hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i'mjane hill, and taking us through this week's releases is mark kermode. hi, mark. what have you been watching? so, big week — we have dr strange in the multiverse of madness, the title of which i think is pretty self—explanatory. we have wild men — midlife crisis for men not actually that wild. and this much i know to be true, which is a documentary about nick cave and warren ellis, about whose music i'm a huge fan. mm, good mixture. yes. so, dr strange in the multiverse of madness, which is a very cumbersome title, isn't it? benedict cumberbatch, who was recently seen as doctor strange in spider—man, no way home, had his own stand—alone feature, which was kind of moderately well received, but with some controversy a few years ago. now, he's back. his path crosses with america chavez, who is a young woman about whom he's been dreaming,

but he's never met her in real life until suddenly there she is in real life, being chased by a one—eyed octopus that is attempting to throw a bus at him. don't believe me? here's a clip. look out!

0k! so, it did exactly what i said it was going to do. so, you know, big, smashy, crashy action with a lot of cg. xochitl gomez is america chavez, who, it turns out, can slip between multi—verses. meanwhile, elizabeth olsen's wanda has been having visions of another life, of another possibility for her, and this has been kind of driving her mad, and she sees america as perhaps the key to her dreams. don't want to say anymore because of plot spoilers. here's the most important thing — this is directed by sam raimi. sam raimi is the guy who made his name with the evil dead, which was the great, notorious horror film that kind of was at the centre of the video nasties scare in the 1980s. i'm a huge fan. i know, and you're laughing a lot when you say video nasties! no, exactly! but although this is a big blockbuster movie —

sam raimi did the spider—man trilogy, so he's done family—friendly fare — this is still full of references to evil dead. so there's a cursed book, there's demonic possession, there's devilish eyes, there's zombie reincarnations, there's even a cameo from bruce campbell doing a very specific nod to evil dead ii. now, i enjoy all of that stuff. for everybody else, i think the most important thing is that the film is called dr strange in the multiverse of madness. it's actually really not about him, it's about wanda maximoff, and i think that elizabeth olson is the emotional core of the film. it's her character that drives the action, it's her emotional arc that gets you involved, and the real talent is that what she manages to do is to inject something that approaches human emotions into scenes which are big, smashy—crashy, cgi stuff coming on, you know, multi—verse stuff, in the middle of it, you believe in her. so everybody else is doing the kind of pantomime stuff very well, very nicely orchestrated, a little bit cgi—heavy for my liking, but she's the one

kind of divining rod. ok, i believe in that character and i believe in the stuff that she's going through and, therefore, oddly, the film worked for me in a way which i hadn't expected it to. 0k, interesting, which is interesting, because that's actually a little bit how i felt about wild men, which i did not expect to enjoy. however... yes, so, danish tragicomedy — could we call it that? oh, yeah, quite hard to characterise, which is a good thing. yes. the story is martin is in the throes of a midlife crisis, he decides to go off and live in the norwegian woods to live off the land. he's not very good at it so he ends up knocking over a service station in order to get supplies. next thing, he's back out in the woods and teams up with somebody he thinks is a hiker, is actually an on—the—run criminal. sofie grabol from the killing is his wife. the police tell her, look, either he's completely lost it or he's in league with international drug runners, and we're not sure which of the two is true. the comic strokes are fairly broad, but it's played very deadpan, and i think that gives it a pathos that really makes it work. there's a fantastic sequence when they stumble upon an authentic

"viking encampment". and he's..."|'ve found my people!" and he discovers that they've got iphones and they don't take furs, they only take mastercards. so, i enjoyed it. did you like it? i laughed out loud quite a few times, and that very opening scene where he's in the grocery store or the gas station, i was absolutely guffawing about the fact that he is trying to buy groceries, but... with an axe! ..but all he's got is some fur to offer, he doesn't have a credit card. it sounds so silly, but it was really funny. they keep saying, "it's cash or credit card," and he says, "yes, but you can have this!" "no, but it's cash or credit card," and then of course that gets mirrored in the viking encampment. also, i did think it had something to say about male midlife crisis, about that thing about, you know, i can only find meaning by living off fried frog, which it turns out...not a healthy snack. and the scenery is beautiful. i can't not mention it, actually. it's absolutely stunning and kind of reminded me of fargo.

yes, and also, a similar kind of thing with fargo, that darkly comic edge that it's just on the edge of horror and comedy in that sort of really strange way. yeah, it's a really curious film, but i laughed. i'm glad you liked it. i laughed, and that's always a good thing. your third choice? yes, now, this is only out for one night next wednesday, wednesday 11, in a bunch of cinemas, and that's it. it is the new film by andrew dominik. it's called this much i know to be true, and it's a documentary about nick cave and warren ellis preparing for a tour in 2021, preparing songs from ghosteen and carnage. so we have music performances that are done in these kind of big church—like spaces, very, very stripped down, very simple. we also have interviews, very telling interviews that lead us into the different ways in which they both work. here's a clip. i don't really have a sense of form and order, so we could sort of cut that into it later, but it's really, like, aboutjust, like, being in the moment, you know,

and i guess seeing what happens. you know, we're just throwing things down, you know, like, sit down and start playing, you know, and you kind of are looking for those moments, you know, in amongst hours and hours and hours of stuff. now, i actually had songs — i actually had song lyrics, . but i know from experience - that those songs are...probably won't. . .amount to anything. but i like — the thing that's great working with nick is that he's up for trying anything, you know, and more so, and more and more. warren is almost always - on transmit and not so much on receive, i would say. now, i could honestly listen to them talk for hours, but the musical performances are breathtaking, and i don't know whether you're a fan of nick cave and warren ellis... well, and you see, i...if it's

possible to be neutral about nick cave, i really am, and so i'm wondering, does this film appeal to someone who doesn't really know much about them? is it about the creative process and, therefore, is just interesting, or actually, do you have to really be a nick cave fan? ok, i would say it is about the creative process. i should also �*fess up that i saw the tour and i thought it was a deeply spiritual experience. and i think the musical performances in this, they're beautifully filmed, the way in which they're done is very, very stripped down. but i think the thing that's really smart about it is these are songs about, you know, existential questions of life, death, you know, religion, the universe, but the film has a lot of humour in it. it starts with nick telling us that during lockdown, he took the government's advice and retrained as a ceramicist, and he then introduces us to this series of figurines telling the story of the life of the devil, and it's serious, but it's also kind of absurd. and i think that even if you weren't a nick cave and warren ellis fan, you would enjoy it. i mean, i have to say, for me, warren ellis is the lightning rod

in all of this because he's also a great film composer and obviously they've done film scores together. just watching him, he's like merlin, he's like some kind of wizard on screen. i mean, i...i loved it. i think obviously i love it partly because i love the music, but i think what you would see is two people wrestling with the creative process in a way that's really fascinating and heartbreaking and funny. 0k, interesting, interesting. and there is music in your choice of best out as well. yeah, so casablanca beats, which we've both seen. this is the moroccan entry for the 94th academy awards, this is the last week i'm going to flag it up, but i want people to go and see it. it was shot in an arts centre in a room that the director had set up, and it's basically the story of youngsters finding their voice through rap. and i...i know that it's kind of aimed at a younger audience, but ijust found it really uplifting. i thought it was great to see such a positive film made from such a potentially difficult situation. yes, and there's lots of very, very interesting debates in it. really interesting. debates about politics...

women's rights, women's place in the world. it just. .. and songs, and really, really, you know, sort of exciting songs. anyway, if you get a chance, do go and see it, and i think it needs to be seen on the big screen. on the subject of which, my reissue of the week, and i hope you feel the same way about this as i do — cabaret is 50 years old. i...i just can't believe this. you told me just before we came in and...yeah, 50! 50 years old! i can't remember the last time i saw it, actually, but here's the chance. yeah, so it's back in cinemas — select cinemas, just google where you live and where cabaret�*s playing. if you've only ever seen cabaret on the television, and most people probably will, �*cause it was in cinemas 50 years ago, go see it on the big screen. i mean, it's a brilliant film, it's the musical for people who don't like musicals because all the musical numbers happen, you know, there's a reason for it, it's notjust people bursting into song, it's political, it's about the rise of nazism, it's got fantastic performances by liza minnelli and joel grey, the songs are unbelievable, but you...seeing it projected, it's just overwhelming and it's really worth making the trip

to the cinema to see it. and cabaret is a gritty story. if you haven't seen it, people think, ooh, show tunes, but, no, it's a very, very dark underbelly... it's a film during which we see the rise of nazism, and the tomorrow belongs to me sequence, i would say, belongs in the great horror sequences of all time. it is absolutely terrifying. it is a film about the way that something...some monstrous thing comes up from the ground, and i think it's a genuine masterpiece and deserves all the acclaim, it should be seen projected. 50 years, my goodness. i just can't believe that! how old does that make us feel? worth revisiting. thank you very much. we will see you next week and enjoy your cinema—going whatever you decide to see. see you next time. bye— bye. hello. the weekend brought plenty of dry and settled late spring weather.

one or two showers on saturday for eastern england but sunday was dry pretty much across—the—board. this was the picture in bradfield in sheffield. a bit of air whether cloud on sunday. a change in the forecast through the week ahead. it's looking more unsettled. windier, wetter too, especially for western scotland. could be some rain by the middle of the week further south in england and wales where it's been very dry recently. back to monday morning. dominated by high pressure to the east but far enough away to allow these weather fronts from the north—west. rain spilling across the west of northern ireland, and western scotland from the word go. that's going to edge its way south—east through the day. going to be quite persistent and heavy for a time in western scotland. the wind picking up with gusts of 30—a0 mph. england and wales staying predominantly dry. things turning hazy as the cloud spills in the head of the weather front. 22 or 23 degrees, feeling point warm towards the south—east.

we've still got high levels of pollen, tree pollen at this time of year across england and wales but with the cloud, breeze and rain further north, pollen levels are low and moderate. monday evening and overnight into tuesday, the weather fronts slipping further south—east, tending to fizzle out as they do so. a band of cloud, the odd spot of drizzle for central and southern parts of england and wales first thing on tuesday. clearer skies further north but it's going to be a mild and frost free day. a bit of a breeze on tuesday coming from west or south—westerly direction, just pushing the weather front slowly away towards the south—east. it could stay quite murky for much of the day down towards the likes of kent for instance. for the rest of the uk come a day of sunshine and blustery showers. they'll be most frequent in the far north—west. temperatures somewhere 11—20 on tuesday. a bit above average to the south. towards the middle of the week we are watching this developing area of low pressure. this some uncertainty about the exact timing and track of it but it looks like it will bring some rain to some southern parts of england and wales. moving from west to east.

further north across the uk, sunny spells and again some blustery showers, especially frequent for the west of scotland. temperatures 11—18, so a touch cooler in the middle of the week. bye.

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