Francine Stock and star guests on the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Friday 4.30pm - 5pm
This week
26 October 2007
Richard Lester on directing The Beatles in Help, Shekhar Kapur on Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and Andrew Collins takes the Fassbinder Challenge…
On The Film Programme this week:
Richard Lester The award-winning director of The Knack and The Three Musketeers talks about making The Beatles second film, Help, and why Groucho Marx wasn't a fan of A Hard Day's Night.
Help is released on DVD on November 5, certificate PG
The Fassbinder Challenge Andrew Collins takes the Fassbinder Challenge and attempts to watch two box-sets by the German director, plus his 15 hour television epic, Berlin Alexanderplatz. Director Michael Winterbottom remembers his first time with Fassbinder.
The Fassbinder Collection is available as two box-sets, certificate 18, on November 5. Berlin Alexanderplatz is out now, certificate 15
Shekhar Kapur The director of Elizabeth: The Golden Age on myth, history and why Spiderman could well be Chinese in the future.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age is in cinemas next Friday, certificate 12A.
The Film Programme Recommends:
In the multiplex Eastern Promises
In the arthouse Control
Once
On DVD Help
The Fassbinder Collection
Berlin Alexanderplatz
