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 parlour 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 on june the 19th, 1865, a full two and a half years after the emancipation proclamation of 1863. that sense of delay 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 portrayal 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 her film. 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 personaljourney 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. 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 need 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 originalfare. 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. becky, i'm going to speak to you like an adult because i expect you to act like one. through radio: 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. screaming. 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. i don't have your stupid key! wilson makes a feisty final girl, dispatching villains with brutal aplomb. you didn't call on me once, sweetheart. as for kevin james, 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 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... 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 non—deciduous trees in norway than the entire continent of africa? that's fascinating, dad. isn't it? the cold winds are still with us on

sunday especially if you live close to the north sea coast. so many of us tore the west will have a very decent sunday. let's have a very decent sunday. let's have a very decent sunday. let's have a look at the satellite picture. still sandwiched between two weather systems, low—pressure scented in europe there and a set of weather fronts coming off the atlantic. in this gap here and the skies have remained clear and that is also leading to a touch of frost across parts of scotland. with the winds are light here around the lowlands, nor the island to be down to5 lowlands, nor the island to be down to 5 degrees but notice the winds have remained strong, the temperatures are around double figures early on sunday morning. you can see from the arrows the winds are still blowing from the north fourth of actually dragging in a fairamount of fourth of actually dragging in a fair amount of cloud to the northeast of england, yorkshire, east anglian air and the southeast 01’ east anglian air and the southeast or times london, norge, east anglian air and the southeast ortimes london, norge, to east anglian air and the southeast or times london, norge, to newcastle it will be cloudy, 15 degrees on the thermometer do the same too bad but

it will feel chilly. much better weather out towards the west. 0n monday there will be a change in the wind direction. we lose the northerly but also come these milder, weather, westerlies, that will be the theme for the next few days and that does mean that the weather is going to turn a lot more settled. 0n weather is going to turn a lot more settled. on monday we talk about a bit of cloud or ring splashing through northern ireland during the afternoon, maybe reaching the northwest of england and wales but generally speaking where the sun comes out on monday having lots that northerly wind, temperatures get up to around 17 or 18 degrees. it shouldn't feel too bad at all. on tuesday we are between weather fronts. when exiting into the north sea and another various low—pressure heading our way but tuesday is not looking too bad at all. some decent sunday spells around but after that, pretty much from wednesday onwards, powerful jet stream is pretty much from wednesday onwards, powerfuljet stream is going to send a series of low pressures in our

direction so that means that the temperatures might be rising because this is over all milder atlantic air but also come the clouds and the increasing winds. from wednesday onwards the weather is not looking too great for some of us. goodbye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president trump nominates the conservative judge amy coney barrett for the us supreme court in a move that could have a major impact on landmark legal rulings. today, it is my honour to nominate one of our nation's most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the supreme court. i fully understand that this is a momentous decision for a president, and if the senate does me the honour of confirming me, i pledge to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. thousands of university students across the uk are forced into lockdown for two weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases on campuses. some say they feel trapped and are worried