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 film fans is that from monday, uk cinemas will start to reopen and many award—winning movies that are ready available on streaming services will be among those first titles welcoming viewers 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 recently became only the second woman ever to win the oscar for best director. inspired by the stories injessica bruder�*s nonfiction source book, nomadland stars frances mcdormand as fern, a recently widowed woman who joins america's nomadic community, discovering a new life on the road. i know you. yeah, hi. dave, right? guess. fern? yes. i have your can opener. having just picked up her third best actress oscar, mcdormand who was also a producer, used 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'tjust 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 quite be shoulder—to—shoulder, with cinema owners spacing their customers out in line with covid protocols. but you do still get the shared audience experience. something that's crucial to a film like sound of metal in which oscar nominee riz ahmed plays a drummer whose life is turned upside down when his hearing suddenly fails. the world does keep moving and it can be a damn cruel place. but for me... ..it was just moments of stillness. that place, that's the kingdom of god. a labour of love from director and co—writer darius marder, sound of metal is boosted by the kind of brilliant sound design that's best experienced in cinemas. it's also presented with open captions, ensuring that deaf and hearing audiences can

watch the film together, something that was of key importance to the filmmakers. there are new movies opening and cinemas too, ranging from peter rabbit 2 to those who wish me dead, which i'll review on next week's show. and then on wednesday the 19th, there's a one night only special event screening of the short film the human voice from spanish director pedro almodovar. you have to come! that's what we agreed on, that you would come. you don't say goodbye to a woman you've loved for more than four years with a telephone call! based on a play byjean cocteau, almodovar�*s english—language debut stars an axe—welding tilda swinton, talking on the phone to a lost love who may or may not really be there. presented with an audaciously cinematic theatrical framing device, the human voice is vintage almodovar and will be screened in cinemas with a pre—recorded q&a with the director and star. are we cut off? or did you hang up? if you don't fancy venturing

outdoors quite yet, there are plenty of new movies available for viewing in the home. back in 2010, spanish director rodrigo cortes�*s claustrophobic thriller buried found ryan reynolds awaking in a coffin, in which he would spend the entire rest of the movie. now that scenario is echoed in oxygen, the new film from french director alexandre aja. this time it's melanie laurent who's 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 milo, a computer with a carefully modulated voice that's meant to be calming but in fact has overtones of the politely murderous hal from 2001.

she also has futuristic video screens through which she attempts to rediscover her own forgotten identity, triggering memories of the past, or are they simply hallucinations? engagingly written by christie leblanc, oxygen is an efficient potboiler that makes little sense but has a lot of fun putting its heroine through her enclosed genre paces. ideas are lifted magpie—like from a range of other movies, from ridley scott's iconic blade runner to german director patrick vollrath�*s cockpit—bound thriller 7500. yet somehow laurent makes these riffs seem fresh and original, breathing new life into age—old themes. as for director aja, whose career ranges from the nail—biting terrors of 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. screaming not a film to be buried with them, perhaps, but it entirely passable slice of popcorn 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 world's largest retirement community in the heart of sunny florida. the villages is like being on vacation every day. it is like going off to college. you come here to live, you don't come here to pass away. there is no place like this. this is nirvana. described as disneyland for retirees, the villages has a reputation for offering the elderly a second lease of life. but first time feature director lance oppenheim find something else in the form of four residents

who don't quite fit the idyllic profile. i'm just saying for me, it hasn't been the fantasyland that i thought it would be. there's barbara, a widow hoping for love who still hasn't found what she's looking for. there's anne and reggie, the latter of whom is harbouring a growing drug dependency which will land 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. you need a handyman, don't you? i don't care. co—produced by black swan director darren aronofsky, some kind of heaven began life as part of oppenheim's undergraduate thesis and blossomed into a sundance assisted indie hit. oppenheim says he wanted to figure 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 david bolen plays up the air of artifice, filling his frames with candy coloured images that draw inspiration from films

like tom haynes�* safe and tim burton's edward scissorhands. the result is a revealing portrait proving that elderly life is no less eventful than the madness of youth and wondering where it might lived in a theme park rather than the real world. we have too much fun down here, you know? it's available from dogwoof on demand and other streaming platforms. dad, will you read me a story? of course. do you promise you will remember the monsters? promise. from spanish—born, london—based filmmaker chino moya comes undergods, a twilight zone style anthology of future tense tales laced with graveside humour. this is extraordinary. bookended by a pair of corpse collectors prowling the grim streets of an unspecified desolate european city, the film spins stories within stories.

in one, with echoes of jg ballard's high—rise, a humdrum couple in an empty apartment building are thrown into disarray by the unexpected arrival of a neighbour. in another, a businessman goes looking for his lost daughter after double—crossing an eccentric designer, and in a third, a wife and mother discovers her inner voice when her former partner returns from a forced labour camp. this is a boring story. have some patience. it hasn't finished yet. moya describes his featured debut as inhabiting a limbo in which stories and characters move between 20th 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 moya's film lacks in nuance it makes up for in terms of ambition, with arresting visuals and out their performances, not least from that magnificent kate dickie who slips effortlessly between humour, pathos and weirdly smiling horror. you can find undergods in cinemas and on a range of digital platforms from monday. on the subject of dystopian futures, i'll leave you with news that lizzie borden�*s ground—breaking �*80s film born in flames has recently resurfaced on the streaming service mubi. we are all here because we have fought in the wars of liberation. and we are all bear witness to what has happened since the war. we still see the depression from the oppression that still exists both day and night. it's a provocative work that mixes elements of documentary—style reportage with a sci—fi inflected alternative history narrative. you know, you're pressed too and it's pathetic that you can't even see it. look, we know there are problems,

we're aware of that _ but things are so much better than they were before. - it also features kathryn bigelow who would go on to helm the best picture winner the hurt locker, becoming the only woman ever to win the oscar for best director, until chloe zhao's recent victory for nomadland 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. so that's what i'm looking for, a relationship. a relationship. long—term. with money? laughing. i read it on your eyes! good evening. some of you will spend the day under sunny skies, blissfully unaware how disturbed the atmosphere has been. so disturbed, in fact, that we saw this area close to the somerset coast. a funnel cloud which may have had impacts on the ground, making it a tornado. and we continue that sort

of disturbed atmosphere as we go through the next few days, in fact, with some more thundery downpours changing the areas from one day to the next. staying on the cool side, too, and then a spell of potentially quite wet and windy weather later in the week. now, it's low pressure that's in charge throughout and it's low pressure that's been on top of us today, hence the thunderstorms we've seen. slowly pushing its way eastwards, but because it's still close by, it means many of the showers through the day, whilst they will lose intensity, some will keep going. so, there'll be a few showers dotted around during the night into the morning, plenty of cloud, some clear breaks, but it should be a frost free night for just about all. if we are going to see something close to a frost, it could be in northern ireland, maybe far southwest of scotland. but by and large, well clear of a frost for most as we start monday morning. there will be a cloudy start. an area of low pressure shifting its way further eastwards, but it's still close by to produce those showers, and with winds converging along these eastern parts later, it's going to be the eastern half of the country that will see the worst of the showers. there'll be a few dotted around across some western areas to begin with and late in the day, but

overall, fewer showers in the west compared with sunday. heaviest of the showers in eastern scotland, through the eastern parts of england and some towards some of these southern coastal counties again. again, heavy with hail and thunder possible. if you get any longer sunny spells, it will feel quite pleasant out there, but when the showers come through, the temperatures, of course, will drop. some of the showers will continue through the night into tuesday. a cool start, but again, largely frost free, and after a largely dry start, the showers get going again. areas most focused on the showers, central and southern parts of england, wales, northern ireland. parts of southern scotland and northern england look like there'll be fewer showers. should be dry with some sunshine. a lot more cloud and rather cool across northern parts of scotland. and then into wednesday, it looks like it's going to be the northern half of the country most prone to the showers once more. notice on some of our city forecasts, though, the sign of something wetter but also windier for thursday and friday. the key will be just how quickly this area of low pressure moves in. at the moment, we think it's going to be thursday. if it's delayed, thursday will be a drier day, and then we'll see that wet and windy weather arrive on friday.

but certainly one thing to keep an eye on this week.

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at seven: as the conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza enters its seventh day, ten children are among the dead in an israeli air strike on gaza. the un pleads for peace. but there's no sign of a ceasefire as the attacks continue, with each side accusing each other. israel is persecuting our people, committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. hamas is criminally attacking us from civilian neighbourhoods, from schools, from homes, from office buildings. that's what they're doing. efforts to combat the india variant of the coronavirus ramp up in england, as the health secretary urges caution. i'm confident that we can take the step tomorrow, |

but we should all be careful i about how we take that step.