Pandemic Special

In a special pandemic edition of Talking Movies, the programme looks at how the coronavirus has devastated the movie industry in many parts of the world: releases have been postponed, productions closed down and hundreds of thousands in the film business have been left unemployed. But the show also hears from filmmakers, screenwriters and actors who have drawn inspiration from the crisis and plan to use cinema to explore the many pressing issues raised by the pandemic. Plus a survey of critics' picks of the best movies to watch in the midst of these disconcerting times.