tv The Film Review BBC News February 28, 2021 6:45pm-7:00pm GMT
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ol mics. ~ . , ., ., olympics. what they mean then for ou to -- olympics. what they mean then for you to -- what _ olympics. what they mean then for you to -- what will _ olympics. what they mean then for you to -- what will it _ olympics. what they mean then for you to -- what will it mean - olympics. what they mean then for you to -- what will it mean for- olympics. what they mean then for you to -- what will it mean for you | you to —— what will it mean for you to win a medal in 2022? to you to -- what will it mean for you to win a medal in 2022?— you to -- what will it mean for you to win a medal in 2022? to get back on the slopes _ to win a medal in 2022? to get back on the slopes and _ to win a medal in 2022? to get back on the slopes and to _ to win a medal in 2022? to get back on the slopes and to win _ to win a medal in 2022? to get back on the slopes and to win a _ to win a medal in 2022? to get back on the slopes and to win a medal. to win a medal in 2022? to get back| on the slopes and to win a medal and represent the lgbtq, it would be my proud community achievement. if you proud community achievement. if you want to see — proud community achievement. if you want to see more _ proud community achievement. if you want to see more of _ proud community achievement. if you want to see more of that _ proud community achievement. if you want to see more of that from - proud community achievement. if you want to see more of that from gus kenworthy it is on the bbc sport website. that's all from sportsday. coming up on bbc news, it's the film review. of your own home. theme music back in the early �*70s, diana ross
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earned the best actress oscar nomination for playing jazz legend billie holiday in lady sings the blues. now, rise up singer andra day is following in ross's footsteps, shaping up as a possible contender for a forthcoming oscar nominations for her standout performance in the united states vs billie holiday. woman: i love you, billie! i'm not nervous up here tonight. all these reporters keep asking me "billie, why you do the things you do?" or "why don't you be like this person, or that person? " this is what i tell them. band plays jazz music. applause. taking its title from the 1947 court case which resulted in holiday being sentenced to a year and a day for possession of narcotics, the movie paints holiday as the target of a vindictive campaign by a racist, war—on—drugs bureaucrat harry anslinger, played by garrett hedlund. # there ain't nothing i can't do or nothing i can't say.
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believing her performances of a lynching—themed ballad strange fruit to be a call to arms, anslinger sets agentjimmy 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 winner 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 trevante rhodes, who made such an impact in moonlight. it reminds them that they're killing us. yet focusing on their speculative conflicted romance ironically undercuts the more powerful narrative about holiday's role as of a voice of civil rights activism, and the authorities�* desire to silence her by any means necessary.
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# ..the twisted mouth... it doesn't help that daniels, who's always been a gleefully unruly director, throws the audience several stylistic curve balls, careening wildly from stagey interviews to hallucinatory horrors and audacious musical interludes, giving the drama a disjointed episodic air. # ..that sudden smell... 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 both the elegant poise and raw power of her character. #..crop... the united states vs billie holiday is available now on sky cinema. # identity is the crisis, # can't you see? from one revolutionary musical figure to another,
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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 child, identifying them with one thing instead of themselves, and that's what that's about. born of anglo—somali parentage in bromley in 1957, mariannejoan elliott—said was a young wannabe fashion designer and pop reggae singer whose life was transformed by seeing an early sex pistols gig on hastings pier. reinventing herself as poly styrene, she put an 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 dayglo, but it was the anthemic oh bondage up yours! which became poly styrene's battle cry — a thrillingly catchy burst of rage against oppression which would inspire a generation of post—punk riot girls. celeste bell: | find a kind of. solace in retracing her footsteps.
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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 life — from her incarceration in a psychiatric institution to her time 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 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 burchill�*s obituary of rock and roll: the boy looked atjohnny as punk�*s reigning queen, blessed with the finest imagination of her generation. do you trust white people? laugh. on the strength of this doc, that's no overstatement,
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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 27th and it's released across the uk and ireland through virtual cinema screenings from march 5th. 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 screenwriter alan b mcelroy. thunderclap. it's a story people here know
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but don't talk about, except in whispers. anyone who goes up there... what is this place? guys?! ..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 forests, 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 and finds himself stumbling into a hillbilly remake of midsommar. whoa! shot in muted tones that recall the washed—out rural 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,
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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 could 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's little of the genuinely disturbing violence—begets—violence themes of the �*70s classics to which this pays homage, but director mike p nelson does pull off a few haunting set pieces and 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. new york! if you're looking for a smart blu—ray purchase right now, then check out the bfi's release of mogul mowgli, starring and co—written by the great riz ahmed.
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rap: # what's it gonna be? # don't you wanna try? he plays zed, a rapper who is 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 "sufi horror musical with elements of comedy" and it's every bit unusual as that description implies. this is an impressively unpredictable hybrid that grabs the audience's attention and draws us deep into the world of zed's highly personal experience. it's well worth your attention. # all i can eat while i'm on this vacation. # all you can take �*fore it breaks him. i'll leave you with news of another blu—ray release — the criterion collection edition of wes anderson's 2014 gem the grand budapest hotel. hold it. who are you?
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i am 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 7 mr mosher, sir. mr mosher! yes, monsieur gustave? am i to understand you surreptitiously hired this young man in the position of a lobby boy? he's been engaged for a trial period — i pending your approval, of course. 0h... perhaps, yes. thank you, mr mosher. you're welcome, monsieur gustave. featuring terrific performances by a cast that includes ralph fiennes and tilda swinton, this brilliantly oddball affair contains everything you'd want from a madcap anderson caper — art theft, murder, love, prison breaks, steam trains, cable cars, occupying armies, dead cats, a clandestine order of fraternal concierges and elaborate cakes. and you think i did it. hey! it all comes with a host of extras, including commentaries and behind—the—scenes footage — although personally, i prefer tojust lose myself in the movie,
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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 ever once finger on my mother's body, living or dead... i go to bed with all my friends! crowd: 0h! theme music. here parts of scotland and northern ireland will have some clout this weekend but parts of the other country have had a fine one with plenty of sunshine around. albeit on the chilly side in the morning. this upcoming week, we have high pressure with us, so it stays mostly dry with a bit of sunshine, some areas of low cloud and fog which could be stubborn to clear. high pressure is dominating the scene which is bringing us all this fine and settled weather, but as we head into the overnight period we could see more in the way of low cloud and fog rolling in across parts of england and wales, and could even seen some
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fogginess for the central belt of scotland, parts of northern ireland, too. where skies are clear, then temperatures will be sub zero, so, some frost will greet us for monday morning, but it will also be quite grey and misty, foggy and murky for many places, certainly for england and wales. any folk should burn away, perhaps brighter across scotland and northern ireland, and some of that fog and low cloud could be stubborn to clear through central and eastern areas, so it will feel chilly where it does.
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm. six cases of a coronavirus "variant of concern" that was first detected in brazil have been identified in the uk. plans for a £5 billion grant scheme in england for high street businesses hit by covid—i9, as the chancellor says he'll continue to protect people through the pandemic. it's difficult out there for many of these businesses. they've been brilliant at trying to adapt. we want to support them as they reopen, and i want people to be reassured that we will have support in place to help them move along the prime minister's road map as we move forward on that path. more than 20 million people in the uk have now received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. free rapid covid tests to be offered to families in england
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