pinkpantheress joins their ranks now with big things predicted for 2022. mark savage reporting. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. wasn't it cold this morning question market will last today and tomorrow but after that back to the atlantic blues. we had the cold air. this is the milder trying to come in off the atlantic but as the warm air, that rain, those weather fronts, rain, those weatherfronts, are coming into the cold air we are getting some snow. this was nottinghamshire half an hour or so ago. it's notjust rain, we've got snow over the hills in the north piling up, blowing in the strong winds but we've seen it across the hills of wales and parts of the midlands, the higher parks in particular, the peak district as well. as we go through the afternoon

that's going to slowly ease eastwards, head of it something drier, behind it brighter with some showers, quite heavy showers and those blustery winds. it's a southerly ahead of it, it was a really cold start this morning and it's just switching round to the west behind. our temperature lifting to 6-7 c west behind. our temperature lifting to 6—7 c but west behind. our temperature lifting to 6-7 c but it west behind. our temperature lifting to 6—7 c but it feels cold out there with the wind and the showers in the cloud. the cloud, the weather front, will blow out of the way as we go through this evening but there are lots of showers packing into northern ireland right now, they'll come across into scotland, mainland as we go through this evening and overnight. temperature is not as low as overnight last night but low enough for a frost and ice after the day's rain and sleet and snow. if you are travelling those are your hazards, you have the wind as well for the next 2a hours, some rather hazardous travelling conditions. the warnings are on our website but there are warnings out particularly across the northern half of the country and tomorrow we may see a

smattering of snow south. we've got all the showers to come, rain and hail, sleet and snow over the hills and in particular snow at lower levels, thunder too, perhaps this giving a dusting of snow over the hills at lower levels across parts of south wales and southern england full stop four or 5 degrees, another cold day to come tomorrow, feeling in the wind which will be particularly strong down through the channel, that takes us into the weekend. another area of low pressure coming off the atlantic, it starts to get milder across most parts, wet and windy for saturday, a brief ridge of high pressure for sunday. it looks like another spell of rain with possible hills knowing this north but it's the winter driving the rain eastwards for most of us on saturday giving quite a soaking in places but it's milder and then the brief ridge of high pressure as we move into sundayjust settling things, quieting things down for a day or so before it tends milder, wet and windy for the start of next week. it's looking very

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hello from new york. i'm tom brook, and welcome to our talking movies review of 2021. in today's programme, we look at the highlights of the year infilm. there were many special moments. a real in person cannes film festival brought excitement and joy to the french riviera. a very pleasing end of the year adaptation of west side story. i used to be able to get into a room with the emeny. and a newjames bond film was finally released, and though it did not please everyone, it did gangbusters at the box office. but let's face it, 2021 has been a difficult year for the film industry. there has been some great artistry on display by way of some remarkable films, but there has also been an ongoing sense of doom over whether cinema going would ever return to normal. the pandemic has definitely had an impact on

viewing habits and on the men and women who work in the film industry. we asked some of those who work both behind and in front of a camera to reflect on what impact covid 19 has had on them in 2021. professionally, it has been nerve—racking. i have seen a lot of my colleagues and friends, like camera assistance and props people, people who aren't so high up the food chain, as it were, really suffering and finding it difficult to put food on the table. it's possible to make movies with covid protocols, and i've been lucky that these movies have been made without problems. personally, it's a little tough, because like for everyone, i'm isolated, i'm in strange places during quarantine when i'm not working, going outside for dinner or something is not very promising, or sometimes it's even forbidden.

i have found myself feeling a bit sad - i because i didn't get to release| this movie that was intended to come out a year ago, and i feltj there wasn't really the room to feel this way and i felt _ a little shame or embarrassment that one of my biggest woes was that a film wasn't coming out. i everybody became very intimate with stories during the pandemic, were it books, movies, tv series, we needed stories to stay alive, and i felt it very much in a way i have not felt it before. the high point for me at any rate in 2021 was going to a real, in person cannes film festival in july. it was a vintage year. joining me on the film festival bandwagon was my colleague emma jones, who has been looking back at some 2021 festival highlights.

cannes was the first major film event to bounce back in 2021 with a physical festival. those famous red steps were busy with celebrities and the cast of films including wes anderson's long delayed the french dispatch. they needed a bus to discharge them all onto the carpet. still water, starring matt damon also had its world premiere. the blockbuster was filmed in france, and matt damon summed up the feelings of many attendees about the return of the cannes film festival. i'm glad that we are here this year. after watching things on television for two years just about, to be in a room with 1000 other people, i never would have appreciated it in that way had we notjust gone through what we went through. the winner of the palm d'or was a french director julia ducournau who was only the second woman to win the prize. the film titane is a cinematic spectacle starring vincent

landon and agatha roussu who plays alexia, a troubled heroin who gets pregnant by a car. ducournau has enjoyed the strong reactions from audiences. i'm really happy because it's like this deal of trust in between us and the audience, and it is validated, and it feels really good. the bfi london film festival was also in the autumn, with stars such as george clooney and his new release the tender bar, and edgar wright with a 19605 horror comedy set in the capital city, last night in soho. the festival's big moment perhaps was bringing spencer to london. the story of diana princess of wales, it stars kristen stewart, is directed by pablo larrain, and was part made in germany. but stewart feels the film belongs to britain. i feel like we are bringing it home for her completly. one of the reasons it

is fun to talk about this movie existing at all is that we get to have her again, even if it's just through the inspiration that she gave to pablo, stephen and myself. the power of the dog is the story of a rancher, phil who visciously bullies his brothers new wife rose played by kirsten dunst. it's world premeire was at venice where jane campion got the best director prize in venice. thejury, amazing, so to get a recognition from them was quite heart stopping. really happy. good breginning for our tour. miss caruso, welcome. thank you. the lost daughter also premiered at the venice film festival and got its first time director, maggie gyllenhaal, for best screenplay award. this is an adaptation of eleanor ferranti's novel starring olivia colman, a nuanced portrait of the complexities of motherhood. in this story, a woman eventually leaves her children.

i want women who maybe would never pick up an eleanor ferranti novel, that's not their thing, to still be able to take in what she offered me. some of the year's festival highlights are streaming releases, but they will also show in cinemas. 2021's return of the spectacle of cinema was something film fans could celebrate, and the new knowledge that such events are not always guaranteed. some of the very best films that i saw in 2021 were documentaries. indeed, it was a very good year for adventurous nonfiction film—making. 2021 brought us buzz worthy documentaries that run the gamut from roadrunner, a portrait of a late chef and late tv show host anthony bourdain to the first wave. one of a slew of films detailing the pandemic. one documentary broke the storytelling mould, flea.

there are a few remarkable films getting oscar buzz that are documentaries. flea is a perfect example of how documentaries are blurring lines. it is a foreign language film, it's an animated film and it's a documentary. and it excels in all categories. flea tells the story of an afghan refugee who fled the taliban in the 19905 as a boy. his difficult, solitaryjourney from kabul to moscow and then copenhagen. the director said choosing an animation as a way to tell the story freed in to tell details of his life as a refugee that he had kept secret for 25 years. what you see in the film, what you hear in the film it's the first time, it talks about these things, and it is difficult to talk about. the fact that he could stay

anonymous and wouldn't meet people in the street who would ask him about his traumas and secrets was really key to freeing him and enabling him to open up and share his story. flea's strength lies in humanising those who make a dangerous trek from hardship into safer parts of the world. he is gay, so it is also the story of a man becoming comfortable with his sexual orientation. rasmussen says the film is compelling because it tells a universal story of trying to find a place to belong. there were also documentaries immersed in musical nostalgia, like todd haynes's film on the iconic 60s rock band the velvet underground. peterjackson�*s get back, a three—part documentary on the beatles�* final album. and the debut film

summer of soul which tells previously until story of the harlem cultural festival in new york. the festival is a celebration of black performers, and the film has been getting a lot of love from critics. the harlem cultural festival was hidden from the public for a decade. it happened here in the summer of 1969. the same summer as woodstock. but it was overshadowed by that music festival. but now it is stepping out of the shadows and basking in its own light. the film is filled with stars such as mahalia jackson, gladys knight and stevie wonder. you can't separate the festival from what was happening in the nation during a very tumultuous era. cities were burning, tensions were high and black people were moving into a new phase in the

fight for racial equality. it was no longer just about civil rights, but there was a move in consciousness, and people were embracing blackness itself. like gladys knight said in a film, "we want "progress, we want "our people lifting us up." two gentleman approached me about this mythical, alleged black woodstock festival it happened 50 years ago that i never knew about and none of my music expert friends knew about. they came in with a0 hours on a hard drive, and i was like, this really happened? the burning question of how could this just sit in someone�*s basement for 50 years and not one person had the power to bring it to light? that was on my mind. of course, all these documentaries are being released at a time when the pandemic has been having a big impact on our lives, which has perhaps been increasing our appetite for them as well. more people were at home

quarantining and watching a lot of television, and binge watching a lot of things like tiger king. one of the first documentaries that everybody watched when the pandemic started, and get back being one of the most recent things that people are watching. and both of them are hours long, but people make the time and are patient enough for it. i don't think they would have been as patient 20 years ago. coming up in talking movies, more from new york in our look back at the year in film. there was one very dramatic and sad event in 2021, when a bullet killed a cinematographer on the set of the western rust in new mexico in october. emma jones has been looking at how that event reverberated through hollywood. we need an ambulance at the ranch right now. one of the people has been shot on set accidentally. in october, an appalling tragedy unfolded on the set of the western rust in october. we believe we have in our possession the weapon that was fired by mr baldwin. a prop gun used by alec baldwin during

production contained a live round, killing the cinematographer and injuring the director. later, in an interview, baldwin insisted that he did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed hutchins, and that he had no idea how a real bullet had got on the set. baldwin also called this a one in a trillion episode. it has been nearly 30 years since the last time hollywood dealt with a similar incident, the death of brandon bruce lee in 1993 while filming the gothic fantasy the crow. lee was also accidentally shot while filming. is that gasoline i smell? the crow was finished and released. there was no chance of that with rust. according to figures released in 2020, at least 42% of american households owned at least one gun. the prevalence of firearms here in the us has been a hot topic for many years, but gun control in hollywood really hasn't been

a mainstream issue until 2021. this is now a fundamental debate about the way the industry makes its films. whatever occurred on the set of this western, normally there are strict protocols and procedures in place on any film set with weapons, which means very few people ever handle them. director adam egypt mortimer made the film arch enemy in 2020. hutchins was the cinematographer. within just a few moments of talking to her, i felt like she had such a strong vibe, such a sense of commitment to art, and the integrity of wanting to make cinema, that i wanted to work with her. at the 2021 gotham awards ceremony in november in new york, many in the film community were calling for changes.

to lose any crew member, to lose anyone on a set made my blood boil. i think it's high time, whether it's a major production or an independent one, that the industry take account and bear responsibility for the way we work and how we treat each other. it's essential. there are those already saying they will not work with real guns on set again, and when it is dwayne johnson speaking, it does have power. johnson was hollywood's highest paid actor in 2020 and has just brought out another successful action comedy, red notice, and he says in future his own production company will do things differently. we will not use real guns ever again. we will use rubber guns and we will take care of it in post. given the amount of gunfights the film industry recreates every year, statistically movie sets have low rates of these tragic incidents.

some creators maintain real guns are necessary for authenticity of performance, but given how much can be recreated now with special effects, the debate on how necessary real firearms truly are to the movies is onlyjust beginning. one very positive development towards the end of 2021 was the arrival of steven spielberg's adaptation of the classic musical west side story. although its performance at the box office did not initially live up to expectations, it earned excellent reviews, and it is now quite a strong oscars contender. i've never seen you before. you're not puerto rican. is that 0k? do you want to start world war iii?

west side story is a love story inspired by shakespeare's romeo and juliet. it is an adaptation of the 1957 musical movie. that the world premiere of his adaptation of west side story, stephen spielberg made it clear he was indebted to all the musical�*s creative forefathers. the first feeling is gratitude and such an honour to be able to be entrusted by the trustees, and stephen sondheim, to be able to make our west side story. stephen sondheim was a lyricist for the new film as well and was heavily involved in its production, but sadly he died at the age of 91 just a few days before the world premiere. # today all day i had the feeling... #.

of course, west side story is notjust a set of appealing songs set in the 19505 but deals with substantial matter5. the film deals with a world of violence in people being displaced by developers from their homes, 5till i55ues today. it also addresses raci5m. it might be a romeo and juliet inspired love story, but it has spotlighted primitive bigotry. unfortunately, we have not learned our lesson. the tragedy is result when hate is a5cendant and no room is made for love, that bigotry and prejudice, raci5m are terrible 5ins. well, 2021 is drawing to a close, so, in keeping with tradition, here is my list of the top ten films of the year. on the basis of what i've seen, and that's not everything, here are my choices. at number ten, stephen spielberg's adaptation of the cla55ic broadway musical west side story, reminding us of the talents of its lyricist, the late stephen sondheim. it had electrifying moments, great choreography, and of course great songs. taking the number nine spot, paolo sorrentino's the hand of god, the most personalfilm to

date from the italian director, a memorable portrait of him and his exuberant family in naples as he was growing up, and beset by tragedy. watch out for that traffic there. number eight, from sir kenneth branagh, another personal film account of childhood, in this case belfast. the film is a valentine to the city and a loving tribute to his family, helped by a brilliant portrayal by young actorjude hill. your reading is stressing me out. this will affect the entire planet.

in seventh place, don't look up, adam mckay's refreshing media satire, speculating on what would happen if a giant comet was hurtling towards earth, spelling total extinction. what i see in her is obvious. what she sees them he is a little more puzzling. in sixth place, and it, the opening film at this year's cannes film festival, in which the story and songs came from the pop duo sparks. a seriously weird but thoroughly engaging film. taking the number five spot, joe wright's cyrano, an adaptation of the stage musical based on the cyrano de bergerac play. the songs were performed live, and that really connected with audience.

i don't know where my family is. can i go and check on them? i won't be long. in fourth place, quo vadis aida? not a documentary, but it felt hauntingly real. at number three, the velvet underground. todd haynes turns his hand to documentary making with a brilliant chronicle of seminal band the velvet underground. in second place, one of my favourite films of the year, the animated documentary flee, in which rasmussen makes ingenious use of animation to tell the story of a man fleeing from the taliban 25 years ago. what's it doing? getting mixed up with her. and the talking movies number one film of 2021 is the power of the dog, in which jane

campion showed everyone just how film could be made. her western as a hunting port of toxic masculinity and cruelty, with a brilliant performance by benedict cumberbatch. —— a haunting portrait. that brings the review of 2021 to a close. we hope you have enjoyed the programme. remember, you can reach us online, and you can find us on facebook and twitter. from me, tom brooke, and everyone at talking movies, we wish you the very best. we will be back in the new year with a whole raft of new, exciting talking movies programmes. so, today, we will leave you with rachel sigler, one of the stars of steven spielberg's west side story, singing one of the musical�*s most popular songs.

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it is rain at lower levels but it is the snow and hills we are seeing and behind it lots of showers following on from the rest of the day so sunshine interspersed and head of the system, a pretty blustery wind heading through which accentuate the chill and a cold start as well for many of us so temperatures have not risen that much and are more likely to be around 2—3 c, particularly in the north that further west with the added bit of sunshine, getting a bit higher. through the evening and overnight, some cold air returns and we have more snow showers and of course with temperatures falling close to freezing, not as low as last night but low enough for ice to fall. but we are seeing activity out to the west with another band of rain and some more hill for coming into hazardous conditions on the roads in the next 2a hours and some warnings out from our website. let's

see what is happening through tomorrow, the tightly packed eyes are still with us and some cold air coming in. we have scattered snow showers in the north, levels as well then this area of rain is likely to turn to snow from south wales and southern england. so that will accentuate the chill further north where we have sunny spells but a scattering of white heavy showers and under in amongst those as well. then as we turn our attention to the weekend, we have western wins and those westerly winds mean we will see a change to milder conditions, wet, windy conditions sweeping away gradually eastwards with plenty of showers following on behind us and sunday looks quieter but i will show you that in a minute but in a moment, what we will see it as it looks like saturday will be sunny for three or four hours before the weather system clears out. ridge of high pressure bringing a quieter speu high pressure bringing a quieter spell of weather and again wet and windy to start next week. goodbye

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