Francine Stock and star guests on the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Friday 4.30pm - 5pm
This week
Friday 23 June 2006
Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves on their time-warp romance. Plus warring brothers Cillian Murphy and Padraic Delaney on The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
On The Film Programme this week:
Francine Stock is joined by Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, whose new film The Lake House is a time-warp romance in which the lovers discover they live two years apart.
Sandra Hebron, Artistic Director of the London Film Festival, discusses the 1961 film The Innocents, based on Henry James' Turn of the Screw, starring Deborah Kerr as the governess who suspects the strange children she looks after are possessed by spirits.
Francine announces the winners of our Good Night, and Good Luck competition.
Actors Cillian Murphy and Padraic Delaney on Ken Loach's The Wind That Shakes the Barley, the Palmes d'Or winning film in which the fight between two brothers mirrors the split in Ireland's Republican movement in 1921.
Matthew Sweet profiles Sabu, the first Asian Hollywood star whose roles in Elephant Boy, The Thief of Baghdad and The Jungle Book charmed wartime audiences.
Films mentioned on the programme:
The Lake House (PG) is in cinemas now.
The Innocents (12A) is touring selected cinemas around the UK. It is due for DVD release in October.
Good Night, And Good Luck (PG) is released to buy on DVD on 26th June from Lions Gate Home Entertainment.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (15) is in selected cinemas now.
The Thief of Bagdad (U), starring Sabu, is out now on DVD. Elephant Boy (PG) and The Jungle Book (PG) will be released on 26 June.
Sandra Hebron's TV film choices are Rio Bravo (Wednesday 28 June, 3.30pm ITV1), Tarnation (Tuesday 27 June, 10pm BBC4) and Kes (Sunday 25 June, 10.10pm More4).
