at the recent 93rd academy awards, chinese film—maker chloe zhao became only the second woman ever to win the oscar for best director, repeating kathryn bigelow�*s hurt locker triumph when nomadland also won best picture. ijust looked up the value on your van. with that high a mileage, you're looking about $5,000 at the most. i'd probably recommend taking that money and putting it towards a different vehicle. no, well, i can't do that. i can't do that. see? cos... all right. i spent a lot of time and money building the inside out, - and a lot of people don't understand the value of that. _ but it's not something like...

i live in there. it's my home. frances mcdormand, earning her third best actress 0scar, stars as fern, a recently widowed woman who finds herselfjoining america's nomadic community, discovering a new life on the road. here, she meets people who found a different way of living and starts to reassess her own past, present and future. we workhorses had to gather together and take care of each other. and that's what this is all about. accepting her 0scar, zhao noted that "i have always found goodness in the people i've met everywhere i went in the world." that's a sentiment that runs throughout her third feature, a tone poem with western genre inflections, inspired byjessica bruder�*s nonfiction 2017 book, finding rich seams of human kindness running deep within the margins of society. one of the things i love

most about this life, there's no final goodbye. we just say, "i'll see you down the road." and i do. building on the experiences of her previous films, songs my brothers taught me and the rider, zhao here mixes seasoned professionals like mcdormand and david strathairn with screen first—timers playing close to home, lending a real authenticity to the proceedings. beautifully lensed by dp joshua james richards, who captures the harsh beauty of the midwest, nomadland is a wide—screen experience that will be in uk cinemas from may 17. in the meantime, you can find it online on disney+. from the sublime to the ridiculous, with wild mountain thyme, a ripe slice of cod irish whimsy that makes the fluffy �*90s charmer waking ned look like a hard—hitting ken loach documentary and gives

the 2010 stinker leap year a run for its money as the most preposterous tosh ever to grace the emerald isle. anthony! are you all right? i'm fine. what were you doing out there? fishing. that was fishing? yeah. emily blunt and jamie dornan are star—crossed pair rosemary and anthony, who grew up on neighbouring farms and who were clearly made for each other, despite anthony's bizarre inability to pop the question. would you marry me? enterjon hamm's american relative adam, who quickly gets the hots for rosemary and her land after being offered the chance to buy the family farm, which anthony's father feels he is ill—suited to inherit. i don't see a clear path. from where to where? from me to you.

the fact that anthony's rural irish father is played by native new yorker christopher walken should set alarm bells ringing, not least because walken�*s screen accents generally range from queens to brooklyn to manhattan's little italy, with the occasional hint of second—generation sicilian gangster, perhaps, but essentially not going beyond the boundaries of the five boroughs. indeed, from the moment walken�*s narrator tony riley says... welcome to ireland. ..you know you're about to spend the next 90 minutes in the company of somebody doing the worst irish accent since a ginger—haired mickey rourke uttered the immortal words... i saw myself laying on the street, dying, not wanting to die. ..in the toe—curling �*80s thriller a prayerfor the dying. that man was mad as the full moon, drowned himself. although wild mountain thyme may have been largely shot in scenic county mayo, with the support of screen ireland, walken�*s accent takes us on a madcap tour that swings from the hollywood highlands of brigadoon, to the australian—american merriment of tom and nicole in far and away,

via the horrors of sean connery�*s crimes against language in darby 0'gill and the little people. is it putting a coward's name on me, you are? ah, no, no. as for the rest of the film, which is adapted by oscar, pulitzer and tony award winner john patrick shanley, it's a mix of rom—com cliches and "pinch me so i know i'm not dreaming" plot contrivances that seem to have been cooked up after a night on the ale in one of those terrible theme pubs where drunken americans sing along to the pogues while loudly reminiscing about a country that they claim to love but have never actually been to. my god in heaven, you look the worse for it. well, thanks much. you don't look perfect yourself. you can find outjust how bad it is for yourself from all major uk digital retailers. after the car—crash insanity of wild mountain thyme, there's something almost reassuringly boring about without remorse, a plodding thriller adapted from tom clancy's �*90s novel of the same name. we fought for what america could be.

but they crossed the line. they brought that war into my house. that contract is broken. they're going to play by my rules now. michael bjordan stars as navy seal john kelly, akajohn clark, who finds himself the target of an assassination plot, picking off members of the squad with whom he undertook a rescue operation in war—torn syria. having lost his wife and unborn child, kelly embarks — without remorse — on hunting down the killers, putting him at loggerheads with the russians and americans alike, as everybody double crosses everybody else and all problems are solved by running, punching, shooting, shouting, stabbing and generally blowing things up, much like the rainbow six video games to which this owes a debt. did you know russia was dealing weapons out of aleppo when we went in? we had a feeling. you can't fault the pedigree of this

amazon original movie, with the charismaticjordan — star of black panther and creed — being joined on screen by the likes ofjodie turner—smith, who was electrifying in queen and slim, guy pearce — currently wowing audiences in the sky series mare of easttown — and the infinitely versatile jamie bell. i need to be on that team. yet somehow director stefano sollima, whose previous credits include the gomorrah tv series and the big screen sicario sequel, squanders their talents, delivering a lumpen actioner that trudges drearily from one set piece to the next, with lots of huffing and puffing but zero emotional engagement. for all the on—screen fireworks, this lackluster affair fails to generate any real dramatic sparks. it's available now on amazon prime video. if you want something that really gets under your skin, then let me direct you instead to the extraordinary mexican drama identifying features.

directed and co—written by fernanda valadez, the film follows magdalena, searching for her son, who went missing en route to the us border. meanwhile, another young man is deported from the us and finds himself in the same militia—ridden badlands to which magdalena is led. together, they search for lost family members, finding common cause amid a landscape that can be both beautiful and terrifying. the winner of several international festival prizes, including an audience award at sundance, this riveting directorial feature debut marks valadez as a major film—making talent. it's an astonishingly assured and adventurous piece that mixes

personal and political elements, in a narrative that is part—thriller, part—heartbreaking family saga and part—magical realist horror story — a descent into the inferno that has its feet firmly on the ground, even as it crosses the border into fantastical nightmare. haunting cinematography by claudia becerril and a soul—shakingly eerie score by claricejensen completes the picture, making this a must see. you can find identifying features exclusively on bfi player. i'll leave you with news of something altogether more upbeat, the animated fantasy the mitchells vs the machines, which is new to netflix. the last humans must be here somewhere. wait. they're coming.

is that a burnt—orange 1993 station wagon? who are these unstoppable warriors? we're the mitchells, the only people who can save the world. super sorry, everyone. co—produced by phil lord and christopher miller, the geniuses behind the lego movie, the film plays out in a world in which robots derived from next—generation mobile technology are taking over the planet, led by a tetchy ai named pal, voiced by 0livia colman. you treated me like this! swipe, poke, poke. humanity�*s only hope is the mitchells, a typically dysfunctional nuclear family, with old—fashioned dad, heroic mum, dinosaur—obsessed son and daughter katie, whose dreams of film school have been inconveniently interrupted by the annoying robot apocalypse.

packed with smart gags about modern addictions — hey, who could have guessed that big tech companies didn't have our best interests at heart — and boasting the same comic tension between high—voltage action and small—time family squabbling that made the incredibles such a treat, the mitchells vs the machines put a smile on my face from start to finish. so we just do that, right? at times, i was reminded of the oddball charm of the diary of a wimpy kid books, to which this owes an inspirational debt. it certainly passed the "six laughs" test with flying colours. you can find it on netflix. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe and i'll see you next week. how about we put our phones down and we can make ten seconds of unobstructed family eye contact? see, this is good right here. this is natural.

good morning. weather across the uk is on the change. yes, it's turning increasingly wet and windy this bank holiday monday. that's going to be replaced by a case of sunny spells and blustery showers. and all the time temperatures disappointing cold for early may. so the culprit arrives through the night. it's going to bring wet and windy weather in from the west. and that rain is going to continue to track its way steadily eastward. ahead of it quite a lot of cloud around so it will be a frost free start to monday something we've not seen for some time. the cloud the wind and the rain is on its way moving out of northern ireland into southern scotland, northern england and parts of wales during the morning. probably not arriving into london and east anglia until the end of the afternoon. and maybe not arriving at all in the far north of scotland. it will be windy for all,

gust widely in excess of a0 mph maybe in excess of 60 mph unexposed southwest coast. that can make it feel pretty cool. it may well be one of the coldest, early may bank holidays on record. that low pressure will drift its way steadily eastward. still plenty of isobars tucking in behind. the wind directions are coming from the northeasterly. gales unexposed east coast driving in some showers in the shower turning increasingly wintry to higher ground in scotland, northern england and wales was up top temperatures by the middle of tuesday afternoon between six and 13 c. move out on tuesday into wednesday we still have got that cold air in place. the isobars are likely to open up. that could mean a good start of early wednesday with a light frost around. something very unusual for the first week of may. potentially a frosty start. a dry one with some sunshine around for many won't be long before we see further showers particular across the northeast scotland in northeast england. west is best for sunshine but not necessarily for warmth.

we should be seeing temperatures across southern england of around 60 degrees at least at this time of year. thursday we keep the risk of some showers going by friday will be a quieter day. dryer and perhaps a little warmer. however, as we head into next weekend there is another significant low pressure that's likely to push its way in for the southwest bringing yet more wet and windy weather. it may well turn things touch milder by the end of the weekend.

this is bbc news i'm philippa thomas with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. protesting manchester united fans — angry with the club's american owners — invade the pitch, forcing the game against liverpool to be called off. being bled dry by the glazer, it is a cash cow for them. but we love this. if it is a cash cow for them. but we love this.— we love this. if you don't communicate _ we love this. if you don't communicate with - we love this. if you don't communicate with the i we love this. if you don't i communicate with the fans, we love this. if you don't - communicate with the fans, that leads_ communicate with the fans, that leads to — communicate with the fans, that leads to this anger that we have — leads to this anger that we have seen on this level. britain's foreign secretary says iran's continued detention of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, amounts to torture: another day of record coronavirus deaths in india — as the government considers taking tougher steps to tackle the pandemic.