this is bbc news — the headlines: ukraine's president zelensky has told the bbc that he echoes president biden�*s warning that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to armageddon. he's urged russians to stand up against the war. it comes as ukrainian troops continue making steady progress in reclaiming land occupied by russian forces. this year's nobel peace prize has been split three ways to recognise human rights work in belarus, russia and ukraine. it's been awarded to the jailed belarusian activist ales bialiatski, the banned russian rights group memorial, and the ukrainian centre for civil liberties. in thailand, distraught families have been mourning the deaths of 36 people,

including more than 20 children, murdered by a former police officer in their nursery school. the country's prime minister hasjoined grieving parents, placing flowers in the town where the attack took place. now on bbc news — talking movies reports on some early highlights from this year's new york film festival which is marking its 60th anniversary. hello from new york, i'm tom brook. welcome to talking movies. entered a's programme, some early highlights from the new york film festival which, this year is marking its 60th

anniversary. they said it was on bill moorbel, 1985 novel, white noise, but he was undeterred, adapting it into a movie and it was the opening night attraction here at the new york film festival. the director and cast were all there on opening—night. this film which moves between genres isn't easy to describe. on one level it is a family drama that unfolds amid a toxic airborne event that apparel is a college town. , . �* event that apparel is a college town. , ., �* m, ., town. they aren't scared of the crown victoria. _ crown victoria. they aren't laughing. what does it matter— they aren't laughing. what does it matter what _ they aren't laughing. what does it matter what they— they aren't laughing. what does it matter what they are - they aren't laughing. what does it matter what they are doing. it matter what they are doing in other— it matter what they are doing in other cars? _ in othercars? i_ in othercars? lwant- in othercars? i want to- in othercars?| i want to know in other cars? - i want to know how in other cars? _ i want to know how scared i should _ i want to know how scared i should be _ should be. it - should be. it stars - should be. i it stars adam should be. - it stars adam driver should be. _ it stars adam driver as

should be. — it stars adam driver as a professor, it it stars adam driver as a professor.— it stars adam driver as a professor, it stars adam driver as a rofessor, , ., ., ., ., professor, it is about a lot of thin . s. professor, it is about a lot of thinqs- it _ professor, it is about a lot of thinqs- it is _ professor, it is about a lot of things. it is about _ professor, it is about a lot of things. it is about existential dread, it is about confronting death and not letting debbie and the driver said but as a passenger we're all going to have to acknowledge and we get to come along all the way to the end. the 1985 novel has been explored in the past by other filmmakers as possible movie source material. but it's big ideas perhaps prove too difficult to translate to the scene. this place is good, jack. it certainly had confronting death as a scene. as long as we have children we are safe. it poked fun as academic live and made observations on consumer culture. director noah baumbach was fascinated by the book. the thing that struck me when i reread the book, and ijust happen to coincide with when

the pandemic hit was that it felt like a book that could have been written after any major event in this country, you know, i mean, at the time it was the reagan arrow, the cold war, it was at the age crisis, but if i had read it after 9/11, after trump was elected, after, you know, and then when i did reread it during the pandemic ijust think there is something uncanny about it. apparently it was said that _ uncanny about it. apparently it was said that the _ uncanny about it. apparently it was said that the novel - uncanny about it. apparently it was said that the novel was . uncanny about it. apparently it was said that the novel was on j was said that the novel was on bill moorbel, so what made you want to take on an unfamiliar project. i didn't want to think about that. i don't know what criteria people used to say what is vulnerable or not but it is just something that intrigued me. istarted it almost thought of as an experiment and ijust kept going and i got very involved in it, ifelt like it was something i could really do. with its managed humour and at

times artificial dialogue and idiosyncratic characters, white noise feels like a movie that belongs to a different era, one thatis belongs to a different era, one that is p pandemic, and all the other tumults we have experienced in recent times. it is a film that feels out of place, and at times, and when you think about it, at least in my mind, there isn't anything in the movie that is remarkably recite —— insightful. perhaps the reason why the festival open with this movie when they were others in the lineup which i thought would be better opening—night films is because noah baumbach is a favourite son of the festival, and fairly so, and that may have weighed into the decision—making. the new york film festival is one of my favourites, why? because it's not too big, not unworldly, it is very tightly curated, and firmly committed to serious cinema. it isn't really panda, well, maybejust

a little bit. overall, a real class act and i'm happy to say this year it is marking its 60th anniversary. for 60 years, another rain, heat or gloom at night has presented new york for mothers from coming to their festival. for mothers from coming to theirfestival. you're their festival. you're obviously prepared theirfestival. you're obviously prepared to stand outside here in the rain. 100%, i am freezing to that but i have been here for two hours and i think it is worth it. it is one of the better film festivals sort of on the planet but it — festivals sort of on the planet but it feels differently because anybody can have access to this, _ because anybody can have access to this, you — because anybody can have access to this, you can go to any screening, purchase a ticket without _ screening, purchase a ticket without a _ screening, purchase a ticket without a massive mass, so it is accessible but also the best fitms— is accessible but also the best films coming up over the next yeah — year. the year. — the exterminating angel in year. the exterminatin- an-el in 1963 the exterminating angel in 1963 opened the very first new york film festival. the veteran film critic and programmer david anson started going to the festival in the mid—19 60s and

says this is a fitting opening act. why, yes, this was kind of a great movie that opened the festival. i mean, it is a revered lawmaker, luis bunuel. —— filmmaker. you could combine something that that was very serious but also extremely entertaining. how valued i showcase was the new york film festival when it began because it provided a window onto international cinema in a way that is hard for people to understand nowadays, isn't it? no, it's true. the film festival was almost symbolic of this incredible interest and resurgence and interest in cinema that really had not been experienced before. it became really one of the great art forms, it hadn't been taken so seriously but something happened in the 1960s with all of these european directors. there were such soon ophelia in these days. and the new york

film festival was at the heart of it. the main slate, which this year had run 30 beaches is always quite focused. it had run 30 beaches is always quite focused.— quite focused. it has always been tightly _ quite focused. it has always been tightly curia _ quite focused. it has always been tightly curia did, - been tightly curia did, just a few dozen films and an opportunity for artists to engage artists on our stage here at lincoln center, so we have tried to remain true to that by keeping the festival tightly curated by bringing artists from around the world. but in a world where there are a dizzying array of platforms to view films, how does the festival like the one here in new york justify its festival like the one here in new yorkjustify its existence? given just how diffuse the cinematic landscape today, how many films made, i think the goal, the founding principle of this festival of duration, really making an argument of which films matter, i think in some ways that matters than

ever. ,, . , some ways that matters than ever. ,,. , .,., some ways that matters than ever. ,, . , . , ., ~:: ever. since its inception 60 ears ever. since its inception 60 years ago. _ ever. since its inception 60 years ago. the _ ever. since its inception 60 years ago, the new - ever. since its inception 60 years ago, the new york i ever. since its inception 60 i years ago, the new york film festival has shone a light on a fine european arthouse cinema, and this year it was a turn to austria to shine in that light, with a film called corsage, as emma jones reports. a constricted 19th—century royal rifle proved too much for elizabeth, the empress of austria, the protagonist of corsage. the main actors betrays a ao—year—old woman who wanted out of her gilded cage. they were looking for a new

project together but kreutzer was reluctant until she read a biography of the empress. i thought, maybe they will be something in the material that renders resonates with me and makes me want to tell a story about. , ., ., , about. the point was where realised that _ about. the point was where realised that that _ about. the point was where realised that that was - about. the point was where realised that that was or . about. the point was where i realised that that was or could have been her struggle, the struggle against a system and against a lot of man telling her what to do, and that was of course very much something that resonated with me, and also as a woman in a very different but exposed position as a director, i am very often the boss of a lot of people and also of a lot of manner, so that kind of touch me very deeply. like so many royal women, sissi has already been portrayed by hollywood, perhaps because in real life she was outstandingly beautiful. three films were made in the 1950s starring

schneider is the empress, the first sissi was seen by around 25 million people in it cinemas. a key horse rider, gymnast and a scientist, she is also proving a fascinating heroine for now went tv series' are looking for inspiring women of the past. sissi has been the recent subject of five productions, including corsage. there has also been a lavish european tv production called sisi. and now a netflix series, the empress. she is planning a life of me that i don't want. they start by showing a youthful, spirited boil. as impressive as a shimmering light. however, corsage starts on the empress's 40th birthday and focuses on her inner life and documented depression. sisi

also suffered from an eating disorder and refused to have her photograph taken once she was in her 30s. vicky krieps who won the best performance prize shows sisi is bored, unhappy with her prince, unsure of what the future holds. nowadays you have what you call celebrity culture. she was, i think, the first victim of it. without instagram. they were having a little pictures of her, hand—painted, saying, this is the most beautiful woman on europe. can you imagine? this isjust europe. can you imagine? this is just crazy. europe. can you imagine? this isjust crazy. and europe. can you imagine? this is just crazy. and then people think they are on your image and on the right to talk about you and tojudge and on the right to talk about you and to judge about you and you and to judge about you and you say how you look, especially as a woman, you know? like yourfigure, your face, your skin, your know? like yourfigure, your face, yourskin, your hair, you know? it isjust face, yourskin, your hair, you know? it is just a lot for one person, you know?- know? it is just a lot for one person, you know? what has chanced changed laughs.

yeah! and that's why you wanted to make the movie to show this, because it hasn't really changed. because it hasn't really changed-— because it hasn't really changed. because it hasn't really chanced. . , ., changed. the main facts quoted about sisi a _ changed. the main facts quoted about sisi a century _ changed. the main facts quoted about sisi a century later - changed. the main facts quoted about sisi a century later i - about sisi a century later i very much based on her physical appearance and not her inner life, that she maintained a 16—inch waist throughout her life despite her pregnancies, and that she had a three—our daily airbrushing routine. corsage excels in showing the boredom of court life at the time and how she might have despaired. it was also for about all of us women, all of us who are brought up by society with the obligation to please in order to be loved, and to fulfil an image and to make everything all the time and always be nice. laughs. and that was something that i wanted to stand up against.

corsage was austria's entrance for that is initialled on the oscars, and having moved to the new york office door should work its charms and audience. despite the corset hemmed in sisi, corsage feels nothing like a costume drama. one of the best movies i saw a new york film festival year was tar, which in many ways as a character study of a fascinating but disturbed female conductor played brilliantly by cate blanchett. pa is a very intelligent film written and directed by todd field who hasn't made a movie in several years. it really is a film for our time, it deals with such issues as counsel culture and corporate power relations. cate blanchett is a celebrated

fictional lydia tar, a celebrated and ambitious principal conductor of the berlin orchestra. she is also predatory and ruthless. i berlin orchestra. she is also predatory and ruthless.- predatory and ruthless. i am worried. _ predatory and ruthless. i am worried, she _ predatory and ruthless. i am worried, she is _ predatory and ruthless. i am worried, she is starting - predatory and ruthless. i am worried, she is starting to i worried, she is starting to disappear into herself. in the film we watch _ disappear into herself. in the film we watch as _ disappear into herself. in the film we watch as she - disappear into herself. in the | film we watch as she becomes hosted by her own petard. how do you view lydia because she has a complicated woman, there are things about how i really like, other things i found repellent. like, other things i found repellent-_ like, other things i found repellent. like, other things i found reellent. . ., repellent. yeah, i mean, you think about _ repellent. yeah, i mean, you think about how— repellent. yeah, i mean, you think about how gabler, i repellent. yeah, i mean, you think about how gabler, the l think about how gabler, the great complicated characters, whether they be male or female, always do things that we don't want to identify with. my mother said to her friend, want to identify with. my mother said to herfriend, you are not going to like her! i said it may be more to the point, you don't want to like her because she is doing things that you don't have to be a classical conductor or an artist in order to recognise those domestic small manipulations, those transactional relationships that we all have, that we all participate in, you know, and i

think lydia does and says things that we perhaps all do, but don't want to admit to. filmmaker todd field last made a movie, little children 16 years ago. his new picture is different, with its themes of power, lust and corporate intrigue. and he believes that with lydia tar, he has created a woman who is actually quite human. ,, ., , , ., ., human. she does things that are hypocritical. _ human. she does things that are hypocritical. he _ human. she does things that are hypocritical, he does _ human. she does things that are hypocritical, he does things i hypocritical, he does things out of capriciousness, she does things to protect herself politically, essentially she is a human being, you know, and i don't think we oftentimes, we don't think we oftentimes, we don't like to look at ourselves that way in the mirror, but i can't imagine that those things aren't relatable to any one of us. �* , ., ., us. and i understand from readina us. and i understand from reading that _ us. and i understand from reading that you _ us. and i understand from reading that you always i us. and i understand from i reading that you always wanted cate blanchett for this role, and that if she had told you know, you wouldn't have made

the movie, is that true? that is absolutely _ the movie, is that true? that is absolutely true, _ the movie, is that true? that is absolutely true, yeah. i the movie, is that true? that is absolutely true, yeah. the | is absolutely true, yeah. the most important decision in making a film like this is who is playing lydia tar, and normally that is a decision i would make after the script, but i made that decision before i wrote the script. there is no—one else. i wrote the script. there is no-one else.— i wrote the script. there is no-one else. y ., no-one else. my right hand, the second-hand, _ no-one else. my right hand, the second-hand, marks _ no-one else. my right hand, the second-hand, marks time i no-one else. my right hand, the second-hand, marks time and i second—hand, marks time and read _ second—hand, marks time and read audible. but sometimes my second—hand stops, which means that time — second—hand stops, which means that time stops. this second-hand stops, which means that time stops.— that time stops. this has to be one of the _ that time stops. this has to be one of the best _ that time stops. this has to be one of the best performances. one of the best performances cate blanchett has ever given. she is bound to figure prominently in next year's oscars race. how proud are you are what you have achieved in this film? l are what you have achieved in this film?— this film? i am incredibly roud this film? i am incredibly proud to _ this film? i am incredibly proud to be _ this film? i am incredibly proud to be part - this film? i am incredibly proud to be part of i this film? i am incredibly proud to be part of this l this film? i am incredibly i proud to be part of this film, even though i play the title role, i think it is an incredible ensemble, and obviously to be directed by todd, i am obviously to be directed by todd, iam proud obviously to be directed by todd, i am proud to be part of that conversation.

in 1955 in1955a in 1955 a 14—year—old african—american buyer called emmett till from chicago was kidnapped and lynched when he went to visit relatives in mississippi. his mother insisted that his brutalised body was brought back to chicago, for a funeral, and there should be an open casket so the whole world could see the horrors that white racism had inflicted on her son was my body. now here at the new york film festival is a new milby —— movie called till, it tells emmett till�*s story, but the focus is on his mother. emmett till's story, but the focus is on his mother.- focus is on his mother. you have to _ focus is on his mother. you have to be _ focus is on his mother. you have to be extra _ focus is on his mother. you have to be extra careful i focus is on his mother. ym. have to be extra careful with white people, you can't risk looking at them the wrong way. i know! be looking at them the wrong way. i know! �* , ., ., i know! be small down there. like this? _ i know! be small down there. like this? an _ i know! be small down there. like this? an exuberant i i know! be small down there. i like this? an exuberant emmett till left home _ like this? an exuberant emmett till left home in _ like this? an exuberant emmett till left home in august - like this? an exuberant emmett till left home in august 1955, i till left home in august 1955, never to return.— never to return. emmett till has been — never to return. emmett till has been found _ never to return. emmett till has been found dead. i never to return. emmett till has been found dead. he i never to return. emmett tilll has been found dead. he was slaughtered _ has been found dead. he was slaughtered in _ has been found dead. he was slaughtered in a _ has been found dead. he was slaughtered in a lynching i has been found dead. he was slaughtered in a lynching by l slaughtered in a lynching by white racists in mississippi.

they have come for you! his sin, they have come for you! his sin. apparently _ they have come for you! his sin, apparently wolf whistling at a white woman. this new film looks at his mother's story. why did they take him from me? how she made saw her son's open casket was photographed so everybody could witness how bigots had mutilated his body. we have an opportunity. lt bigots had mutilated his body. we have an opportunity. it also tells how she _ we have an opportunity. it also tells how she became - we have an opportunity. it also tells how she became a - we have an opportunity. it also tells how she became a civil i tells how she became a civil rights activist. whoopi goldberg plays emmett tillmy grandmother in the movie. she is a big believer in the film in that it shines a light on an ugly moment in the history of american racism.— american racism. this movie -ulls american racism. this movie ulls it american racism. this movie pulls it all — american racism. this movie pulls it all together - american racism. this movie pulls it all together and i american racism. this movie pulls it all together and says | pulls it all together and says "this is what it looks like, this is what systemic racism looks like, and all the ways it radiates outwards". so for me, it is important because i feel like the world we are in need a

big reminder, because i see things happening all over the world and i am thinking, how are we going backwards? what is happening? did are we going backwards? what is happening?— happening? did you like the fact that this _ happening? did you like the fact that this story - happening? did you like the fact that this story about i fact that this story about emmett till could have been told just three him, but it was really told through the mother, wasn't it? lt really told through the mother, wasn't it? ., , ., really told through the mother, wasn't it? . , ., ., wasn't it? it was all the women who were _ wasn't it? it was all the women who were part _ wasn't it? it was all the women who were part of— wasn't it? it was all the women who were part of the _ wasn't it? it was all the women who were part of the producing j who were part of the producing and directing team, we were like, this is a mother — son story and it was imperative fast to show —— for us to show that to people. fast to show -- for us to show that to people.— that to people. this was my bo . that to people. this was my boy- till _ that to people. this was my boy- till is _ that to people. this was my boy. till is really _ that to people. this was my boy. till is really held i boy. till is really held together— boy. till is really held together by _ boy. till is really held together by a - boy. till is really held together by a very i boy. till is really held i together by a very strong, exquisite performance from danielle detweiler who plays emmett�*s mother. the danielle detweiler who plays emmett's mother. the lynching of my son _ emmett's mother. the lynching of my son has _ emmett's mother. the lynching of my son has shown _ emmett's mother. the lynching of my son has shown me - emmett's mother. the lynching of my son has shown me what i of my son has shown me what happens — of my son has shown me what happens to any of us anywhere in the — happens to any of us anywhere in the world had better be the business _ in the world had better be the business of us all. the actress really respected _ business of us all. the actress really respected her. - business of us all. the actress really respected her. i- really respected her. i respected everything about her.

how she — respected everything about her. how she comes understand herself— how she comes understand herself beyond her own personal motherhood, shifting and refining that to move into a particular activism, all of that— particular activism, all of that was— particular activism, all of that was deeply new and deeply respectful, to give oneself over— respectful, to give oneself over as _ respectful, to give oneself over as well as one's child. the — over as well as one's child. the film _ over as well as one's child. the film has been brought together by a filmmaker who really made an impact in 2019 with herfirst really made an impact in 2019 with her first feature clemency. i with her first feature clemency._ with her first feature clemency. with her first feature clemen . . ., ., clemency. i am going to fight for him right _ clemency. i am going to fight for him right until _ clemency. i am going to fight for him right until the - clemency. i am going to fight for him right until the very i for him right until the very moment stick a needle in his arm. set on death row it followed the relationship between a prison warden and an inmate and shows how overseeing executions took a toll on the warden. how do you keep doing it? i warden. how do you keep doing it? ., , .,, warden. how do you keep doing it?_ those - warden. how do you keep doing it?_ those picturesl it? i do my 'ob. those pictures of our it? i do my 'ob. those pictures of your son— it? i do my job. those pictures of your son change _ it? i do my job. those pictures of your son change people's i of your son change people's lives. ~ . ., lives. with till the director acked lives. with till the director packed an _ lives. with till the director packed an emotional- lives. with till the director. packed an emotional wallop, showing the impact of bigotry.

do you think your film can change people, if a white racist what's your film do you think it would get through to them? i think it would get through to them? ~ , think it would get through to them? ~' , .., them? i think this film can make these _ them? i think this film can make these people - them? i think this film can - make these people interrogate their own place in the world and the ways that they navigate or prepare —— perpetuate certain oppressions and hopefully can inspire people to ask the question, how can i affect change or how do i contribute, how can i contribute, how can i contribute to the world in a way that can expand justice? till is a film that still sadly has topical relevance. the emmett till anti— lynching act only became law this year, reflecting the long—held resistance to it. resistance fuelled by the same racism that cost emmett till his life. well, that brings this new york film festival edition of talking movies to a close. we hope you have enjoyed the programme. these remember you can always reach us online, and

you can find us on twitter. so from me, tom brook and the rest of the new york production team, it is goodbye as we leave you with something a little bit intense, a music sequence from the film tar, starring cate blanchett, which was shown here at the new york film festival. ominous vocalising.

hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining me. it has been a changeable week across most of the uk with gusty winds, frequent showers and it will stay quite settled in the north—west of the uk. elsewhere across the country, southern parts of the uk are in for drier, brighter weather. here is the forecast for saturday, high pressure is building in from the south—west so much nicer winds, much drier weather compared to what we have had on friday. so here is the morning onwards, light winds across england and wales, a bit of fairweather cloud building, that is prebudget. temperature is around 15—16, so they will feel pleasant enough. more of a breeze in western scotland and the northern eyes, —— isles, perhaps cooler, around 12 or 13 degrees. very

little change expected later in the day on saturday, saturday night into sunday, at least across england and wales. eventually this weather and will sweep into the north—west tjy will sweep into the north—west by sunday morning, so an increasing wind in northern ireland and in western scotland, whereas elsewhere it will be clear and quite chilly again, five degrees the high pressure that will have established itself on saturday across the uk moves out of the scene. the weather front sweeps in associated with this low, close to iceland, and really quite wet in northern ireland and western scotland on sunday but the weather front will be very slow to move to the south and the ease and by evening it will reach northern parts of wales, but to the east of the pennines, bright at least dry, and the feathers have you out the sunnier it will be, so in london some sunshine and 18 on sunday. 0n london some sunshine and 18 on sunday. on sunday and monday the weather front sweeps across the weather front sweeps across the uk but as it reaches the south there won't be an lot of rain, just dribs and dribs and drabs and high pressure once again builds in from the west,

so for many of us, monday will be a sunny one, at least across the southern half of the uk, eastern areas as well, but towards the north—west with more of an ocean wind, we have cloud and maybe some showers for the western isles. high—pressure tries to dominate the weather in the south on tuesday, but these weather front sweep into the north—west, so i think the cloud, this is still some days away so the details aren't going to be right, but we will see thickening cloud and dribs and drabs of rain over the north—west if you live to the east of the pennines and elsewhere towards the south the weather is looking generally fine with temperatures around 15 or 16 celsius. let's have a look at wednesday, try and pinpoint what will be happening, again we think high—pressure probably holding onto the weather in the south, this weather front moves in, probably not an awful lot of —— off a lot of rain if anything a bit of cloud and increasing wind, not much rainfall in the south—east, we don't think on

wednesday. the temperatures again around the mid teens i think for most of us. so this is about as far as it will concentrate on the details, let's look at the bigger picture now from thursday onwards. thursday and friday, i want to point out these big dips in thejet want to point out these big dips in the jet stream that the computer models are forecasting, you see these big dips in the jetstream, forecasting, you see these big dips in thejetstream, quite often we see a large area of low pressure nestled within it here, and that really does speu here, and that really does spell unsettled weather, frequent heavy showers, gusty winds at times as well, i really prolonged spell unsettled weather and of next week and into next weekend.

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