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Classic FM At The Movies with Simon Bates, Saturday at 17:00
Join Simon Bates every Saturday evening from 5 - 7pm for Classic FM at the Movies, the greatest music from the greatest movies plus interviews, reviews and features on the latest film releases.
The Guest List with Anne-Marie, Classic FM, Sunday at 21:00
Every Sunday night from 9 - 11pm, Anne-Marie Minhall takes you through her picks of this week's books, CDs, films, concerts and provides big-star celebrity interviews.
The Guest List Review of The Year - 30 December 2007
The Guest List has been awash with A-List stars this year and the next Guest List on 30 December gives you chance to hear from some of them again. You'll be able to hear from the likes of Sir Michael Caine, Gordon Ramsay , Daniel Craig, Nigel Kennedy, Kiera Knightley, Daniel Radcliffe and plenty more. You can also find out what the Movie, Concert , Book and CD of the year was according to our weekly contributors.
The Guest List Vaughan Williams Special - 1 January 2008
In a Special New Year's Day Guest List, Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Tony Palmer, the director of a new film about the life and works of Ralph Vaughan Williams, ‘O Thou Transcendent'.
The Weekender, BBC Radio 2, Friday at 22:00
Every week we take a look at the latest film releases in time for your weekend cinema visits!
Every week The Weekender is pleased to welcome one of its regular film pundits and you can click on listen again to hear this week's movie recomendations. This week we are joined by film pundit Hilary Oliver who takes a look at three of this week's releases - Enchanted and Youth Without Youth.
Nightwaves, BBC Radio 3, Monday through Thursday at 21:45
Night Waves is Radio 3's flagship arts and ideas programme.
The Film Programme, BBC Radio 4's programme for movie enthusiasts
Friday 16:30 - 17:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/filmprogramme
On The Film Programme this week:
Francine Stock presents a special edition of the show, including interviews with Julie Christie, Quentin Tarantino, Jodie Foster and David Schwimmer.
Front Row, BBC Radio 4, Monday - Friday at 19:15
This programme is definately worth a listen. If you're unable to catch it live,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/past_programmes.shtml
then follow the link above and you can grab a podcast and listen at your convenience.
Highlights from the last few days include;
Tuesday 18 December -
Mark Lawson presenting
St. Trinian's
St. Trinian's, the infamous school for ‘young ladies', is back and once again facing dire financial crisis. The bank is threatening headmistress Miss Fritton (Rupert Everett) with closure, and her unorthodox doctrine is also under threat from the new Education Minister (Colin Firth). Can the ungovernable girls of St. Trinian's - with the help of post-modern spiv Flash Harry (Russell Brand) - save the school from bankruptcy? Comedian and critic Natalie Haynes shares her verdict on the film with Mark Lawson.
St. Trinian's opens on Friday 21st December, certificate 12A
Monday 17 December -
Mark Lawson presenting
I'm Not There
Bob Dylan's life and works are the inspiration behind the star-studded film, I'm Not There. Directed by the Oscar nominated Todd Haynes, the film controversially uses six very different actors to portray distinct stages in Dylan's life, ranging from the young Marcus Carl Franklin, to the ageing Richard Gere, and with a memorable performance from Cate Blanchett showing Dylan at the height of his career. Using an unconventional, almost poetic, narrative style, the film's structure has been compared to Dylan's own songwriting, but how will audiences respond to this cinematic love letter? Film critic Adrian Wootton helps Mark Lawson deliver the Front Row verdict.
I'm Not There is released at cinemas nationwide from Friday 21st December, certificate 15
Friday 14 December -
John Wilson presenting
My Kid Could Paint That
David D'Arcy of the Art Newspaper discusses the story of Marla Olmstead, the four year old girl whose paintings sell for thousands in America but who critics have labelled a fake.
My Kid Could Paint That (12a) is showing at the Curzon Soho in London
Thursday 13 December -
Mark Lawson presenting
Marc Forster
Khaled Husseini's novel The Kite Runner tells the story of a boyhood friendship in Afghanistan destroyed by jealousy and fear. A controversial new film adaptation of the book is released in the UK on Boxing Day, directed by Marc Forster. Mark Lawson talks to the director about the challenge of filming the book in light of current political and social unrest in the country.
The Kite Runner opens around the country on Boxing Day, certificate 12A
Jeff Wayne
In 1978 the producer and composer Jeff Wayne released his 96-minute composition The War of the Worlds, based on H G Wells's novel about the invasion of Britain by Martian fighting machines. Richard Burton's distinctive contribution brought huge success to the project, making it one of the biggest-selling CDs in history. An arena stage version, featuring a ten-piece band and a 48-string orchestra and an animated hologram of Richard Burton, is currently on tour in the UK. Mark Lawson talks to Jeff Wayne about his iconic creation.
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds is available as a double CD on Columbia Records . http://www.thewaroftheworlds.com/
The tour continues tomorrow in Sheffield before moving on to Nottingham, Bournemouth, and Brighton, and finishing at the O2 Arena in London on 22 December
Wednesday 12 December -
Mark Lawson presenting
Jerry Seinfeld
The comedian Jerry Seinfeld wrote and starred in one of the most successful sitcoms on US television, Seinfeld, which ran for nine years. Jerry Seinfeld has now released his first film, Bee Movie, an animated film for adults and kids. The film's been four years in the making and came as a result of a two-word gag to Steven Spielberg. Mark Lawson talks to the comedian about bees, sequels and early resistance to his sitcom.
Bee Movie opens across the country on Friday, cert U
Youth Without Youth
It's been ten years since the release of the last film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. This week he returns with Youth Without Youth, a love story set before the Second World War, an ambitious meditation on time and the relation between human memory and identity. Adam Mars Jones joins Mark Lawson to reveal what he made of it.
Youth Without Youth is released nationwide on Friday, cert 15
Tuesday 11 December -
John Wilson presenting
Dustin Hoffman
John Wilson talks to Dustin Hoffman about method acting, and working at 70, as his new childrens film Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium opens this week.
Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium is in cinemas from Friday, certificate U.
We Own the Night
Antonia Quirke reviews a cinematic tale of drugs and crime in 70s New York, starring Joaquin Pheonix and Robert Duvall.
We Own the Night is in cinemas from Friday, certificate U.
Monday 10 December -
Mark Lawson presenting
It's A Wonderful Life
As classic Christmas-time movie It's A Wonderful Life is re-released in the cinema in a newly restored version, critic Stephen Armstrong trawls the TV and film archives to examine the huge impact the film has had on writers, directors and writers, resulting in countless references in popular culture from The Simpsons to Star Trek.
It's A Wonderful Life is released nationwide on Friday 14 December, cert U, and is widely available on DVD
Enchanted
Disney's latest movie offering combines hand-drawn animation, computer generated effects and live-action to collide the characters of a classic fairytale into life in modern-day New York City. The critics Sarah Crompton and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh join Mark Lawson to offer their verdict.
Enchanted is released nationwide on Friday 14 December, cert PG
Thursday 6 December -
Kirsty Lang presenting
He Was A Quiet Man
Christian Slater dons prosthetic teeth and spectacles to play disgruntled office worker Bob Maconel in He Was A Quiet Man. Bob dreams of killing his co-workers in a shooting spree, but ends up an accidental hero when he finishes off the equally murderous co-worker who beats him to it. Film critic Adam Smith joins Kirsty to talk about the film which also stars William H Macy and Elisha Cuthbert.
He Was A Quiet Man is released in cinemas nationwide from 7 December.
Watch the skies!!
To mark the 30 th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, a special DVD boxed-set is being released, containing all three versions of the film. In the story, a five-note theme is used by the aliens as a means of communicating with the humans on earth, and this little theme has become iconic - even people who never saw the film could probably identify it. Astrophysicist Seth Shostak, of the S.E.T.I. Institute in America (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) and musicologist Allan Moore explore the history of music's association with space - and compare science-fact with human-fiction.
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, a special 30 th anniversary edition, is available on DVD now.
Tuesday 4 December -
Mark Lawson presenting
Southland Tales
Directed by Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko), the film Southland Tales is set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on 4th July 2008 as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Geller), an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. Film critic Jason Solomons reviews for Front Row.
Southland Tales opens on Friday 7th December, certificate 15.
High School Musical 2
Will Disney be able to recapture the phenomenal success of its hit television film, High School Musical, with a new sequel? Novelist Matt Thorne gives his verdict on the latest instalment and he casts an eye across the myriad merchandise products available, including your very own High School Musical locker.
High School Musical 2 is out now on DVD
TV Docs Minus the Music
Mark Lawson finds out about the latest TV technology which allows viewers to switch off background music when watching documentaries. Is this a welcome development or a body-blow to the creative art of the documentary maker? Natural history TV director Stephen Moss and critic Chris Dunkley battle it out.
The Nature of Britain is on BBC One on Wednesday 5th December at 9pm accompanied as usual by music – and viewers with the red button can choose the music free version.
Monday 3 December -
Mark Lawson presenting
The Golden Compass
Mark Lawson & novelist A.N. Wilson discuss the film version of The Northern Lights, the first book of Philip Pullman's Carnegie Award winning trilogy, His Dark Materials. The trilogy is set in a world that's similar to ours in some ways - with London and Oxford and its colleges, but very different in others: witches rule the Northern skies, armoured-bears rule the Arctic regions, and every human is psychically-connected to an animal-spirit, their dæmon, which goes everywhere with them. The film - which stars Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman - takes the American name of the book, The Golden Compass, and tells the story of young Lyra, brought up in Jordan College, Oxford, who is given an Alethiometer, or golden compass, a device that tells not direction nor time, but the truth…
The Golden Compass is released nationwide on Wednesday 5 December, certificate PG.
Don't forget that every programme is available for seven days after broadcast via www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow
