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will anyone really. hard to tell. will take their word for it. in what do you make spending splurge to fire up britain. ., , , ., �* ., ., britain. honestly, i don't want to make it. because... _ britain. honestly, i don't want to make it. because... 0n- britain. honestly, i don't want to make it. because... on the - britain. honestly, i don't want to | make it. because... on the front. without_ make it. because... on the front. without actually reading the interview with sunak it's very hard to telt _ interview with sunak it's very hard to tell. what i would say about spending — to tell. what i would say about spending is not the government constantly makes these announcements about spending splurges leveling up and all— about spending splurges leveling up and all the rest of it. it's very rare — and all the rest of it. it's very rare and _ and all the rest of it. it's very rare and illegally really backed by anything — rare and illegally really backed by anything substantial. i think what we need — anything substantial. i think what we need to be looking at after the pandemic— we need to be looking at after the pandemic is not so much, of course what _ pandemic is not so much, of course what you _ pandemic is not so much, of course what you spend there is a big question— what you spend there is a big question but how and where you're spending _ question but how and where you're spending it— question but how and where you're spending it and who benefits from that sperm — spending it and who benefits from that span. a far better question. at a time _ that span. a far better question. at a time when — that span. a far better question. at a time when they put inequalities in this country... a time when they put inequalities in this country- - -_ this country... forgive me for interrunting- _ this country... forgive me for interrupting. one _ this country. .. forgive me for interrupting. one click- this country... forgive me for interrupting. one click last i this country... forgive me for i
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interrupting. one click last word this country... forgive me for - interrupting. one click last word on that. , ,, . ~' interrupting. one click last word on that. , ,, ., ~ , interrupting. one click last word on that. , ,, .,~ , , that. rishi sunak is very good crisis in the _ that. rishi sunak is very good crisis in the furlough - that. rishi sunak is very good crisis in the furlough skiing. l that. rishi sunak is very good i crisis in the furlough skiing. gdp in 01 contracted a lot less than even the bank of england was predicting. consumers have bounced back, people want to spend, this pent up demand there. unemployment is falling, mortgage great at an all—time high. tax receipts to holding up well. it's working ok at the moment. holding up well. it's working ok at the moment-— the moment. thank you both very much. ithink— the moment. thank you both very much. i think matt _ the moment. thank you both very much. i think matt at _ the moment. thank you both very much. i think matt at slope - the moment. thank you both very much. i think matt at slope last . much. i think matt at slope last word in the telegraph. he said a burglar talking to a homeowner say i'm confused, are you going to portugal next week or not? that's it for the papers this evening. thanks to rachel and iforjoining us. coming up next the film review followed by the weather. and then more news at midnight. you
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hello and welcome to the film review with me mark kermode. rounding up the best movies available for viewing in the home and in cinemas. the big news for a film fans is that from monday uk cinemas will start to reopen. and many award—winning movies that were ready available in streaming services will be among those first titles welcoming views back to the big screen. the way i see it is that the titanic is sinking and economic times are changing. and so my goal is to get the lifeboats out and get as many people into the lifeboats as i can. most notable is nomadland. the best picture winner from chloe zhao who became only the second woman ever
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to win the oscar for best director. inspired by the stories injessica bruder�*s book nomadland stars frances mcdormand as fern and a recently widowed woman who joins america's nomadic community discovering a new life on the road. i know you. dave, right? fern? yes. having just picked up her third best actress oscar mcdormand who is also producer to use the academy award stage to ask viewers to please watch our movie on the largest possible screen. fitting since this western inflected road movie is beautifully lensed byjoshua james richards. packed with lush american vistas that demand to be seen in the cinema. but mcdormand wasn't just flying the big screen flag for her own movie calling on film fans to sit shoulder to shoulder in that dark space and watch every film represented here tonight. well, due to social distancing rules audiences won't be shoulder to shoulder with cinema owners facing
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you their customers out in but you do still get the shared audience experience. something that's crucial to a filmlike sound of metal in which oscar nominee riz ahmed who plays in a drummer whose life is turned upside down when suddenly his hearing has failed. keep moving it can be a damn cruel place _ keep moving it can be a damn cruel lace. �* ., �* , keep moving it can be a damn cruel lace, �* ., �* , ., keep moving it can be a damn cruel lace. �* ., �* , ., , place. but for me, it's all these moments- _ place. but for me, it's all these moments. the _ place. but for me, it's all these moments. the stillness - place. but for me, it's all these moments. the stillness that i place. but for me, it's all these i moments. the stillness that place, that's the kingdom of god. b, moments. the stillness that place, that's the kingdom of god. a labour of love from — that's the kingdom of god. a labour of love from director— that's the kingdom of god. a labour of love from director and _ that's the kingdom of god. a labour of love from director and writer i of love from director and writer darius marder. sound of metal is boosted by the count of sound design that's best experience in cinema. you it's also presenting with open captions ensuring that deaf and hearing audience can watch the film together. something that was of key importance to the filmmakers. new
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movies opening and cinemas due ranging from peter rabbit to to those who wish to be dead which i will review our next week show. and then on wednesday the 19th is a one night only special event screening of the short film the human voice from spanish director. you of the short film the human voice from spanish director.— of the short film the human voice from spanish director. you have to come, from spanish director. you have to come. that's _ from spanish director. you have to come, that's what _ from spanish director. you have to come, that's what we _ from spanish director. you have to come, that's what we agreed i from spanish director. you have to come, that's what we agreed on, | from spanish director. you have to i come, that's what we agreed on, that you would come. you can say goodbye to a woman you love her more than four years with a telephone call. based on a play english—language debut stars and ask welding till dispensing. talking on the phone to a lost love who may or may not really be there. presented with an audacious cinematic framing device a human voice is vintage and will be screened in cinemas with the pre—rick hewitt in q&a with the director and star. share pre-rick hewitt in q&a with the director and star.— pre-rick hewitt in q&a with the director and star. are we cut off? or did you _ director and star. are we cut off? or did you hang _ director and star. are we cut off? or did you hang up? _ director and star. are we cut off? or did you hang up? if— director and star. are we cut off? or did you hang up? if you i director and star. are we cut off? or did you hang up? if you don'tl or did you hang up? if you don't fancy venturing out doors quite yet there are plenty of new movies available for viewing in the home. backin available for viewing in the home. back in 2010 spanish to record
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roderigo cortez is claustrophobic. found ryan reynolds awaking in a coffin which he would spend the entire rest of the movie. now that scenario is echoed in oxygen, the new film from french director alexander agen. this time it's melanie laurent was trapped in a box. a high—tech cocoon in which herair trapped in a box. a high—tech cocoon in which her air supply is gradually running out. while reynolds was able to communicate with the outside world via a cell phone laurent has me lo, a computer with a carefully modulated voice that's meant to be common but in fact has overtones of the politely murderous hell from 2001. she also has futuristic video
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screens to which he attempts to rediscover her own forgotten identity. triggering memories of the past or are they simply hallucinations? engagingly written oxygen is efficient potboiler that makes little sense but has a lot of fun putting its heroin through her enclosed spaces. ideas are lifted magpie light from a range of other movies from ridley scott's iconic blade runner to german directors cockpit bound thriller 7500. somehow laurent makes these seem fresh and original bringing new life into age—old things. as for director, whose career ranges from the nail—biting terrorism switchblade romance to the enjoyable creature feature thrills of crawl, he does an impressive job of cranking up the tension. even if the audience does guess most of the twists long before they happen. not a film to be buried
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within perhaps but it entirely possible slice of entertainment nonetheless. you can find it now on netflix. altogether more down to earth is some kind of heaven. an eye—opening documentary about life in the villages, the worlds largest retirement community in the heart of sunny florida. the retirement community in the heart of sunny florida-— sunny florida. the villages is like beinu sunny florida. the villages is like bein: on sunny florida. the villages is like being on vacation _ sunny florida. the villages is like being on vacation every - sunny florida. the villages is like being on vacation every day. it i sunny florida. the villages is like being on vacation every day. it is| being on vacation every day. it is like going off to college. you come here to live. _ like going off to college. you come here to live, you _ like going off to college. you come here to live, you don't _ like going off to college. you come here to live, you don't come i like going off to college. you come here to live, you don't come here | like going off to college. you come l here to live, you don't come here to pass away — here to live, you don't come here to pass away-— pass away. there is no place like this. this pass away. there is no place like this- this is _ pass away. there is no place like this. this is nirvana. _ pass away. there is no place like this. this is nirvana. described i pass away. there is no place like| this. this is nirvana. described as disneyland _ this. this is nirvana. described as disneyland for — this. this is nirvana. described as disneyland for retirees _ this. this is nirvana. described as disneyland for retirees the - this. this is nirvana. described as. disneyland for retirees the villages has a reputation for offering the elderly a second lease on life. but first i feature director oppenheimer find something else in the form of four residents who don't quite fit the idyllic profile. i’m four residents who don't quite fit the idyllic profile.— the idyllic profile. i'm 'ust saying for me, it hasn't i
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the idyllic profile. i'm just saying for me, it hasn't been _ the idyllic profile. i'm just saying for me, it hasn't been the i the idyllic profile. i'm just saying | for me, it hasn't been the fantasy land that i thought it would be. there is barbara, we're hoping for love who still hasn't found what she's looking for. there is and and reggie the latter assume harbouring a growing drug dependency which will lead him in hot water. and then there's dennis living out of his van, determined to find a woman who can give him what he needs most, a home. ., ., ., , ., ., �* home. you need a handyman, don't ou? home. you need a handyman, don't you? co-produced _ home. you need a handyman, don't you? co-produced by— home. you need a handyman, don't you? co-produced by black - home. you need a handyman, don't you? co-produced by black swan i you? co-produced by black swan roduce a you? co-produced by black swan produce a aronofsky _ you? co-produced by black swan produce a aronofsky some i you? co-produced by black swan produce a aronofsky some kind l you? co-produced by black swan| produce a aronofsky some kind of heaven began life as oftentimes undergraduate thesis and blossomed into a sundance assisted in the head. oppenheimersaid he wants into a sundance assisted in the head. oppenheimer said he wants to find out why thousands of retirees were isolating themselves in a truman show like bubble world that reminded them of their youth. very nice spacing. appropriately cinematographer plays up the air of artifice filling his frames with candy coloured images that draw inspiration from films like tom haynes is safe and tim burton's edward scissor hands. the result is
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a revealing portrait proving that elderly life is no less eventful than the magnets of youth. and wondering where it might lead in a theme pack rather than the real world. ~ ., . ., world. we have too much fun down here, ou world. we have too much fun down here, you know? _ world. we have too much fun down here, you know? it's— world. we have too much fun down here, you know? it's available i world. we have too much fun down here, you know? it's available on l here, you know? it's available on streaming _ here, you know? it's available on streaming platforms. _ here, you know? it's available on streaming platforms. dad, i here, you know? it's available on streaming platforms. dad, will. here, you know? it's available on i streaming platforms. dad, will you read me a story? _ streaming platforms. dad, will you read me a story? of _ streaming platforms. dad, will you read me a story? of course. i streaming platforms. dad, will you read me a story? of course. do i streaming platforms. dad, will you| read me a story? of course. do you romise read me a story? of course. do you promise you — read me a story? of course. do you promise you will — read me a story? of course. do you promise you will remember - read me a story? of course. do you promise you will remember the i promise you will remember the monsters?— promise you will remember the monsters? ., , ., , monsters? promise. from spanish born london-based — monsters? promise. from spanish born london-based director _ monsters? promise. from spanish born london-based director comes _ monsters? promise. from spanish born london-based director comes under i london—based director comes under guards at twilight zone star and of future tales faced with graveside humor. , , ., ., ., , future tales faced with graveside humor. , , book humor. this is extraordinary. book ended by a — humor. this is extraordinary. book ended by a pair— humor. this is extraordinary. book ended by a pair of— humor. this is extraordinary. book ended by a pair of courts _ humor. this is extraordinary. book| ended by a pair of courts collectors prowling the grim streets of unspecified desolate european city the film spin stories within stories. echoes of high—rise a humdrum couple in an empty apartment
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building are thrown into disarray by the unexpected arrival of a neighbor. in another business man goes looking for his lost daughter after double—crossing an eccentric designer and in a third wife and mother discovers her inner voice in the form of a former partner returned from a forced labour camp. this is a boring story. haste returned from a forced labour camp. this is a boring story.— this is a boring story. have some atience. this is a boring story. have some patience- lt _ this is a boring story. have some patience. it hasn't _ this is a boring story. have some patience. it hasn't finished i this is a boring story. have some patience. it hasn't finished yet. l patience. it hasn't finished yet. described the _ patience. it hasn't finished yet. described the featured - patience. it hasn't finished yet. described the featured debut i patience. it hasn't finished yet. | described the featured debut as inhabiting a limbo in which stories and characters move between 20th century failed utopian empires and zist century failed utopian empires and 21st century low—cost ikea nightmares. in each story we see a bourgeois family unit descending into some kind of feral chaos triggered by a crisis within the central white male character. the message may not be subtle but what the film lacks a new onset makes up for in terms of ambition. with
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arresting visuals and out their performances not least from that magnificent kate dickey who slips effortlessly between humour, potatoes and weirdly smiling horror. you can find under guards in cinemas and on a range of digital platforms from monday. 0n the subject of dystopian futures i'll leave you with news that lizzie borden his ground—breaking 80s film born in flames has recently resurfaced on the streaming service movie. irate flames has recently resurfaced on the streaming service movie. we are all here because _ the streaming service movie. we are all here because we _ the streaming service movie. we are all here because we have _ the streaming service movie. we are all here because we have fought i the streaming service movie. we are all here because we have fought in i all here because we have fought in the wars of liberation. and we are all bear witness to have happen. we still see the depression from the oppression that still exists of day and night. a, oppression that still exists of day and niuht. �* ,., ., oppression that still exists of day and niuht. �* , ., ., ~ . and night. a provocative work that mixes elements _ and night. a provocative work that mixes elements of _ and night. a provocative work that mixes elements of documentary i and night. a provocative work that i mixes elements of documentary style repertoires with a sci—fi inflected alternative history narratives. you know, alternative history narratives. you know. your _ alternative history narratives. you know, your present but you can even see it _ know, your present but you can even see it. ., ~' ., know, your present but you can even see it. ., ~ ., , ,., see it. you know problems and were of that. i things _ see it. you know problems and were of that. i things are _ see it. you know problems and were of that. i things are so _ see it. you know problems and were of that. i things are so much - see it. you know problems and were of that. i things are so much better. of that. i things are so much better than they— of that. i things are so much better than they were _ of that. i things are so much better than they were before. _ of that. i things are so much better than they were before. it _ of that. i things are so much better than they were before.—
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than they were before. it also features katherine _ than they were before. it also features katherine bigelow i than they were before. it also | features katherine bigelow go than they were before. it also i features katherine bigelow go onto produce hurt locker becoming the only woman ever to win the oscar for best director and to chloe's owls recent victory for nomad land which brings us right back to where we started. that's it for this week, thanks for watching the film review. stay safe and i'll see you next week. ., �* , ., stay safe and i'll see you next week. . �* , ., �* stay safe and i'll see you next week. . �* , . �* stay safe and i'll see you next week. . �*, ., �* ., fl week. that's what i'm looking for. a relationship — week. that's what i'm looking for. a relationship for _ week. that's what i'm looking for. a relationship for long _ week. that's what i'm looking for. a relationship for long termwith i relationship for long termwith money — relationship for long termwith money i_ relationship for long termwith money. i read it on your eyes. hello. if you're waiting for a prolonged spell of dry, warm weather, your wait is set to continue because this weekend looks quite turbulent. more heavy, thundery downpours at the forecast. some sunny spells in between and a cool field to the weather. this band of cloud and rain will push northeastward across england and wales clipping into northern
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ireland through saturday morning as that rain gets into southern scotland it should tend to ease off. beyond it we are back to sunny spells and heavy, thundery shouts. ——showers not too many shadows across the northern after scotland. highs between 11 and 15 degrees. some of those showers will continue through the saturday night. in fact through the early hours of sunday we are expecting a clutch of even heavier showers to drifting from the southwest. they will become widespread across the uk through the day on sunday. torrential downpour with hail, frequent lightning, rumbles of thunder and gusty winds mixed in. some sunny spells in between. top temperatures of 15 or 16 degrees.
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