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tv   The Film Review  BBC News  March 19, 2022 11:45pm-12:01am GMT

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lama i am a huge hugh next doctor who? i am a huge hugh grant fan, next doctor who? i am a huge hugh grant fan. hugh _ next doctor who? i am a huge hugh grant fan, hugh i _ next doctor who? i am a huge hugh grant fan, hugh i would _ next doctor who? i am a huge hugh grant fan, hugh i would not - grant fan, hugh i would not necessarily say i have been a huge doctor_ necessarily say i have been a huge doctor who fan since i was 12 years old, doctor who fan since i was 12 years old. and _ doctor who fan since i was 12 years old, and even then, i watched it behind — old, and even then, i watched it behind the — old, and even then, i watched it behind the sofa. but hugh grant is such a _ behind the sofa. but hugh grant is such a brilliant actor, he really camped — such a brilliant actor, he really camped it _ such a brilliant actor, he really camped it up for paddington two in the iconic— camped it up for paddington two in the iconic dance scene. and in the old days, — the iconic dance scene. and in the old days, doctor who had an element of campus— old days, doctor who had an element of campus to it. he has also played jeremy— of campus to it. he has also played jeremy thorpe with great finesse and nuance _ jeremy thorpe with great finesse and nuance so _ jeremy thorpe with great finesse and nuance. so he has an actor of high calibre _ nuance. so he has an actor of high calibre if— nuance. so he has an actor of high calibre if it — nuance. so he has an actor of high calibre. if it means he's coming on board, _ calibre. if it means he's coming on board, i_ calibre. if it means he's coming on board, ifor— calibre. if it means he's coming on board, i for one would definitely change — board, i for one would definitely change my viewing patterns and start watching _ change my viewing patterns and start watching again. hugh, if you are watching, — watching again. hugh, if you are watching, hello! all watching again. hugh, if you are watching, hello!— watching, hello! all right, then. that is very _ watching, hello! all right, then. that is very good, _ watching, hello! all right, then. that is very good, thanks - watching, hello! all right, then. that is very good, thanks for . watching, hello! all right, then. i that is very good, thanks for that, lucy. apparently, he has been in secret or not so secret talks, now they are on the front page of the sunday people. thank you very much to lucy and kate. kate maltby and
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lucy beresford. thank you very much to you both. that's it for the papers this evening. thanks for your company. the film review is up next. stay with us on bbc news. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i'mjane hill, and to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. hi, mark, what have you been watching? fascinating mix this week. we have the phantom of the open, the stranger—than—fiction story of the world's worst golfer. we have paris, 13th district, the story of love in the modern age. and master, a creepy chiller.
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something for everyone. so let's start with phantom of the open. the story of maurice flitcroft. did you know this story before before the film? because you'd just seen it, as well. i've just seen it, and that's one of the things that really holds your attention. ok, so here played by mark rylance, he is a crane operator. he gets a colour tv, sees some professional golf on the television and thanks, "i could do that." and so, decides that he will apply for the open championship, despite the fact that his experience of golf is next to nil. here's a clip. good stuff, innit? he speaks latin what? "clothes of the gods." well, he only gets the best, jim. i thought i wasjohn. john, yeah, john.
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good lad, john. those sandwiches look nice, jean. love, can you stop worrying about what you look like and finish filling in this form first? what does that mean, "handicap"? it must be me ailments, i suppose. oh, like your false teeth? lombargo, a touch of arthritis, should i put that down? aye, put that down. hello. all right, lads? here you go, dad, get a load of that. i what's that? money, so you can practise on a proper golf course. i so, he applies — through a clerical error or a bit of fudging, he manages to get into the qualifiers, where it's not a plot spoiler to say that he doesn't do particularly well. and the really interesting thing — i think there's something very british about embracing the idea of failure as a glorious thing. because certainly, the way that mark rylance plays maurice flitcroft is that he's a wholly innocent character.
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he's somebody who believes — he keeps quoting oscar wilde, you know, "you're in the gutter, but you're looking at the stars." well, why shouldn't i, why can't i? well, there's a very good reason, you haven't been practising since you were seven years old. whereas everybody he's crossed paths with, they have all been practising for that long. but i think the film works because it's charming in the way that the duke is charming, it's very funny. i did tear up a couple of times because sally hawkins is his incredibly supportive wife who just says, "look, follow your dreams, do whatever it is". also, you saw briefly in that clip the twins, who, their dream is to be disco—dancing champions. the weirdest thing is, you think, the author of the book on the subject beforehand, he must�*ve made this up, there's no way that can be true. and of course, all the best, weirdest details are all true. it's directed by craig roberts, who does a very good job of mixing the down—to—earth stuff with the kind of elements of fantasy.
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there's a couple of sequences where he is gazing at the stars and he literally flies off into the stars like a musicalfantasia. did you like it, did you enjoy it? i laughed and cried. there we go! which is one of my favourite things in any piece of art or entertainment. "charming" is absolutely the word. i wasn't quite so sure about those fantasy bits, where he looks up at the stars, i think it lost me a little bit at that point. but i would say, don't read too much about it, go and see it — because the story itself... and another thing happens and yourjaw is still on the ground. and you think, no, no, that can't have happened. and then, no, he really did that! it's remarkable. at the end of the film, there are little bits of actual news footage which you go, no, this did happen and this that you think can't possibly have happened did happen. i also think its heart's in the right place. there's a lovely moment later on in which he gives a speech about the things that are important to him. honestly, you'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by it. it's charming. i agree. some people might say
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"schmaltzy", but there's a lot in there about family and i liked that. and i like schmaltz — if it's done well, i like schmaltz and i like sentimentality. and like you, i like to laugh and i like to cry, and the film made me do both of these things. i really enjoyed it. so, also out — paris 13th district, which is the new film byjacques audiard. the french title for this is les olympiads, which are the blocks on 13th. this is an intertwining tale of love in the digital age. so it's inspired by short stories of american cartoonist adrian tomine. we have a science graduate living in an apartment that was owned by her grandmother, who is now in a care home, she's not going to visit her. we have a teacher who seems to be moving from one relationship to the next, we have a 30—something—year—old woman who arrives from bordeaux to resume her studies, and then suddenly finds herself in the centre of a mobile phone—powered scandal. we have a cam girl who becomes a strange and unexpected friend. the director described this as being the "flip side
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of my night with maud". he said, "we now live in an age in which intimacy often precedes the conversations, rather than the other way around". the thing i liked about it is it's presented in black and white, it has a very kind of manhattan edge to it, that kind of romantic view of the environment. and also what's nice is, it doesn't present technology as necessarily bad. it's not the "oh, now we're are all very distant because we've got mobile phones and screens". actually, some of the most intimate scenes in the film are through computer screens, or through a telephone line. i thought that was interesting because it wasn'tjudgmental. one of the screenwriters on it is celine schiamma, who made my favourite film of last year. i thought it was, again, it was much more enjoyable than i expected it to be. partly because i read a couple of reviews that said it's flimsy, it's whimsical. yes, it is, but it's done very well, and i believed in the characters. i liked it, ithink you would like it, too. 0k. master, am i going to like this? it's not a horrorfilm, jane, it's an eerie chiller.
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there's a touch of jordan peele about this. it's the feature debut from mariama diallo. regina hall is the first black woman to be appointed master of a posh ivy league college in new england. she plays gail bishop. the ivy league college is very near to where the salem witch trials took place and there's still people around who dress as if that's the period. it seems like a greatjob, but the school is haunted by the spectre of ghosts, of witches, and also of racism. a new pupil, jasmine, has been told stories that somebody threw themselves to their death out the window. meanwhile, a new college professor is under investigation for unfairly marking a paper. here's a clip. i'm just worried about jasmine. yeah, i mean, who knowsj what she's gone through? kind of make that great dispute makes — kind of make that great dispute makes sense _ kind of makes that grade
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dispute makes sense. i yes, everything else seems out of control. yeah, but that dispute could control whether or not i get tenure. - do not be dramatic, all right, you'll be fine... look, i've never seen them so close to town. let's go, we shouldn't be here. come on. so, you see, creepy, rather than horror film. here's the reason i think that you'll like it. likejordan peele's movies, it's using that kind of unsettling format to talk about something that's real and down—to—earth. it's talking about racism, it's talking about the way in which history is always with us. it's talking about the way in which people are kind of gaslighted into wondering whether what they're thinking isjust in their head, or whether they are actually in the middle of some strange conspiracy. i think the best thing about the film is, the audience spends a lot of it feeling the same way as the main characters. like, "hang on, what exactly is going on? i feel very unsettled, i feel very
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uneasy, i feel creeped out, but i'm not entirely sure why." and i think it does a very good job of creating that atmosphere of unease. and that's why i say... i know you're not a fan of horror films, but i know that you are a fan of films which are dramatically gripping and have substance, and have great performances and ideas. yes, yes. and i think this is a film full of ideas. and that's interesting, yeah. there aren'tjump scares — actually, there are a couple... it's not a horrorfilm, jane! it is a substantial eerie chiller, and i'd be very interested to know what you think of it. it's in select cinemas, but also on prime video. you can watch it at home, so it would be interesting to know what you think. okey—doke — best out? i'm going for the batman. i've seen it twice — which is six hours, because it's three hours' long. i think robert patterson is pretty good. it's a vampiric role anyway, it's a bloke dressed as a bat. of course, he rose to fame through the twilight movies, which i love!
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i will not hear any bad words about the twilight movies. i love the twilight movies, and i think he was great as a shiny vampire in the twilight movies. and here, he's very good as a troubled, sort of, emo—goth vampire. i like the way the film looks, it has a very kind of textured feel to it. it's not perfect, but after the nolans, where do you go? and i think this goes in an interesting direction, and i think the central performances are pretty decent. yes, and i do want to get round to seeing it. and your dvd choice takes us back to the wonderful person you mentioned earlier. petite maman, my favourite film of last year. 72 minutes long, absolutely perfect. it's so great! it's a fairy tale about these two girls who meet. there's a kind of time—travelling, fairy—tale thing going on. and it's just beautiful and mysterious and wonderful. i think it's one of those things that remind you that at its very best, cinema can be a transcendent, transformative experience. i actually think that
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you become a better person from watching petite maman. i think it'sjust... that moment with the pancakes. oh, yes, i mean, you are completely transported for 72 minutes. you just are, you're in another world. yeah, in another world, and absolutely bound up with it. it's heartbreaking and makes you laugh, it makes you cry. oh, it's just wonderful. beautifully made, yes. thank you very much. a really interesting mixed bag, lots to chew over. i'm glad you liked the golfing movie, it's really sweet. myjaw is still on the ground. thank you very much. enjoy your cinema watching, whatever you choose to see this week, streaming, as well. thanks for being with us, see you next time, bye—bye. hello there. saturday was the warmest day of the year so far. we recorded a top temperature of 20.2 degrees celsius
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in kinlochewe, in highland scotland. it's unlikely to be quite that warm today. for all of us, a cooler day is on the way, but there will be lots of spring sunshine. now, right now, things are turning chilly. we've got some patches of frost already developing and some mist and fog patches possibly through the vale of york and eastern areas of scotland. but still, for most of you, sunday morning will dawn on a lovely start, with plenty of spring sunshine to look forward to. perhaps a nice sunrise for northern ireland, but it will turn a bit cloudier here through the day. east anglia may well see a few showers, perhaps a bit of soft hail mixed in with some of those through the evening time, but still the emphasis is on a lot of dry and fine weather with sunny spells. it will feel cooler, though. temperatures between 9—13 degrees. from there onwards, though, we keep hold of the dry weather. it's going to get a lot warmer into the new week with temperatures peaking at 19 in both cardiff and london.
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