Charlotte Rampling, Ken Russell and a Frank Capra Classic.
Charlotte Rampling
Francine Stock talks to Charlotte Rampling. The English-born actress is often associated with non-English language films and characters of a sexually predatory nature. She played a concentration camp survivor in The Night Porter, a woman with a gorilla for a lover in Max Mon Amour and a jaded writer in Swimming Pool. Her latest role is in the Italian film The Keys to the House, where against type she plays the self-sacrificing mother of a child with a severe disability.
The Keys to the House, certificate PG, is out now in selected cinemas.
Mr Deeds Goes to Town
Film critic Matthew Sweet discusses one of the screen's most enduring romantic comedies Mr Deeds Goes to Town. In Frank Capra's 1936 film Gary Cooper plays a small town guy who unexpectedly inherits a fortune and moves to the big city. There he attracts the attentions of a tough newshound, played by Jean Arthur, who is looking for a front-page scoop.
Mr Deeds Goes to Town, certificate U, is available now on DVD.
Ken Russell
Francine Stock meets the British director Ken Russell (Tommy, The Music Lovers, Devils) to look back at his 1974 film about the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler. Robert Powell stars as the composer and Georgina Hale plays his wife Alma.
Mahler, certificate 15, is available now on DVD.
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Director Niels Mueller discusses his new film The Assassination of Richard Nixon. In the film Sean Penn plays Sam Bicke, who estranged from his family and disillusioned with society embarks on a plan to assassinate Richard Nixon. The film is based on the true story of a would-be assassin of Nixon whose plot was overshadowed by the Watergate scandal.
The Assassination of Richard Nixon, certificate 15, is showing in cinemas.
