think certainly from an environmental point of view, very good, and it means spuds will last longer which is a win — win for everyone. longer which is a win - win for everyone-— longer which is a win - win for everyone. longer which is a win - win for eve one. ., ., ., everyone. 0k, we have run out of time. tony, caroline, iwilljust reaffirm, i like a muddy spot. thank you very much indeed for both of you, and have a fantastic weekend, thank you. thank you. thankyou. thank ou. ., ~ thankyou. thank ou. ., thank you. thank you. thank you for “oininu us thank you. thank you. thank you for joining us here _ thank you. thank you. thank you for joining us here in _ thank you. thank you. thank you for joining us here in bbc— thank you. thank you. thank you for joining us here in bbc news. - thank you. thank you. thank you for joining us here in bbc news. more i joining us here in bbc news. more coming up, of course, including the film review. bye—bye. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing in the home while we look forward to cinemas reopening in may.

in the psychological thriller wander darkly, sienna miller plays adrienne, a woman caught between this world and the next. you know we both deserve to be happy. are you happy? yeah, sure. oh, that's convincing. having argued with her partner matteo, played by diego luna, on the drive home from a party, new mother adrienne finds herself in a horrific car crash after which she thinks she's died, witnessing her own funeral and watching herfamily fall apart with grief. hey! adrienne! come down! what are you doing? yet matteo, who was in the car with her and can clearly see and talk to her, tells her that she's simply recovering from trauma, picking up the pieces of a shattered life. oh, my god. you're dead, too. what? no. no, no, i'm not.

and you're not. is adrienne hallucinating? is she in a coma? or is she somehow haunting her own life? written and directed by tara miele and shot way back in 2018, wander darkly is a film whose modest budget belies its very high ambitions — a metaphysical drama about the meaning of life and attempts to turn a post—traumatic love story into a terrence malick—esque meditation upon existence. this is real. some would liken the narrative to a cross between eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and ghost, although to me, it was more reminiscent ofjacob�*s ladder, the twisted �*90s oddity about an american soldier besieged by visions that may or may not be combat shock. you got to find somebody that you love. not shea. please don't marry shea. scoffs. in the lead role, miller, who shone in 2018's american woman, continues to impress, carrying the weight of an elliptical drama that constantly threatens to collapse around her. as for the film, it doesn't quite hang together, with the central conceit teetering

on the brink of silliness, threatening to exasperate rather than engage its audience. but if the result is ultimately a failure, then at least it's an admirable failure, and i'd always rather see a film—maker aim high and fall short than simply play it safe. wander darkly is available on digital download from monday. altogether more successful, although no less fantastical, is raya and the last dragon, the latest eye—popping wander darkly is available on digital download from monday. altogether more successful, although no less fantastical, is raya and the last dragon, the latest eye—popping animation from disney. six years of searching. please let this be it. whoa! focus! eyes forward, tuk tuk! good boy! kelly marie tran, who played rose tico in the star wars movies, provides the voice of raya, a young woman struggling to reunite the warring kingdoms of her homeland. to do this, she must seek out and reanimate sisu,

a rather hapless dragon voiced by awkwafina, into whose hands — or rather, talons — the peaceful future of this world has been entrusted. we really need your help. i'm going to be real with you. i'm not, like, the best dragon. have you ever done, like, a group project but there's like that one kid who didn't pitch in as much but still got ended up with the same grade? co—written by adele lim, whose screenplay credits include the hit comedy crazy rich asians, this visually dazzling romp has action and adventure to spare with sword fights, punch—ups, frenetic chase sequences, magical apparitions, shape—shifting and sweeping cinematic vistas aplenty. my girl raya and i are going to fix the world, bring everyone back. more importantly, it also has an uplifting message about overcoming fear and learning to trust our enemies — a message that seems particularly timely right now. it's available on disney+ with premier access. from a mythical south east asia to modern—day france for my donkey, my lover & i, a romantic comedy that

does exactly what it says on the tin. laure calamy, who'll be familiar to many from the hit tv show call my agent, stars as antoinette, a schoolteacher having an affair with a married man whom she plans to surprise on the hiking trip he's taking with his wife and daughter. so she signs up for a six—day trek and finds herself tethered to a stubborn beast who, like her lover, does what he wants when he wants, regardless of her needs. taking inspiration from robert louis stevenson's travels with a donkey in the cevennes, writer—director caroline vignal�*s film, originally entitled

antoinette dans les cevennes, sounds excruciating — a perky french rom—com about someone going on holiday with a donkey by mistake. and yet somehow, this quietly preposterous confection won me over, thanks in no small part to calamy�*s terrifically endearing and spirited performance. yes, the set—up is contrived and the comedic set piece is formulaic and the life lessons to be learned along this journey are obvious from the outset but calamy makes us care about antoinette's misfortunes, leaving us rooting for her and for her four—legged friend who will only walk when she talks — a neat dramatic device in which vignal makes the most. sings. now, danish film—maker anders refn is best known to some as the editor

of lars von trier films like breaking the waves and antichrist, and as the father of nicholas winding refn — director of drive and the neon demon. anders is also an accomplished director in his own right who's recently completed work on what he calls "a labour of love" ten years in the making, unearthing a fascinating story about denmark's involvement in world war i! that has never been told on film before. the result is into the darkness, which proved a box office smash in denmark early last year, outperforming the likes of 1917, and which now opens online in the uk. veteran danish actor jesper christensen, known

to english—speaking audiences as the villainous mr white in the bond franchise, is the industrialist struggling to keep his family together and his business afloat in the wake of the german occupation. how far should he collaborate with the nazis, who everybody seems to believe are set to win the war? and what about the rest of his family, whose loves and loyalties are becoming bitterly divided? refn says that up until now, danish movies about this period are focused on glorified acts of heroism, without acknowledging the taboo spectre of collaboration. by contrast, into the darkness focuses on the shades of grey that underwrote the early years of the occupation, in which allegiances are sorely tested.

thematically, there are comparisons to be made with the dutch classic black book, although refn�*s rather televisualfilm has none of the cinematic pizazz of paul verhoeven�*s unruly gem. while the story of into the darkness may be new to the movies, the storytelling is as old as the hills. a second instalment of this saga, which already clocks in at over 150 minutes, is currently in the works — although production has been delayed by covid. you can find the first part on digital platforms now. i'll leave you with news of something altogether more upbeat that's currently playing on netflix. hey, mum, what do 16—year—olds care about? when i was 16, all i cared about was smashing the patriarchy and burning it all down. directed by amy poehler, moxie is a tale of riot grrrl power passed down from mother to daughter. hadley robinson is vivian, a student whose schoolmates have learned to accept and even expect the everyday sectors

——learned to accept and even expect the everyday sexism of jock culture. can i help you? but when no—nonsense new arrival lucy, played by alycia pascual—pena, stands up to patrick schwarzenegger's harassing football star mitchell, vivian is inspired tojoin her battle, albeit anonymously. i'm going to keep my head up. high. fired up by the contents of an old suitcase packed with the detritus of her mother's punky past, vivian knocks together a feminist fanzine called moxie and secretly distributes it around the school. what's the goal? revolution, baby! soon, formerly downtrodden girls of all social groups are coming together, taking a leaf out of the zine's luridly photocopied pages to fight back against the boys. adapted by screenwriters tamara chestna and dylan meyer from a novel byjennifer mathieu, moxie may lack the depth of eighth grade or the punch of booksmart, but it's still blessed with enough good—hearted energy to raise a smile, several chuckles

and the occasional cheer. much of its success is down to the cast, who manage to balance the serious and comedic aspects with likeable aplomb. but you're glad you did it all, right? of course. what are you going do, nothing? most impressively, poehler pulls off an entertaining and accessible film that confronts issues of bullying, harassment and rape with a sturdy spirit of defiance, humour and collective optimism — no mean feat. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe, and i'll see you next week. hey, baby. where are your parents? hey, uh, whose baby? what? hello there. high—pressure has brought largely fine and settled conditions to the uk during the weekend. it looks like this settled

weather is going to last through monday and tuesday, but then it's all change. midweek, it's going to turn very windy with the possibility of severe gales developing through wednesday night into thursday. we'll also have some heavy rain as well, so some big changes to the weather as we move deeper on into this week. in the short—term, though, we still have higher pressure to south of the uk, some weather fronts to the north of the uk. so monday is a north—south divide, it's a cold, frosty start across the midlands, wales, southern england, with some sunshine. clouds may tend to increase at times, and further north, we will see some showery bursts of rain, some of thatjust pushing into eastern england as well into the afternoon. but there will be some sunshine as well across central and northern scotland, and i think temperatures will be a degree or so higher than what we've had in recent days, 8—10 celsius. now, through monday night, many central and eastern areas will turn dry with clear spells, but we will have this weak front pushing into the western parts of the uk, so that will produce some showery rain. a bit more of a breeze here as well, so temperatures holding up around 4—6 celsius, some chilly spots, though, further east under those clear skies.

by tuesday, we start to lose this area of high pressure. it declines and starts to allow this first area of low pressure to hurtle in off the atlantic, which will affect northwestern parts of the uk later on tuesday. for tuesday itself, it's a chilly start, central eastern areas, that weather front will fizzle out. in fact, for much of scotland, england and wales, it should be dry with some sunshine, but clouds will tend to build up further west later in the day with a few showers, and the breeze will pick up as well. we could see temperatures reaching 11—12 celsius in the sunshine further east. now, the jet stream is really powering up across the north atlantic by the middle part of the week, and that will spin off some deep areas of low pressure. that's tuesday's low, this is wednesday and thursday's low, which could be even deeper. so for wednesday, we could see a spell of wet and windy weather spread across the country, and then it will be mixed with some brighter, sunnier, showery weather before the centre of this low arrives across western areas later on wednesday to bring even stronger winds and some heavy rain. there will still be some fairly

mild air in the mix, but it might not feel like that because of the strength of the winds. and then through wednesday night into thursday, this is where we could see the strongest of the winds, potentially severe gale force, which could lead to some disruption. so do stay tuned to the forecast.

this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm philippa thomas. the queen stresses the importance of duty in her commonwealth day message hours before the broadcast of the much anticipated interview with meghan, duchess of sussex. pope francis prepares to leave iraq at the end of his historic trip, declaring the country will remain in his heart. equitorial guinea appeals for international help, after a munitions dump blows up, killing at least 15 people and injuring hundreds more. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran on spying charges, ends her sentence — but she's now facing a new court case. and fc barcelona, one of the world's biggest footballs clubs, elects juan laporta as its new club

president a week after his predecessor was arrested