footsteps shaping up as a possible contender for a forthcoming oscar nominations for his standout performance in the united states vs billie holiday. i love you, billie! i'm not nervous up here tonight. all these reporters keep asking me, "billie, why do the things you doing? why don't you be like this person or that person?" this is what i tell them. music taking its title from the 1947 court case which resulted in holiday being sentenced to a year and a day possession of narcotics, the movie paints holiday as a target of a vindictive campaign by a racist war on drugs bureaucrat harry anslinger, played by garrett hedlund. # there ain't nothing i can do or nothing i can say. believing that performances of a lynching themed balance

strange fruit to be a call to arms, anslinger sets agent jimmy fletcher on holiday's case with instructions to infiltrate her inner circle and bring her down. you've heard those lyrics, they provoke people. # blood on the leaves and blood at the root. written by pulitzer prize winners suzan—lori parks and directed by lee daniels who made precious and the butler this retelling of holiday's story imagines a relationship between the singer and the federal agent sent to spy on her. understandable, when he's played by the broodingly handsome travanti rhodes, who made such an impact in the moonlight. it reminds them that they're killing us. ironically undercuts the more powerful narrative about holiday's roles of a voice of civil rights activism and the authorities�* desire to silence her by any means necessary. it doesn't help that daniels, who's always been a gleefully

unruly director, throws the audience several stylistic cu rve balls. careening wildly from stagey interviews to hallucinatory horrors and audacious musical interludes giving the drama a districtjointed episodic air. what saves the film from falling apart, however, is day, whose performance in the title role is utterly mesmerising. while the movie itself may be chaotic, she keeps it grounded in reality. perfectly capturing the poise in raw power of her character. the united states vs billie holiday is available now on sky cinema. music from one revolutionary musical figure to another, with poly styrene: i am a cliche a moving and engaging documentary presented

and co—directed by the punk icon�*s daughter, celeste bell. everybody�*s looking desperately to our time where they want identify with things themselves. and that's what that's about. born from anglo—somali parentage in 1957, marianne joan elliott—said was a young wannabe fashion designer and pop reggae singer whose life was transformed by seeing in early sex pistols gig on hastings pier. reinventing herself as poly styrene, she put in ad in the paper for musical young punks and formed x—ray spex, who had a string of hits like germfree adolescents. and, the day the world turned day—glo. but it was the anthemic i'll bondage yours which became poly styrene�*s battlecry. a thrillingly catchy burst of rage against oppression which would inspire a generation of post punk—riot girls. i find a kind of solace in retracing herfootsteps. when poly styrene died

at the age of 53, celeste found herself the keeper of her mother's legacy, a role she initially resisted. but in this terrifically intimate documentary we find her sifting through the pages of poly styrene�*s to life — from her incarceration in a psychiatric institution to her times with the hare krishna movement and her growing relationship with her daughter with whom she worked on her acclaimed album, generation indigo. i want to go back to africa. and find my heritage. with a rare archive material and diary entries read by ruth negga, i am a cliche, which takes its title from one of poly�*s songs, is fascinating fare. offering a thrilling and sometimes heartbreaking account of a trailblazer who was hailed in tony parsons�* and julie birchill�*s obituary of rock and roll, the boy looked atjohnny as punks reigning queen. blessed with the finest imagination of her generation. on the strength of this doc that's no overstatement. although the film manages

to balance the cultural impact of poly styrene�*s public image with more personal tales with very affecting results. glasgow film festival hosts the world premiere of poly styrene: i am a cliche on saturday the 27th. and it's released across the uk and ireland through virtual cinema screenings from march the fifth. now, back in 2003, the unashamedly stupid 70s slasher throwback wrong turn served up a bunch of youngsters getting lost in the remote forests of west virginia. where monstrous inbred cannibals proceeded to kill and dismember them. kind of like deliverance meets the hills have eyes, but the only brains on the menu were those being eaten by the locals. it's gory fun but not much more than that. astonishingly, wrong turn spawned not one, not two, but five sequels and prequels to which another instalment has now been added in the shape of a reboot penned by original screen writer alan b mcelroy. the story people here but don't talk about — except in whispers. anyone who goes up there... what is this place?

..they don't come back. in this shiny, new incarnation of wrong turn, youngsters hiking the appalachian trail who clearly haven't seen any of the previous instalments, decide to ignore local warnings to stick to the path and head off in search of a civil war fortress in the forest where they are terrorised and tortured by antler—wearing isolationists who call themselves the foundation. meanwhile, matthew modine plays the worried parent who goes in search of his missing daughter who finds himself stumbling into a hillbilly remake of midsommar. shot in muted tones of washed out tones that recall the look of wes craven�*s last house on the left, this wrong turn is certainly more thoughtful than its predecessor. allowing its characters

to discuss themes of racism, class prejudice, sexuality and the politics of barbarism before crushing their skulls with tree trunks, throwing them in pointy animal traps and skewering them with red—hot pokers. come on, help me pull him out. while none of this can be described as "original", it is at least pleasantly diverting, in a squishily unpleasant way. ok, so the plot makes no sense whatsoever and there is little of the genuinely disturbing violence begets violence and themes of the 70s classics to which this pays homage. but director mike p nelson does pull off a few haunting set pieces charlotte vega makes a convincing final girl foil to bill sage�*s bearded cult leader. wrong turn is available on digital platforms now with a blu—ray release scheduled for may. cheering if you're looking for a smart blu—ray purchase right now, then check out the bfi's release of mogul mowgli, starring an co—written by the great riz ahmed.

music he plays z, a rapper who struck down by a debilitating sickness on the brink of his first world tour. and who finds himself facing a future as uncertain as the identity he struggles to define. i'm outstanding because i stand out. and where i'm standing is going to be great. ahmed has called mogul mowgli a soothy—horror musical with elements of comedy. and it's every bit unusual as that description implies. mumbling this is an impressively unpredictable hybrid that grabs the audiences attention and draws as deep into the world of 2's highly personal experience. it's well worth your attention. # all i can eat while i'm on this vacation, all i can take �*fore it breaks in.# i'll leave you with news of another blu—ray release the criterion collection addition of wes anderson's 2014 gem, the grand budapest hotel. hold it. who are you? i'm zero, sir. the new lobby boy. zero, you say? yes, sir. well, i've never heard of you,

never laid eyes on you. who hired you? mr mosher, sir. mr mosher! yes, sir? do i understand you surreptitiously hired this man in the position of a lobby boy? he's been engaged for a trial. pending your approval, of course. _ perhaps, yes. thank you. you're welcome. featuring terrific performances by cast that includes ralph fiennes and tilda swindon, this brilliantly oddball madcap affair contains everything you would want from an anderson caper. art theft, murder, love, prison breaks, on the steam trains, cable cars, occupying armies, dead cats, clandestine orders of fraternal concierges and elaborate cakes. do you think i did it? hey! all comes with a host of extras including commentary of behind the scenes footage. although, personally i prefer to just lose myself

in the movie. which is one of anderson's funniest and most tightly wound confections. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe and i'll see you next week. if i learn you have a finger on my mother's body, living or dead... i go to bed with all my friends. hello, i haven't got the best weather memory but i would hazard a guess that this is going to be one of the quieter weather weekends of the year so far. that's no bad thing. barely any rain out there, some occasional sunshine, fairly chilly at night. frost, fog a possibility, but it is all very quiet with high pressure right across us, just one weak weather front moving into that area of high pressure and that just lingers with a bit of cloud as we go through the weekend, barely any rain left with it by saturday morning but the cloud will have kept temperatures up overnight and into the morning through parts of scotland and northern ireland. it's eastern scotland, more especially in england and wales with the frost, maybe down to “4 or —5 in the coldest parts of southern england in the countryside, a few fog patches, parts of wales, west midlands and south—west england gradually clearing. and still maybe a bit of light rain to parts

of northern ireland and southern scotland but that will tend to fizzle out and bring just a bit more cloud further south into parts of northern england during the day. elsewhere, well, there will be some areas of cloud around but there will be sunny spells, too and temperatures to several degrees above the average for the end of february. still, that strip of thicker cloud across parts of northern england and northern ireland, the odd spot of drizzle perhaps overnight and into sunday. away from that will be some areas of cloud, some clear spells, a few fog patches around, but not widely as clear as friday night and into saturday morning, so that means the frost isn't going to be as widespread. so, just pockets of frost on sunday morning, some fog patches gradually clearing. still from that decaying weather front, that strip of thicker cloud from northern england into northern ireland, there could be a stray shower. though the vast majority will have a dry day. again, with some cloud but also some sunny spells. and for the most part winds are light, quite breezy in north—west scotland and windier towards the south coast of england into south—west england and south wales on sunday, where it's likely to feel a little bit cooler and generally temperatures are just a degree or two down on sunday. now, there's a greater chance

of more widespread mist and fog as monday begins. it will make for a colder day, especially on monday where that fails to clear. but high pressure�*s still around for much if not all of next week. just a little weather disturbance running up across western parts on tuesday may bring a few showers, but that'll be the extent of it. and after briefly colder at the start of the week, temperatures head up again before it turns a bit colder again later in the week.

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: us intelligence officials say saudi arabia's crown prince personally approved an operation that killed the journalist jamal khashoggi. another abduction of schoolchildren in nigeria. more than 300 girls have been taken. president biden visits texas to see how it's recovering from the freezing weather that left millions without power or clean water. more good news on the effectiveness of covid vaccines — a british study shows even a single dose of the pfizerjab helps stop the virus spreading. an iceberg, the size of greater london, breaks off from the antarctic ice—shelf. scientists say the split is due to natural processes, rather than climate change.

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