tv The Film Review BBC News June 18, 2022 11:45pm-12:01am BST
11:45 pm
that means that not a problem. that means that supporters and fans of all sorts of sports _ supporters and fans of all sorts of sports need to take on that responsibility as well, to make sure that athletes are comfortable and don't _ that athletes are comfortable and don't receive any sort of horrible abuse _ don't receive any sort of horrible abuse or— don't receive any sort of horrible abuse or the kind of things that sadly— abuse or the kind of things that sadly we — abuse or the kind of things that sadly we still see far too often about— sadly we still see far too often about this. it's a lovely story and it's fantastic that dame kelly finally— it's fantastic that dame kelly finally feels she can come out in this way — finally feels she can come out in this way. like you say, to be treated _ this way. like you say, to be treated so _ this way. like you say, to be treated so well in a positive way. the third — treated so well in a positive way. the third paragraph sums up as part of the back story saying kelly, 52 was in the army when homosexuality in the ranks was illegal and she considered suicide at the time. part of a really difficult background for her but today a very positive day indeed. thank you both so much for talking us through all the stores on the papers that we will be singing tomorrow morning. thank you both.
11:46 pm
that's it for the papers this hour. goodbye for now. hello and a very warm welcome to this week's film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases we have, as ever, mark kermode. mark, what delights have you been sampling this week? a very mixed bag this week. we have good luck to you, leo grande, starring emma thompson. we have the new francois ozon film, everything went fine. and lightyear, the ultimate origin story, apparently. good luck to you, leo grande, this had a lot of advance
11:47 pm
publicity because emma thompson has been talking about body image in the media a lot. yes. there has been a lot of press about it. she stars as a widowed former religious studies teacher who's only intimate encounter in her whole life has been her husband and apparently very mundane and vanilla. she's now single, widowed. and she's decided she wants to find out what all the fuss is about. she makes a list of stuff that she wants to do and being practical to the point of being brewed, she books a hotel room and hires an escort in the form of leo grande. here is a clip. you don't have to worry. this is just the two of us tonight. so, what is your fantasy? i'm not sure you could really class it as a fantasy, - it's a bit mundane for that. 0k, what would you most desire? desires are never mundane. to have sex... ..tonight with you.
11:48 pm
that's about it, - really, for the moment. she's very good in this, isn't she? i think emma thonpson is good in almost everything. it's directed by sophie hyde, written by katy brand. let's do all the positives first. the script is often very funny and both of those performers are terrific and they are welljudge performances because it's a balance between the poignant and comedic and they get itjust right and it's like watching two performances at the top of their game. great. the film is about a subject which let's be honest, cinema in general and british cinema in particular is considered to be taboo. cinema worries about actually talking about intimacy. on the downside, it's somewhat stagey. it plays out as a series of chaptered encounters in the same hotel room, except for in the very end. and i can almost imagine it as being like a two—handed play. it's also performative. leo is playing a role
11:49 pm
because he's a giggilo, he's an escort, a sex worker so he's playing the role but we are watching two very accomplished actors playing roles and i never quite forgot that that's what we are watching. if you compare this with a film like the mother, that had a much more convincing set of characters. i did really believe with those people. it's very funny. it's nicely to be unabashed. it's dealing with a subject it which is often taboo. intimacy and british cinema don't often go hand—in—hand and they are great performances. i wished that i believed in them more as their characters rather than as very fine actors doing very good performances with a sharp, witty script but i wanted to believe any more. interesting in the context of older actresses saying it's harderfor them to get film roles. the thing is, there is absolutely no question that anything that deals with intimacy,
11:50 pm
with anyone other than young fabulous looking people is something that cinema has traditionally shied away from. and this is therefore, moving things forward because what it's doing is a subject that cinema has considered taboo and i think that's great and to be praised ijust wished that i bought into the film more than i did. 0k. everything went fine, which is in some ways a misleading title because this is a film about assisted dying and euthanasia. yes, francois ozon made sitcoms, terrific director. sophie marceau is emmanuele, who's father has a stroke and then says and tells her, i want you to help me to die. she had a conflicted relationship with him in the past. we see flashbacks to her childhood where he was brutish with her. but she loves him but she can't refuse his request but to agrees to help him risks illegality, obviously, an inevitable trip to switzerland.
11:51 pm
the subject matter opens itself up to sentimentality but there is nothing about that. it is about spiky people with spiky relationships dealing with difficult subject matter but it's often funny and it's very moving. it's never melodramatic but it's very evenhanded. and it's very frank and again, it's dealing with a subject that's not the easiest subject for cinema to deal with but it does it really well. and terrific performances from the entire ensemble cast and at no point does it feel the need to do anything sentimental or tear—jerking, which is not saying it's not moving or upsetting but it's also funny and life—affirming. do you believe in this one? i do. in a way, that's the issue. with this i believe that they were the characters they were playing rather than something more performative than that. and here is a question, do you believe in buzz lightyear?
11:52 pm
because lightyear is the latest toy story spin off. i wish i could tell you i did and the shame is i don't. the story is this is the ultimate origin. are you into toy story fan? i enjoyed the first one, to be honest, i haven't seen the others. one, two, and three were perfect stories. lightyear we are told at the beginning that andy got the toy of buzz lightyear, which is a toy from his favourite film and this is the film and you go, "really? " ok, so we will see that created the toy that andy got. it's unnecessarily contrived. he's attempting to get his crew back home after a crash. here's a clip. you know how i feel about rockets. the same way i feel about autopilot. i'm better offjust doing the job myself. which is why i brought the rookie. hello. no. protocol requires. we bring him along. i can't deal with sad eyes.
11:53 pm
not looking. no, no, no. look at the rookie. all right, all right. you win. look, rookie, first he will not speak unless spoken to. respect the suits. this suit means something. it's notjust protecting your body it's protecting the universe. this suit is a promise to the world that you will do one thing above all. finished admission no matter the cost. you will never quite. will you please turn that off? you're mocking me, aren't you? yes, but in a supportive way. 0k, fine. it's pixar so there's a certain level of quality control. that's one of the funnier moments.
11:54 pm
that's pretty much the best bits. the design is great, pixar does design brilliantly. you look at the cars movies, this is designed brilliantly, the problem is the whole thing about toy story is it's the conceit of the toys and the people. toy story is not about the toys, it's about the children and it's about the parents and arguably, toy story four was about the toys, this is like, what you're doing stretching the universe of this so far that what you've done is forgotten the thing that made the first toy story work. the first toy story did not work because brilliant toys coming to life when people are out of the room, it worked because it was about something. this is about something in as much as there is a story about learning to work as a team — hooray. that does notjustify the otherwise vacuous... it was the first time i watched anything from this universe of films and not felt at all emotionally engaged.
11:55 pm
i wept buckets at the end of toy story three. i was really glad toy story three was in sd because i have the glasses on. we talked about this before, you weep in a lot of films. toy story three is one of the greatest, it's brilliant and a perfect trilogy. this jumped the shark. they will keep churning these out for the money. one would imagine it will do well because it's got audience recognition because people love buzz lightyear ijust don't need to see the film that inspired the toy that inspired andy. enough with the back story. best out? men. this is the alex garland film in which all men really are the same because they are all played by rory kinnear. it has a fable fairy tale quality where he coasted his house in the country and all the men she meets are paid by the same man and is a monstrousness about them. and for most of the film it's a dreamy kind of nightmare off—kilter feeling and in the last
11:56 pm
third of the it goes david kronenberg body horror. i spoke to a few people who said i was waited for the first two thirds and then what happened, you have to know it's going to go. it's going to walk the full length of the counter when it comes to exploring this idea. it's not perfect but it had a lot of good ideas in it. it's flawed but it's pretty solid. what is the central idea what's it trying to say? i think what it's trying to say is that this is the world as seen through her eyes. she had one very bad relationship and she now sees all men as fundamentally the same. you could read it as that's where all men are the same or you could read it as the whole film is delusion or you could read it as it's an incisive truth about gender. take from it what you bring to a to some extent. but the last third is just mad. he's an extraordinary actor. extraordinary singer. she's great, she really rises to the challenge. she does brilliantly. worth watching for her alone.
11:57 pm
dvd release this week? the batman. i don't know where you stand on batman movies. you love the nolan's movies right? very hard act to follow. i think robert patterson getting into the batman costume there is a big joke about the fact that because he was in the twilight movies it took him that long but from being a vampire to being a bath, what this does is it steps far enough away from the christopher nolan movies to have its own luck. i thought it was pretty solid, it's did not feel that long. i saw it twice and i watched it again at home and it still stands up. have you seen it? not yet. i looked at the dvd. it's a much better than it could have been. i went in with a heavy heart thinking
11:58 pm
we have to go again? but i thought it earned its place. 0k. thank you very much for taking us through this week's releases. that's a from us. thank you for watching the film review this weekend goodbye. hello there. well, the heat is well and truly over. a reminder that on friday we had the hottest day of the year, with temperatures hitting 33 degrees in suffolk. compare the 33 with what we had friday with saturday afternoon, grey skies, temperatures ia degrees. that is a drop of 19 celsius. it was caused by this cold front. it has been bringing outbreaks of rain recently, that rain has been thundry at times. it will continue to push down to the south—east for a few hours. the other doubt weather over the next few hours, and for those who found last night to one for sleeping, more comfortable condition. nine to 12 degrees as we head into sunday morning.
11:59 pm
12:00 am
this is bbc news — i'm kasia madera — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as casualties continue to mount — could ukraine be pressured into making concessions? the mayor of kyiv tells the bbc peace talks can wait. talking with russia about compromising if they left ukraine, it'll be to talk. but not yet. at least three people are killed in a militant attack in kabul — targeting afghanistan's dwindling sikh community. this was the main prayer quarters which have been left completely devastated. tens of thousands of people marched through london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis.
27 Views
IN COLLECTIONS
BBC News Television Archive Television Archive News Search ServiceUploaded by TV Archive on