Francine Stock and star guests on the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Friday 4.30pm - 5pm
This week
23 January 2009
Peter Morgan, the award-winning writer of The Queen, discusses Frost/Nixon on stage and screen. Gus Van Sant on bio-pics, Sean Penn and Proposition 8.
Peter Morgan The writer of The Queen, The Last King Of Scotland and The Deal explains how he adapted his own stage play for the screen
Frost/Nixon is in cinemas, cert 15
Gus Van Sant & Dustin Lance Black
The director and writer of the award-winning bio-pic of Harvey Milk discuss the film's relevance in the wake of recent events in the state of California
Milk is in cinemas, cert 15
Jenny Lumet
The daughter of Sidney Lumet, the director of Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon, on the dish-washing duel between her dad and Cabaret director Bob Fosse that she pilfered for her new family drama.
Rachel Getting Married is in cinemas, cert 15
THE FILM PROGRAMME RECOMMENDS
In The Multiplex
Frost/Nixon
Rachel Getting Married
Milk
In The Arthouse
Better Things (also available on pay-per-view)
On DVD
Eden Lake
El Bano Del Papa
The Times Of Harvey Milk