online on monday. i'll leave you with news that as fires continue to burn in the us, ron howard's national geographic documentary rebuilding paradise is in select cinemas, offering a terrifying, if not particularly investigative account of the tragedy which befell the titular town in 2018, and a more uplifting tale of the indomitable community who survived the disaster. we're coming back! cheering also, if you were watching the film review back injune and were intrigued by my review of the austrian thriller you can find it on mubi. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review.

stay safe, and i'll be back next week. do you know there's more deciduous trees in norway than the entire continent of africa? that's fascinating, dad. isn't it? hey, welcome to click. don't know about you, but the weather has turned very autumnal around these parts and as expected, the restrictions are being tightened up as the numbers here rise. here we go then. 0n the way into winter. lara, how are you doing? i have actually been a little bit under the weather this week. don't worry, not coronavirus,

but it did get me thinking that if i'm ever unwell it would be quite handy to just have a spare version. so i have been working on a virtual version of me. i mean, we are a technology programme. yeah, we are, but we have always said is that the danger, right? if ever the create a convincing version of us then we are out of a job, right? hi, spencer, i'm virtual lara. ok, you may not be fooled, but do you think anyone else will notice? what was that?! where did that come from? i was created by ai video generation platform synthesia. it seems that anyone can have a virtual them. what do you think? i think that is absolutely incredible. i think the only thing that didn't fully was the lip sync. i think the only thing that didn't fool me was the lip sync. your mouth was doing something weird, like you had just come out of the dentist or something. but that is brilliant. can we bring up the real lara? what have they done here? have they basicallyjust reanimated your mouth? yes, well, it was quite frightening to see how wonky my mouth actually is. i've never noticed that before.

but the purpose of this is that it could be used for something like corporate training videos where a familiar face, or even calling people by their names could be helpful. 0k, how did you make it? i had to make a video of me presenting the exact same thing five times. now, to do this, i needed to follow their guidelines which included sitting rather still, not moving my arms and not getting too animated. which, for me, felt rather unnatural. so i was expecting the end result to be a little bit strange as a result of that. but once you have made that video, they are able to use it with all your different mouth movements to add whatever sound you have given them, making it look as though you actually saying it. now, they can do it using one of their voices or your own. and it also means that there is the opportunity to be able to give you different accents or even make you speak in different languages. american accent: hi, spencer, and the new virtual lara. american accent: hi, spencer, i'm the new virtual lara. she speaks spanish. si, si, excellent spanish. thank you. somebody who can tell us a little bit more about the purpose