Francine Stock and star guests on the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Friday 4.30pm - 5pm
This week
Friday 8 Sept 2006
Francine Stock talks to Rupert Grint and to writer and director Jeremy Brock about their new film, Driving Lessons.
On The Film Programme this week:
Driving Lessons
Francine Stock talks to the director and to one of the stars of Driving Lessons. Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films - plays Ben, a shy teenager who finds solace from his stifling home life in a summer job working for an elderly actress, Evie. Francine meets Rupert Grint, and also talks to writer and director Jeremy Brock - whose previous writing credits include Mrs Brown and BBC TV's Casualty - about his directorial debut.
Driving Lessons (15) is out now.
Little Miss Sunshine
Francine talks to Alan Arkin - twice nominated for an Oscar - about his role in Little Miss Sunshine. He talks about this idiosyncratic road movie about a dysfunctional family trying to get to a children's beauty contest, and about a distinguished but varied career.
Little Miss Sunshine (15) is out now.
Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy Thomas is one of the most significant British film producers of the last half-century. His films include the multiple Oscar-winner The Last Emperor, Crash, and Sexy Beast, and he has formed important partnerships with great directors, including David Cronenberg and Bernado Bertolucci. As a festival of his work gets underway, he talks about his thirty-year career.
Jeremy Thomas: Thirty Years a Maverick is at the Barbican Centre in London until September 12th
Earthlings
Francine talks to the director Alexandre Philippe. His documentary Earthlings looks at a recent and extraordinary cultural phenomenon: the growth of the fictional language Klingon. Originating in the film Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan, the language has taken on a life of its own and now has exponents in more than thirty countries. Alexandre Philippe explains why he decided to track down some of the people who speak it.
