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Cover Story: Danny Boyle, Richard Curtis, Lily James and Himesh Patel talk about the big British romantic comedy of the summer…Yesterday.
Current Releases Reviewed: Booksmart, Diego Maradona, Batman VS. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dirty God, Late Night, Pond Life, Support The Girls, Tucked, Thunder Road and Yesterday.
Writers: Scott Bates, Paul Childs, Becky C
Number of writers who have never been paid for writing before: 5
Girls On Film hits the Cannes Film Festival with an episode recorded at the UK Film Centre in front of an industry audience.
Our guest film critics Leslie Felperin and Ella Kemp review Cannes releases by female directors, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu, 2019), Atlantique (2019) and Little Joe (2019). They also discuss the opening film, The Dead Don’t Die (2019) as well as Cannes classic We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011).
Melissa Silverstein and Delphyne Besse join Anna to discuss activism at Cannes and beyond.
In Here’s the Thing we paid tribute to two great losses: Peter Mayhew who was best known for Star Wars’ Chewbacca, and to the legendary Doris Day, best known for Calamity Jane (1953).
Mark did a ‘spoilery’ List-O-Mania: spoilers that you could only guess if you knew the film already: 10. They all did it. 9. His mom’s been dead the whole time. 8. He’s been dead the whole time. 7. He’s his father. 6. Her dad’s in the bookcase. 5. Sound like “Lucifer”. 4. Gwyneth’s head. 3. She’s a guy. 2. He’s a ghost. 1. It’s a sledge.
In One from the Vaults Professor Sir Christopher Frayling came to talk about Once Upon A Time in the West: Shooting a Masterpiece, his book about the Leone film. Mark also took the opportunity to talk about the time Sir Frayling interviewed Doris Day.
In Coming Attractions Jeanie Finlay talked about two films she made concurrently: Seahorse: the Dad Who Gave Birth (2019) and her top secret project; Game of Thrones – The Last Watch (2019). The latter of which we had the privilege of seeing the first ever footage, a week ahead of release. Dutch director Sacha Polak talked about her feature Dirty God (2019) starring Vicky Knight.
Jessica Hynes came to talk about her acting work on Jack & Dean of All Trades (2016 -), There She Goes (2018 -) and Years and Years (2019), and about her directorial debut The Fight (2018). She finished by revealing her Guilty Pleasure: Zoolander 2 (2016).
We ended the show with a Sound & Vision hommage to Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987), whose exhibition is at the Design Museum and whose work is the subject of a current BFI season.
You can listen to Jessica Hynes and Sir Christopher here!
You can listen to Sacha Polak and Jeanie Finlay here!
From Paris to Prague, from the past to the present, authors and artists explore what Europe means to them – and us – in this unique collection.
In these pages you’ll find personal letters, reminiscences, poetry, art and brand new fiction from some of the most talented and important voices at work today, including Jessie Burton, Alain de Botton, Matt Haig, Richard Herring, Owen Jones, Mark Kermode, Robert Macfarlane, Kate Mosse, Chris Riddell, Lionel Shriver and many more. A fascinating, funny and moving must-read collection.
BAFTA-winning writer/director Amma Asante joins Anna Smith and Wendy Lloyd, film critic and reviewer for the British Psychological Society magazine – and Angie Errigo, film critic, broadcaster and contributing editor of Empire magazine, for a special episode in front of an audience at The AllBright Club Mayfair.
Asante talks about her new film, Where Hands Touch (2019), as well as her career, inspirations and being a film director in the age of Time’s Up.
Films reviewed include Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Woman At War (2019); while the panel discuss research conducted by Wendy Lloyd around critical responses to the sexual violence in Red Sparrow (2018).
Films put to the Bechdel Test range from Claire Denis’ High Life (2019) to Dragged Across Concrete (2018), while audience questions bring out fascinating issues around gender, film and bias.
Episode 10 combines studio interviews with Eighth Grade (2018) director Bo Burnham (our first male interviewee) and Madeline’s Madeline director Josephine Decker, with reviews of these titles by the panel, who this month are Total Film’s Jane Crowther and BBC’s Rhianna Dhillon.
The panel also reviews Us (2019
Recorded live at HOME in Manchester, this episode also features lively audience contributions.
Cover Story: Taron Egerton, Richard Madden and Jamie Bell on Elton John biopic Rocketman.
Current Releases Reviewed: Laddie, Eighth Grade, Red Joan, Woman At War, All These Small Moments, Destination Wedding, An Accidental Studio: The Story of Handmade Films, Dragged Across Concrete and Madeline’s Madeline.
Writers: Robin Bell, Edward Boff, Paul Childs, Becky Clough, Sarah Cook, Dan Cooper,
Number of writers who have never been paid for writing before: 4
We opened the show with an Ask the Audience in which Mark listed his Top Five Kenneth Branagh films: 5. Thor (2011) 4. The Magic Flute (2006) 3. In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) 2. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) 1. Hamlet (1996).
In Here’s the Thing we commemorated the life of the late Agnes Varda (90) and her latest film Faces Places (Visages, Villages; 2017).
In Coming Attractions director Brian Welsh came to talk about their rave culture film Beats (2019). Mid-way through the interview he invited the lead; Cristian Ortega to join him on stage. Iceland’s Benedikt Erlingsson talked about his environmental warrior movie Woman at War (2019), and Steve Mitchell and Joe Kraemer talked about their Larry Cohen biopic King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2017). Anna Meredith came to talk about scoring the music for Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade (2019), and finally Amma Asante talked about her new release Where Hands Touch (2019)– and talked to Mark about her Guilty Pleasure: the highly contentious Sex and the City (2008).
Cover Story: Jessie Buckley, the star of Wild Rose, exclusively takes us through the movie’s story.
Current Releases Reviewed: Benjamin, Two For Joy, Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, Out Of Blue, Fisherman Friends, The Aftermath, Wild Rose, The Sisters Brothers, The Keeper, Mid90s, The White Crow and The Fight.
Movie Clinic: Stan & Ollie (2018)
Writers: Andrew Beeken, Aman Beesla, Matthew Butler-Hart, Tori Butler-Hart, Robin Bell, Anna Cale, Chloe Catchpole, Paul Childs, Hamish Mek Chohan, Nicky Clark, Becky Clough, Simon Columb, Dan Cooper,
Number of writers this issue who have never been paid for writing before: 5.
Anna welcomes Mia Bays (Birds Eye View), Eve Gabereau (Modern Films), Akua Gyamfi (The British Blacklist) and actor Muna Otaru (The Keeping Room) to a special live recording at the famous Annabel’s nightclub in association with
Together they talk about how activism in film distribution can significantly change the media landscape. Films reviewed include Jellyfish (2018) and The Breaker Upperers (2018), while those put to the Bechdel Test range from Back To The Future (1985) to The Phantom Thread (2017). Given the venue, the panel discuss their favourite nightclub movies too.