gave it to you, right? it is. yeah. that's how margaret met ted and peg, am i right in thinking that that's how debbie mcintyre met her husband? yes, lam. that's how they met. yes, that's true. i'm jealous. honestly, it's such a sweet story. isn't that funny? that's incredible. there are so many different stories that were told. we're told what we remember, until... ..we try to remember things that they want us to forget... ..like margaret. alice! no, jack. it's ok. i'm curious to hear where she's going with this. - frank is doing something to us. so, frank's played by chris pine, who is the sort of the eminence grise behind all of this, this victory, this somehow idyllic

americana that doesn't exist and isn't real. and here's the thing — it's basically the stepford wives. the difference is the stepford wives at the beginning of the stepford wives, you think, ok, you know, is there something off kilter? you can't quite figure what's wrong with it. in the case of this, from the beginning, it is absolutely clear that this is an artificial world, that none of this can be what it seems, that somehow, they're in a bubble or an illusion. now, florence pugh works wonders making the character of alice engage you, so that even though she's in this completely artificial environment, you believe in her character and you engage with her character. harry styles, he's fine. there've been some sort of cruel things said about his performance. it's ok. it's staggeringly unremarkable. the problem is that you very quickly figure out there's one of a number of possible scenarios that are the solution to how this is all happening, and then when it's revealed... 0k, well, it's that answer.

so, the film is nothing like as clever as it thinks it is. i mean, yes, it's a puncturing of the chauvinist dream of what the world looks like in which the man goes to work and the woman stays at home. we have seen that done many times before, much better. and of course, it didn't help that in the run—up to the film playing at venice, there was all this kind of controversy about florence pugh not taking part in the publicity for the film and, you know, casting and recasting. i think the film could have got away with it if it was 90 minutes long, because it's a fairly... it looks very stylish. the production is terrific. it's you know, it's solidly made, but it takes itself more seriously than it deserves to. and it's a bit kind of like, yeah, i know. yeah, and? that's what it is, you know. and i loved booksmart like you. yeah, absolutely terrific. this doesn't have any of that energy. florence pugh is brilliant, but it's a big movie to carry, you know, and it's even she can't get it over the problems that are inherent in the script, i think. 0k. all right.

blonde, numbertwo, which i did indeed think was a biopic of marilyn monroe. so, it's based on the fictional biography of marilyn monroe byjoyce carol oates, which is a work of fiction, but based on some historical fact. it's directed by andrew dominik, who made the assassination ofjesse james by the coward robert ford, and it has a stunning central performance by ana de armas, who is absolutely brilliant as norma jean, marilyn monroe. the way that it plays her story, however, is not as a biopic, but as a horror movie. you know, in the past, you know, i've tried to sell movies, too, but it's not a horror movie. it really is a full on gothic psychodrama, over cranked, really in many ways, kind of very cruel and brutal. and it is a film about childhood trauma being revisited throughout adulthood. some critics have said, well, it completely makes marilyn monroe a victim and it underestimates her talents as a comedian. well, those things may be true.

in the end, it's not about marilyn monroe. it is a sister picture to the assassination ofjesse james, which was a film about how fame can kill you. this is kind of the same thing, but with a demonic edge. it's almost like the spectre of marilyn becomes a possessing entity that at first propels norma jean, and then possesses her. i mean, it is full—on. and i think one of the things that surprised people isjust how, i mean, it is a horror movie, believe me. that's the register, in the same way as twin peaks fire walk with me, which critics didn't like when it came out. it was the best horror film of the year. this is a horror movie, it has a great score by nick cave and borealis that leavens all of that, that gives it some heart and gives it some soul. but it's a gothic melodrama, and then some. is it clever? is it hard? a hard watch? no, it's certainly not an easy watch. it's in cinemas now. it's on netflix from wednesday, but it's proved pretty polarising. and i can see why. the thing everyone�*s agreed

on is ana de armas is terrific. but i think i like it more than some critics because i'm a horrorfan and it is pretty horrifying. 0k. wow. goodness. and lena dunham. yes. so, this is an adaptation of kushner�*s novel, which i haven't read, medieval setting, very modern sensibility. bella ramsey is birdy. that's her nickname. she is a teenager. she's a vibrant spirit. she's rebellious. we first meet her, you know, rolling in mud and causing chaos. everything's fine until her father, played by andrew scott, realises that he's run out of money. here's a clip. disrupting cottage raisings. causing mischief in the village. and listening through doors i should not listen through. well, how has this happened? after all, you're paid - to prevent things like this? in essence, my lord, you have ignored me. you have spent properly and without censure. nonsense. i can't have spent so much.

give me one example of... ..of an expense notl strictly necessary for the survival of my family. really? my tiger has arrived. it's dead. the travel was harsh from siberia, my lord. it's just sleeping. it's not breathing, you fool. perhaps some water? so, he bought a tiger, one of the essentials of life. so having run out of money, he decides that what he has to do is to marry birdy to somebody who has money, enter a whole bunch of beardy and horrible suitors. he doesn't want to. he loves his daughter, but that's the situation that he's in. so, what you have here is a really interesting coming of age tale that has many things going for it. one of them is it's not at all squeamish about menstruation. it is a subject that's right there in the middle of the film. absolutely great. no problem at all, which, let's face it, in terms of mainstream cinema is not a common thing. absolutely. astonishingly, but it isn't. second thing is it has a young

heroine who is smarter, funnier, sharper, more sort of self—reliant than almost anyone else on screen. bella ramsey is terrific as birdy, just spending time in her company is fantastic because she's this kind of force of nature. she's, as i said, like a whirling dervish of a character. but she really manages all the twists and turns of the story really well. andrew scott is a mixture of tragedy and comedy, as the father. i think you saw there with the tiger scene. billie piper as her mother is so good. i didn't recognise it for the first few scenes that she was in it. it's really well made. i went into this knowing nothing about it other than it's in cinemas now. it's on amazon prime on the seventh, and it's got that strange title, catherine called birdy. but i thought it was great fun. it's a 12a certificate and i think pretty much anyone who's old enough for a 12a certificate would would love this. i mean, i'm a 60—year—old and i thought it was terrific. i thought it was really accessible and funny and spirited and charming. and i've not been a huge fan of some of lena dunham's previous work, but i think this is great. i think you'll love this.

and i'm so sad i haven't seen it yet because even the trailer really made me laugh and that sense of her spirit really comes through. it's properly funny, but it's also properly empowering. 0h, lovely. that's an excellent recommendation. thank you. so, best out. you and david bowie, are you a big fan or not? because i'm a die—hard devotee. yeah, i like his flamboyance, but the music is not quite my thing, i'm afraid to say. moon age daydream, which is this kind of kaleidoscopic portrait, it's got lots of fragments rearranged in different ways. an interesting comparison with blonde, for example. i loved it. i should say that i saw bowie play live in 1978 when i was a teenager. you're just too cool! lam, lam! but consequently, i can't really be rational about all of this because it's like, yes, i know. you know, i tried it when i was 13, but i think this is, i think it's fabulous. i think the best thing about it is, is it has the kind of invention and wit that bowie himself had. one of the best things about bowie

was on the one hand, he could be deadly serious. he could talk about art and philosophy. on the other hand, he's fantastically self—deprecating. and i think, you know, well, i love the music, which i know you don't particularly, but there are enough, it's a sensory overload experience. i'd be really interested to know whether somebody who wasn't a huge bowie fan liked it. and actually, from that sense, i would be interested to watch it, because he was a force of nature as well and he was so creative and i love that, i love that aspect of it. i can lend you all my bowie albums. you can go through them all and realise that you're actually wrong about it. thanks. yeah. yes, i'm quite busy. but, you know... and what do we have streaming and otherwise? yes. so, after yang, which is on sky cinema and in selected cinemas, it's a very affecting, low key drama about a family — it's slightly futuristic science fiction, about a family coming to terms with the breakdown of their artificial intelligence android, who'd been brought into the family. it shares themes with blade runner, but it's tonally closer to, remember that film i talked about marjorie prime, which i really, really liked?

and it's a film about loss and memory and grief and ageing and all those things. well, this is like that. it's very ambient. it's got a beautiful score by oscar samir. and it's a very haunting, thoughtful, kind of evocative experience. as i said it's on sky cinema and also in selected cinemas, and i thought it was really terrific. excellent, intriguing. lots of good stuff. really interesting week actually, isn't it? a good bit of mixture and something for everyone. which one are you going to see? birdy. that's my starting point. that is my starting point. it has to be, has to be. and that's it. enjoy your cinema—going, whatever it is you choose to go and see. we'll see you next week. thanks for being with us. bye— bye. hello. it's set to get colder for all of us over the next few days, although, that said, lowest temperatures likely to be sunday morning. with light winds, we could see a touch of frost in some rural

parts to begin the day, a few mist and fog patches, too. they will quickly clear and for most, a chilly start to sunday, but a lovely, sunny one. isolated shower, too, over norfolk and suffolk, the channel islands, and as cloud builds in the north and west through the day, a few showers will crop up. most, though, will be dry. the exception as the winds strengthen will be the northwest of scotland — a band of heavy rain quickly sweeping across these areas by the end of the afternoon. temperatures for all down on what we've seen through recent days, aided and abetted by that strengthening wind. those winds will go northwesterly as we go into sunday evening. that band of rain through the evening, scotland, northern ireland, pushes through quite quickly, then clear skies and showers, and then that rain spread its way southwards across much of england and wales, too, into monday morning. now, it's actually going to be very cold on monday morning, but it probably won't feel as chilly just because of the strength of the wind, and that wind will be a key feature because, as we go into monday and indeed tuesday, it's coming down from the north and northwest, feeding with the air that's come all the way from the arctic. you've got to remember it's september, so in the sunnier

moments, it probably won't feel too bad out there. but when you're in the showers — and there should be plenty around on monday — it will feel distinctly chilly. those showers spreading southwards and eastwards across the country quite rapidly, so ever—changing skies. early rain on the south coast clears to allow a sunnier day, but around the coasts, it's where we'll see some of the strongest of the winds, gusting 40, maybe 50 mph, and that will make it feel colder than these temperatures suggest. just note on the thermometers, only around 9 degrees in aberdeen — it will feel even colder than that. a chilly day to come on tuesday as well. a slight shift in wind direction means some eastern areas of england will have a much brighter day. showers in the north and the west, maybe some longer spells of rain sliding through ireland, clipping southwest wales and in towards cornwall. temperatures here maybe up to around 15—16 degrees, but only around 10—14 degrees for many on tuesday. a chilly night will follow, rain towards that southwest corner will clear and winds will fall lighter for wednesday and thursday

as the area of low pressure gradually pulls away. but it's still going to be on the chilly side — temperatures only in the teens and there will be some further rain at times, too, before the winds strengthen later on friday. see you later.

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