Francine Stock and star guests on the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Friday 4.30pm - 5pm
This week
24 October 2008
Hollywood's latest leading man Ricky Gervais sets the record straight about his thoughts on British cinema; Mike Figgis returns to Las Vegas.
In The Film Programme This Week:
Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis talks about the movie that transformed the career of its leading man, Nicolas Cage.
Leaving Las Vegas is on DVD, cert 18.
Ricky Gervais The writer and star of The Office discusses his first leading role in a Hollywood movie and sets the record straight about reports that he said there was no good British movie since 1950.
Ghost Town is released in cinemas, cert 12 A.
Couscous Peter Bradshaw reviews the award-winning French drama about the opening of a Mediterranean restaurant.
Couscous is on DVD, cert 15.
THE FILM PROGRAMME RECOMMENDS
In The Multiplex Ghost Town
In The Arthouse Quiet Chaos
On DVD Leaving Las Vegas Vertigo The Horse's Mouth Red Desert
