Episode 8
Film review show. Antonia Quirke and Danny Leigh taking a critical look at the week's film releases, including sci-fi epic Interstellar and romantic comedy Say When.
Film 2014 is back with Antonia Quirke and Danny Leigh taking a critical look at the week's film releases, including Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic Interstellar and Keira Knightley's rom-com Say When. Plus Benedict Cumberbatch, star of The Imitation Game, on why he's desperate to play someone stupid! Erudite Peter Bradshaw, film critic from the Guardian, guests on the sofa.
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Clips
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The Skeleton Twins
Duration: 01:21
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Say When
Duration: 01:39
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Interstellar
Duration: 03:56
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Benedict Cumberbatch Interview
Duration: 05:40
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Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw is the film critic for The Guardian, and a regular contributor to Film 2014 and Claudia Winkleman's Radio 2 Arts Show. His most recent novel, 'Night Of Triumph', is out now.
Also released this week...
Pierce Brosnan plays a veteran CIA agent who is called out of retirement to save a young female undercover agent in Russia. The man hired to stop him is his former protégée, the best assassin he had ever trained.Â
Set Fire to the Stars (15)
Elijah Wood plays the American poet Brinnin who brought notorious Welsh genius and drinker, Dylan Thomas, over to the US and tried to steer his difficult personality on a book tour.
Leviathan (15)
Andrey Zvyagintsev's Cannes award-winning feature is a stinging attack on corrupt Russian politics, telling the story of what happens to a remote coastal town when an unscrupulous mayor tries have a local family's house demolished.Â
The Possibilities Are Endless (12A)
A liltingly beautiful visualisation of Edward Collins (celebrated Scottish musician and producer)’s journey back to his former self after a stroke left him only able to say ‘Grace Maxwell’ and ‘The Possibilities are Endless’.
Sacro Gra (15)
AÂ bitter-sweet, wryly amusing documentary about the lives of different characters who live on the G.R.A ring road around Rome. The first documentary to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.Â
The Case Against 8
A documentary film about how the famous, right-wing lawyer Theodore Olson came to the aid of gay couples in California to overturn Proposition 8.Â
One Rogue Reporter (18)
A reformed, red-top hack makes an anarchic documentary about his mission to give his former Fleet Street bosses a taste of their own medicine.Â
Playtime (U)
Re-release of Jacques Tati's most ambitious film. 'Playtime' was filmed in six parts over three years and originally released in 1967. Famous for one of Tati's biggest ever sets 'Tativille'.Â
The Remaining (15)
A 'found footage' apocalyptic thriller. A young couple's wedding is interrupted by the Biblical Rapture, the results of which are filmed on their friend's video camera. Â
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Antonia Quirke |
Presenter | Danny Leigh |
Participant | Peter Bradshaw |
Producer | Rebecca Palmer |
Assistant Producer | Michael Muncer |
Production Coordinator | Grace Brassington |
Production Manager | Laura Jordan-Rowell |
Executive Producer | Basil Comely |
Broadcasts
- Wed 5 Nov 2014 23:1591Èȱ¬ One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
- Wed 5 Nov 2014 23:3591Èȱ¬ One Scotland HD, Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Wales, Scotland & 1 more only
- Wed 12 Nov 2014 00:1591Èȱ¬ Two England & HD only
- Wed 12 Nov 2014 00:2591Èȱ¬ Two Wales
- Wed 12 Nov 2014 00:4591Èȱ¬ Two Northern Ireland & Scotland only