Francine Stock and star guests on the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Friday 4.30pm - 5pm
This week
29 August 2008
Romola Garai discusses melodrama, 19th century novelists, and the book she was named after; plus Gerry Anderson journeys to the far side of the sun...
In The Film Programme This Week:
Romola Garai and Francois Ozon The star and director of Angel discuss their adaptation of Elizabeth Taylor's thinly veiled parody of the Victorian best-selling author Marie Corelli
Angel is in selected cinemas, cert 15
Satyajit Ray Ray's biographer Andrew Robinson reviews Charulata, the director's own favourite from his CV
The Satyajit Ray Collection Vol 1 is available now on DVD; Volume 2 is released on September 22
Gerry Anderson The brains behind Thunderbirds talks about his live action movie, a cult sci-fi work from 1969.
Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun is released on DVD on September 8, cert PG
The Film Programme Recommends:
In The Multiplex Step-Brothers
In The Arthouse Angel Times And Winds
On DVD The Satyajit Ray Collection Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders La Antena