of hollywood training ranch for horses. so they've got this ranch, got all the horses and they serve hollywood. and they've been looking at these guys and seeing some rather unusual things. let's have a look at the clip. 0k. it's in the cloud, it's in the cloud. oj, it's in the cloud! no, no, no. run, oj, run! so, yeah. i'm already scared. as you can see, a little bit scary. there's a lot of things going on here but it is very visually stunning, as you can see there. hoyte van hoytema a fantastic cinematographer who works with christopher nolan a lot. and jordan peele is hiding for this

and using a lot of the time imax cameras so it looks spectacular. and it's actually about spectacle. the story itself looks at spectacle, it looks at not only how we look at things and what we are thinking when we look at them but also the sort of commercialisation of spectacle. so of course we've got hollywood, you've got the fact that these guys on the edges of hollywood, they're looking at the skies as well. also, one of their great goals is to capture whatever is up there for what they call the "oprah shot". they want to be famous, they want to make money and they want to get the "oprah shot". but there's also a lot going on here to do with animals because obviously, this is a horse ranch. and there a lot about, do we use animals for entertainment, is that right? there's also a number of very disturbing subplots. one of these involves a tv studio in which something very bad happens involving a chimpanzee. it's a kind of flashback scene, which also involves one

of their neighbours who runs a kind of entertainment business. so a lot of great supporting characters but it kind of centres on this duo, this brother and sister who really have a very darkly funny contrasting relationship. he's very introverted and she's very chatty. he's terrific. he's a fantastic actor. he's got a wonderful presence here. of course he was in get out, jordan peele incredible film which directly tackled the issue of race. they'll be no surprise that race comes into it here. the idea is that actually one of their ancestors moves one of the first black men to appear on film and went on song. so a lot going on here. i went away thinking loads, as usual, it kept me awake at night. possibly just about the lesser of the three of his films but still an excellent film. that's really interesting. i love his social commentary, i love the way it looks, he so creative. i'm just never brave enough to get to the end of the film. i'm i going to get to the of this one?

you might make it halfway through. just hide yourface. it's worth it, honestly. 0k. all right. a big thumbs up from you for the film number two, yes, do we call it eiffel or eiffel? i'm going between the two because of course we say the eiffel tower but then eiffel is his name. gustav eiffel. so eiffel if you like, it's a kind of fanciful drama. it's partly inspired by true life and what prompted him to make the eiffel tower and come up with this crazy plan. we first meet him, he's played by romain duris who is a wonderful french actor. we first meet him when he's becoming quite famous in paris and enjoying a certain amount of celebrity. he's obviously very revered for his skill this audacious plan, this huge tower. but then the decides the reason he's inspired to make this is an encounter with a long lost love, played by emma mackey who is actually, she the star of sex education, she's bilingual, she's part french. she a lovely actress but i felt... i had a few problems with this. i don't know if you did too but one

of them is that this is a very heart stopping, lovelorn romance, many may be too many swooning shots for my liking. i'm with you on that. 0k, we get it, they really fancy each other. we get that, yes. but also i just felt it didn't really sit that easily with the story of the eiffel tower. it felt like two stories jammed together, didn't it? because the bits about the engineering and the tower and the architecture and could we managed to build something this heavy out of metal? all of that is completely fascinating. and the romantic story was sort of tacked on. i felt it was a shame, actually. it was a bit of a shame. great acting but... it would've been faced are we just get into a romance or are we going to do that? but it's putting the two together. it didn't know what to be. also the age gaps completely inaccurate. there is an issue too. yeah, it's in the camp of not as good as it should be, i think. an choice number three this week? so where is anne frank, this is an intriguing animation. it's kind of aimed at other children, you might say, certainly a pg certificate.

the idea is that and frank's imaginary friend kitty, the ones she wrote many letters to in her diary actually magically comes to life in current day amsterdam. she wakes up in the anne frank house and wonders, where's my friend? the idea is that she believes herself to be real and she believes that her relationship with anne was real. so we then have these animated flashbacks to their conversations, which effectively bring the diary to life. let's have a look at the clip. 0k. the nazis came to power in germany and then they took over most of europe and marked usjews as the villains. they told everyone we were to blame for all the worlds problems disease, hunger, poverty, you name it. then the restrictions. first it was a swimming pools, after that it was everywhere. we were banned from concert halls, shops, sporting events, parks, hospitals, universities. and then they imposed a curfew. we weren't allowed to leave the

house between sunset and sunrise. we thought life couldn't get any worse. that's when the children started disappearing. they'd send a letter ordering jewish kids to report to the nearest police station the next day. it said something about a work camp for children. but we never saw them again. poignant stuff, as you can see. and i think it's probably aimed perhaps at children who are hearing the story for the first time. i was wondering that, yes. and what you have is kitty anyway for someone who is hearing the story for the first time because she doesn't know ann's fate. and she's running around contemporary amsterdam and trying to find out what happened to herfriend, anne frank. and the truth gradually dawns on her as she sees her friend. she's very confused about the statue of her friend everywhere, she's famous but then of course she goes on this detective mission with a new friend to find out what actually happened to her.

this is from arif altman who gave us bashir. so that was a very moving more adult animation and ifound so that was a very moving more adult animation and i found the simarly moving as well at the end. i know it's aimed at young and of course i know the story but i was in tears at the end of this. it really brings it home. 0h, were you? it does bring it to a new audience, perhaps. it does and also i think they may contemporary parallels with the refugee crisis. it is quite current as well. so i do think it's a good run for older kids, if you want them to see this story. it is upsetting but i think it's told in quite a sensitive way. really interesting. ok, thanks very much. that's the three

choices for this week. there is a great film that you've chosen as best out. i'm so pleased you chose this. blind ambition. this is a triumph against adversity story. i love this, this is on curzon home cinema and also in cinemas. this is a story, it's a documentary, it's ace story zimbabwean men who escaped violence and went to live in south africa, build new lives and they ended up forming a wine—tasting team for the world wine—tasting championships in france. it's a sort of fish out of water, comedy documentary in so many ways, comedy documentary in some ways, it's very light, it's very accessible, it's very funny in parts but also there is real there. these are men who are finding their true calling in the unlikeliest of circumstances. and they are bonding and there's also plenty of culture clash with the french, naturally. and some very strong characters on the french side. for me, this was an enjoyable dock. for me, this was an enjoyable doc. and i think it's fascinating because you might think oh, it sounds frivolous, it's about wine—tasting. how interesting can that be for an hour and a half? but there is really poignant stories as well. these are men who fled zimbabway and told the story is how they cross the border takes us back to the refugee crisis, taking the life in their hands to find a better life.

and it's really cleverly sewn together, i think. some really difficult circumstances that they came from. but flowering, really into in on usual passion into an unusual passion on all their parts. it's inspiring, isn't it? they get that balance right. it's also partly about the kindness of strangers and people that helped him on thisjourney. it's a really good watch. striking and interesting. for anyone who wants to stay at home, there's a great film but my goodness, a sad one. benediction. this is a story of secrets on the war poetjack lowden. it's decades spanning, it covers his life, this is terence davies biopic. and he does bioptics very seriously, very well. i mean, we get a lot of his poetry of course that we get his post war trauma. and then there is some brief levity in the 20s when he is having various relationships with men. but as you say, there is an underlying sadness to this very tragic story, ultimately. yes, yes. and really interestingly made, beautifully made, very creative but it doesn't shy away from the horrors of the first world war and lots of current actors today overlaid with images from the trenches, deeply upsetting. so it's quite a roller coaster in that way.

it's a sedate film on the surface but it's quite a gut punch, actually, isn't it? i think it's more powerful dressed as an elegant sort of biopic but then it does hit you where it hurts when it has to. i think it's really well done. i recommend it for that good home viewing. absolutely. all right, anna, thank you very much. really, really interesting week. see you next time. thank you and enjoy your movie choices, whatever they are at this week. see you soon. thanks for being with us. bye— bye. hello there. it's been very dry across the uk recently. some spots have seen no rain in southern england for over a0 days for the also the isle of wight, no rain here for 39 days. we don't have any rain in the forecast of these areas over the weekend but there will be some wet weather next week or the chance of it in the form of heavy, thundery showers. the

showers as with all showers will be fairly hit or miss. they won't be everywhere but they will be somewhere and will also introduce somewhere and will also introduce some fresh or feeling conditions. the heatwave certainly condition as we have through the weekend. there is that met office weather warning in force for extreme heat until the end of the day on sunday across much of england, as far as the pennines and two eastern areas of wales. the heat is uncomfortable for many and of course dangerous asam. hasn't been hot eddie two these weather clouds running through the northwest of scotland and overnight tonight we will see more cloud feet in from the north sea into eastern coastal areas. elsewhere lots of clear skies. a warm and i to follow him a warm start to the day tomorrow. some temperatures particularly between coastal areas, temperatures particularly between coastalareas, perhaps temperatures particularly between coastal areas, perhaps the isle of wight again may not see temperatures drop below 19 or 20 celsius. already a head start on those temperatures for tomorrow. still a head start on those temperatures fortomorrow. still some a head start on those temperatures for tomorrow. still some cloud north sea facing co—2nd lap on shore at

the time but elsewhere lots of blue sky and such i put up more sunshine tomorrow from mainland scotland, temperatures will rise steadily across england and wales to the low to mid 30s, possibly peeking across central and southern england at 36 or maybe even 37 celsius with up it's all changed on sunday. the high pressure moves away to the east, low pressure moves away to the east, low pressure will send some rather unstable, moist, humid feeling air for the northwards, this will help to spark off some thunderstorms with “p to spark off some thunderstorms with up if we moved back to sunday we may well see some slender storms towards the northwest of the uk but further southis the northwest of the uk but further south is more likely to stay dry and that he still hangs on here. by the time we get into the start of next week those thunderstorms will become more widespread across the uk, they won't be everywhere for them as they do fall on dry hard ground if we do see high rainfall total they could possibly cause some flash flooding. there are local warnings in place.

today at six... author salman rushdie has been stabbed during an event in the united states. he's been treated in hospitalfor what police described as a stab wound to the neck. a has been detained. the condition of the author of controversial book the satanic verses is unknown. we'll bring you what we know. the other main stories... drought is officially declared across large parts of england after the driestjuly in 50 years. we've had weeks and weeks of dry weather and we'll need weeks of rain, probably above average rainfall this autumn and this winter to replenish our water supplies.

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