UK TV Film Recommendations

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ITV1:
22:15
Unforgiven (Film)
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this powerful and intellegent look at the myths of the Old West. Winner of three Oscars for best picture, best director and best supporting actor for Gene Hackman.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek
(Editor's Choice, Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1992, 15, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:35

ITV4:
22:00
Angel Heart (Film)
Atmospheric drama tale set in the 1950s. Small-time sleuth Harry Angel is hired by a mysterious client to track down a missing crooner in New Orleans. The detective discovers that the singer spent time in a sanatorium recuperating from war injuries, but as he traces the man's history, he is drawn into a tangled web of voodoo and murder.
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert de Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu, Brownie McGhee
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Including Entertainment News Update, Audio Described, 1987, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:20

BBC 2:
00:30
Ae Fond Kiss (Film)
Drama set in Glasgow about a young Muslim man and an Irish Catholic woman who encounter strong opposition after beginning an affair. The man, an aspiring DJ, is ostracised by his father after refusing to agree to an arranged marriage, while the woman, a teacher, faces resistance when she applies for a position at the local Catholic school.
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Shamshad Akhtar, Ghizala Avan, Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh, Ahmad Riaz
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
02:10

Channel 4:
00:45
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (Film)
Produced by actor/director Raj Kapoor and directed by Radhu Karmakar, this is the second film in a seaon showcasing Indian classics made 50 years ago. The film is set in central India by the banks of the river Ganges where Raju, a peace-loving minstrel, saves a man from certain death. Invited to enjoy his hospitality, Raju discovers the man he has saved is in fact a bandit chieftain. Hoping to reform his new acquaintance and his band of thieves, Raju is drawn into a world of crime but at the heart of the film is a love story between Raju and the chieftain's daughter Kammo.
Director: Radhu Karmakar
Starring: Raj Kapoor, Padmini, Pran, Chanchal, Lalita Pawar, Raj Mehra
(Black and White, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Hindi with English Subtitles, 1960, U, 3 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
03:45

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Yesters rush missed prompting outlaw josey wales and LiT.
nvm, good day.

ITV1:
22:20
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Film)
London-based gangster movie directed by Guy Ritchie. Eddie and his three friends find enough money to take on Hatchet Harry in a poker game but Eddie's cheated out of his money and runs up a huge debt. To avoid the loss of some digits, the four have to come up with a money-making scheme and, as luck would have it, an overheard conversation, two priceless antique shotguns and a rich drug dealer might just get them out of trouble.
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Nicholas Rowe, Vinnie Jones
(Stereo, Widescreen, Followed by Local Weather, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1998, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:20

Film4:
00:40
Naked (Film)
Mike Leigh's film stars David Thewlis as a misogynist out-of-work Mancunian who visits ex-girlfriend Lesley Sharp in London. Things get complicated when he sleeps with her flat-mate Katrin Cartlidge and then takes to the streets to discuss his bleak philosophy with anyone he meets. Meanwhile, creepy landlord Greg Crutwell has plans for both the girls.
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1993, 18, 4 Star)

TCM (and 0010 on TCM2):
17:10
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Film)
Nottingham factory worker Arthur drinks, fights and fornicates his way through life but how long can his rebellion last? Banned by local authorities for its harsh depiction of urban strife, the first of Britain's 'kitchen sink' dramas has the perfect anti-hero in Albert Finney.
Director: Karel Reisz
Starring: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker, Norman Rossington, Bryan Pringle
(Black and White, 1960, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
19:00

SkyArts2:
23:50
Mephisto (Film)
Haunting take on the Faust legend as actor Klaus Maria Brandauer ingratiates himself with the Nazi party at the expense of his soul. German language with subtitles.
Director: István Szabó
Starring: Klaus-Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Rolf Hoppe, György Cserhalmi, Péter Andorai
(Widescreen, 1981, 15, 3 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
02:10

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Ch4:
23:50
Parakh (Film)
Bimal Roy's Parakh continues the season of Indian classics celebrating their 50th anniversaries. A witty and satirical tale of how money brings out the worst in people, it tells the parable of a village turned upside down by the benevolence of a stranger, the mysterious Sir JC Roy. One morning in Radhanagar village, the postmaster Nivaran receives a cheque for 500,000 rupees, a royal fortune. The cheque is sent with instructions that it must be given to the village's "noblest" man, who must use the money to help others. All the greedy folk in the village, including the priest, the landlord and the moneylender, try desperately to prove just how honourable they are, but in the middle of the mayhem, the postmaster's daughter and the local teacher fall in love.
Director: Bimal Roy
Starring: Sadhana Shivdasani, Durga Khote, Leela Chitnis, Sheela Rao, Ruby Paul, Mumtaz Begum
(Black and White, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Hindi with English Subtitles, 1960, PG) (Get more information on this movie)
02:25

ITV4:
00:25
Angel Heart (Film)
Atmospheric drama tale set in the 1950s. Small-time sleuth Harry Angel is hired by a mysterious client to track down a missing crooner in New Orleans. The detective discovers that the singer spent time in a sanatorium recuperating from war injuries, but as he traces the man's history, he is drawn into a tangled web of voodoo and murder.
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert de Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu, Brownie McGhee
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Including Entertainment News Update, Audio Described, 1987, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
02:30

SkyArts1:
03:00
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (Documentary)
Cinematic masters including Nestor Almendros and John Bailey reveal the changing techniques in cinematography that have shaped Hollywood's evolution.
(Stereo, Widescreen, 1994)
04:35

SkyArts2:
22:00
Profound Desire of the Gods (Arts)
An engineer arrives on a small Japanese island to find a primitive culture governed by superstition and bizarre religious practices. Biting satire from Shohei Imamura.
(New, Dolby Stereo, Widescreen, 1968)

00:55
The Battleship Potemkin (Film)
Sergei Eisenstein's seminal tale of a Russian naval mutiny and the resulting suppression and massacre by the authorities. The Odessa Steps sequence has become part of cinema history.
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Starring: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov, Mikhail Gomorov, Aleksandr Levshin
(Stereo, Black and White, 1925, PG, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
02:00

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BBC2:
14:15
The Man From Laramie (Film)
Challenging western typifying the partnership between director Anthony Mann and James Stewart, who forgoes the heroics to play the stranger who arrives in New Mexico to find his brother's killer. When a cattle baron tries to silence him the stranger's tenacity doubles, as does the hatred of the local townsfolk, who stand between him and justice.
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex Nicol, Aline MacMahon
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1955, U, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
15:55

TCM:
18:30
The Manchurian Candidate (Film)
Classic wartime thriller about two soldiers returning from the Korean war and haunted by nightmares and start to investigate the reasons behind them.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory
(Black and White, 1962, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
21:00

CH4:
21:00
Die Hard (Film)
High enery action movie about a New York cop who launches a one-man rescue operation when a gang of crooks crash a party in an LA office block and take everyone hostage, including his estranged wife.
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Alexander Godunov, Paul Gleason
(Editor's Choice, Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1988, 18, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:35
Saturday Night Fever (Film)
The film that sold a million white jackets, took disco out from the underground and into the charts, revived the careers of The Bee Gees and made a superstar out of Oscar-nominated John Travolta. Travolta plays Tony Manero, a no-hoper paint delivery boy who comes alive on the dance floor, either alone or with partner Stephanie, as they try to win the $500 dancing prize on offer.
Director: John Badham
Starring: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, Paul Pape, Donna Pescow
(Widescreen, 1977, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:50

BBC2:
00:10
The Breakfast Club (Film)
Five school kids - an athlete, a spoiled rich kid, a brainy nerd, an introverted loner and a rebellious punk - are brought together on a day-long detention where they break the rules, bare their souls and find they have more in common than just attending the same high school. One of the plethora of 80s teen films, John Hughes's bittersweet 'brat pack' comedy has many perceptive moments.
Director: John Hughes
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Paul Gleason, Ally Sheedy
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1985, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:45
Scanners (Film)
Innovative sci-fi horror story about a group of people with the ability to control other people's minds and bodies, with often fatal results. The powers - the result of a thalidomide-like drug given to a group of pregnant women - are being used for evil purposes by a child of the experiment. His brother is recruited by the doctor behind the original project to stop the evil sibling and his fellow scanners.
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside, Robert A. Silverman
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1981, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
03:25

Film4:
01:30
Lake Tahoe (Film)
Fernando Eimbcke's drama, set in Yucatán, Mexico, stars Diego Cataño as Juan, a teenager who crashes the family car into a telephone pole. Trying to obtain the spare part he needs to get it back on the road, he comes across a disparate range of characters, all the while avoiding going back to his home. But in time, the underlying reasons behind his angst and the anger that led to the accident are revealed.
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Starring: Diego Cataño, Hector Herrera, Daniela Valentine, Juan Carlos Lara II, Yemil Sefani, Olda López
(Widescreen, In Spanish and English with English Subtitles, 2008, 12, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)

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Film4:
22:45


4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
(Film)
Cristian Mungiu's drama, which can be seen as a companion piece to The Death Mr Lazarescu, stars Laura Vasiliu as Gabita who seeks an abortion in the 80s Romania of Ceausescu, where the operation is still illegal. Calling on her roommate Otilia for support, the relationship of the two shifts as Gabita begins to rely more and more on Otilia as the duo embark on a 24-hour journey to meet an illegal abortionist in a hotel, a journey beset by both state-imposed perils and Gabita's emotional vacillations.
Director: Cristian Mungiu
Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean, Ion Sapdaru, Teodor Corban
(In Romanian with English Subtitles, Premiere, Widescreen, 15, 2007, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)

00:55

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I've seen all but MM's docu, and A Night to Remember is tied for second place.

BBC2:
14:00
A Night to Remember (Film)
Drama-documentary based on the events of April 14, 1912. Luxury liner Titanic is five days to sea. Its staterooms crowded with the rich, talented and fashionable of Europe and America, the ship is the pride of Second Officer Herbert Lightoller and Thomas Andrews, its designer. Yet when a giant iceberg looms, the 'unsinkable' ship is doomed, and Andrews knows it.
Director: Roy Ward Baker, Richard Wallace
Starring: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman, Anthony Bushell, John Cairney
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1958, 12, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
16:00

More4:
14:45
The African Queen (Film)
John Huston's classic Oscar-winning tough comedy adventure is set in First World War Africa. Humphrey Bogart plays Charlie Allnut, the hard-drinking, woman-hating owner of The African Queen, a decrepit steamer that trades up and down the river. Katharine Hepburn plays Rose Sayer, the strait-laced spinster sister of missionary Rev. Samuel Sayer, whom Charlie has agreed to take back to civilisation. But when the Reverend dies after the mission is attacked by German troops, Charlie and Rose set off on a journey of escape that turns into one of revenge as the disparate couple reach a touching accord.
Director: John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel, Walter Gotell
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1951, U, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
16:50

BBC2:
01:35
Brazil (Film)
Terry Gilliam's surreal Orwellian fantasy. Sam Lowry is happy in his job at the Ministry of Information, where frequent daydreams transport him from drab reality. Then the worst occurs: a mistake in the system! Before he knows it, Sam meets the girl of his dreams and finds himself in a nightmare world of renegade heating engineers, storm troopers, terrorists and torturers.
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert de Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1985, 15, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
03:50
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Film)
Tale of self-discovery based on the true story of a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828 and later claimed to have been locked away in a tower since birth. When found, he can barely walk or speak and has no concept of social behaviour. Eventually he learns to read, write, talk, perform in society and think for himself. But he remains an outsider, a mystery to both the town and himself.
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge, Michael Kroecher, Hans Musäus
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1974, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
05:35

Channel4:
19:00
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Film)
Lavish adaptation of the first book in JRR Tolkien's epic fantasy trilogy about a young hobbit who inherits a ring with dark powers and embarks upon a dangerous quest to destroy it. Accompanied by eight others who have sworn to help him in his task, he journeys towards the land of Mordor with the terrifying servants of the Dark Lord Sauron in pursuit attempting to reclaim their master's ring.
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Sean Bean
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2001, PG, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
22:15
Capitalism: A Love Story (Film)
Michael Moore's timely film looks at the successes and failures of the American capitalist system, where the richest one per cent have more than the bottom 95% combined; a system that claims to reward free enterprise but in fact rewards greed. He coaxes an explanation of what derivatives are from experts and explains "dead peasant insurance", where companies can take out life insurance on their employees, claim if they die while still working and keep the money. There are also the Moore hallmark moments, using a loudhailer on Wall Street to ask for his money back and cordoning off the Stock Exchange as a crime scene. But beneath the grandstanding is a passionate exposure of the causes of the financial collapse.
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Michael Moore, John McCain, Jimmy Carter, Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Arnold Schwarzenegger
(Editor's Choice, Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2009, 12, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:50
The Man Who Wasn't There (Film)
Billy Bob Thornton plays Ed Crane, a barber in a sleepy 1940s town whose wife Doris is having an affair with her boss Big Dave. But when he's offered a get-rich-quick scheme, his plans to raise the money lead to blackmail, murder, Death Row for his wife, an expensive city lawyer Freddy Riedenschneider and then, by a savage irony, his own appointment with the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit. The Coen brothers' Oscar-nominated Hitchcockian tribute to the film noir genre is sparked with humour, darkness and outstanding performances.
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini, Katherine Borowitz
(Black and White, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 15, 3 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
02:45

FIlm4:
23:30
Bad Lieutenant (Film)
A raw, gripping, controversial classic from the 90s. "The Lieutenant" is addicted to drugs, alcohol and gambling, and is up to his neck in debt. He's also one of New York's finest, and when a nun is brutally raped, his desire to find the rapist is made larger by the $50,000 reward on offer. Abel Ferrara pulls out of Keitel one of his finest performances.
Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Paul Calderon, Leonard L. Thomas, Robin Burrows, Frankie Thorn
(Subtitles, 1992, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:30

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BBC4:
19:10
In Which We Serve (Film)
Stirring Second World War drama about the crew of a British fighting ship, told through a series of poignant and revealing vignettes. The story of the ship's heroic deeds is narrated by Noel Coward, who, as the ship's captain, acts as a father figure to his stalwart men. After surviving a torpedo attack, the ship is involved in the Dunkirk evacuation, before heading into battle off the coast of Crete.
Director: Noel Coward, David Lean
Starring: Noel Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles, Celia Johnson, Ann Stephens, Daniel Massey
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1942, U, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
21:00

TCM:
21:00
Coming Home (Film)
Emotional war drama starring Jon Voight in his award winning role as a paraplegic war veteran who finds life difficult after returning to America from the war in Vietnam.
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty
(1978, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:30
Network (Film)
When a TV news anchor is fired, he lets loose a rant on his final show, but little did he think it would make him a celebrity. Oscar winning drama.
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty
(1976, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:35

Channel4:
22:35
The Untouchables (Film)
Brian De Palma's rip-roaring thriller, scripted by David Mamet, is set in the lawless Chicago of prohibition, when Al Capone ruled through corruption and violence. Determined to take him down is federal agent Eliot Ness, helped by tough street cop Jim Malone. But to do so, Ness must become as ruthless and violent as his quarry.
Director: Brian de Palma
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin-Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert de Niro
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1987, 15, 5 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:50
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Film)
Mr Lazarescu, who is 63, lives alone apart from his cats and drinks too much, finds himself in constant pain. He calls an ambulance, but he's shuttled backwards and forwards across Bucharest as every hospital refuses to accept the slowly dying man. Cristi Puiu's debut film is a darkly comic look at the way the safety nets that are meant to help and protect can easily be withdrawn in a curiously absorbing, stylish film.
Director: Cristi Puiu
Starring: Doru Ana, Monica Dean, Alina Berzunteanu, Doru Boguta, Mimi Branescu, Mihai Bratila
(In Romanian with English Subtitles, Premiere, Widescreen, 2005, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
03:35

ITV4:
00:35
The Exorcist (Film)
Gruesome, controversial horror classic about the demonic possession of a young girl. A famous actress calls upon medical science for help when her daughter begins behaving strangely. But as bizarre and horrific incidents involving the daughter increase, the mother turns in desperation to the church - and to a priest who doubts his own faith. Based on the bestselling novel by William Peter Blatty.
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Including Entertainment News Update, Audio Described, 1973, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
02:45

Film4:
01:10
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Film)
Cristian Mungiu's drama, which can be seen as a companion piece to The Death Mr Lazarescu, stars Laura Vasiliu as Gabita who seeks an abortion in the 80s Romania of Ceausescu, where the operation is still illegal. Calling on her roommate Otilia for support, the relationship of the two shifts as Gabita begins to rely more and more on Otilia as the duo embark on a 24-hour journey to meet an illegal abortionist in a hotel, a journey beset by both state-imposed perils and Gabita's emotional vacillations.
Director: Cristian Mungiu
Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean, Ion Sapdaru, Teodor Corban
(In Romanian with English Subtitles, Widescreen, 2007, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)

SkyArts2:
22:00
My Winnipeg (Film)
Cult director Guy Maddin blends fantasy with legend in this surreal depiction of his childhood. Ann Savage stars as his mother in this personal portrait of life in the Canadian city.
Director: Guy Maddin
Starring: Ann Savage, Louis Negin, Amy Stewart, Darcy Fehr, Brendan Cade, Wesley Cade
(Dolby Stereo, Widescreen, 2007, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:20
Sky Arts at the Brighton Dome (Arts)
Sky Arts goes behind the scenes at the Brighton Dome to catch up with renowned choreographer Hofesh Shechter ahead of his highly anticipated new work, Political Mother.
(Stereo, Widescreen, 2010)
23:30
The Magnificent Tati (Documentary)
Classic film clips and interviews with Jacques Tati experts capture the life and work of the noted French film-maker, from his Monsieur Hulot success through to the excess of Playtime.
(Stereo, Widescreen, 2009)
00:30
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Film)
Hugely inspirational film which brought Jacques Tati international acclaim. Tati stars as the hapless but well-meaning Mr Hulot, oblivious to the chaos he creates around him.
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Valentine Camax, Louis Perrault, André Dubois
(Stereo, Widescreen, Black and White, 1953, U, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
02:00

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Film4:
21:00
Synecdoche, New York (Film)
Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, a comedy drama, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Caden Cotard, a frustrated theatre director so bound up in his own work and failings he almost doesn't notice his wife Adele leaving him. When an unexpected grant of $500,000 allows him to realise his dream; he rents a cavernous warehouse and sets about rehearsing a play based on his life and the world around him, with sets modelled on New York and a script comprising of gnomic post-it notes. But will the play ever reach its first night? Kaufman's film is an almost Bergmanesque meditation on life and death which, as with his scripts for Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich, refuses to kowtow to convention but by its very subversion, provides a fascinating, challenging viewing experience.
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Sadie Goldstein, Tom Noonan, Peter Friedman, Charles Techman
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2008, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:20
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Film)
Michel Gondry's film is a fascinating melange of romance, fantasy and illusion, co-scripted with Charlie Kaufman. Joel Barish and Clementine Kruczynski were once madly in love, but their affair has gone stale. And when they meet again by chance, she doesn't just blank him, she genuinely doesn't know him. Then Joel finds out the truth. Using a new and highly experimental technology, she is having her memories of him erased from her brain. In revenge, he's determined to undergo the same process but as dodgy scientist Dr Howard Mierzwiak begins the procedure, Joel changes his mind. Can he hang on to enough memories to win Clementine back?
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Gerry Robert Byrne, Elijah Wood, Thomas Jay Ryan, Mark Ruffalo
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2004, 15, 3 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:25

ITV1:
22:35
Eyes Wide Shut (Film)
The final film from Stanley Kubrick tells the story of Bill Harford, a doctor who longs for extra-marital action after he discusses fantasies with his wife. He follows old pal Nick Nightingale to a mysterious party where men wear masks and orgies seem normal, but he gradually realises that he is out of his depth and becoming endangered.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Madison Eginton, Jackie Sawiris, Sydney Pollack
(Editor's Choice, Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1998, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:30

ITV4:
21:00
Serenity (Film)
Government weapons' researchers have been manipulating the intelligence of some very bright teenagers, until one of them, River, escapes - complete with a head full of potentially damaging secrets. The crew of Serenity unwittingly gives her shelter and soon find themselves in the middle of a huge intergalactic conflict.
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Including Entertainment News Update, Audio Described, 2005, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:25

TCM:
21:00
Manhattan (Film)
Oscar nominated romantic comedy about a forty-something who swaps his seventeen year old girlfriend for his best friends mistress. Starring Diane Keaton.
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Anne Byrne Hoffman
(Black and White, 1979, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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Re: UK TV Film Recommendations

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Re: UK TV Film Recommendations

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BBC2:
13:00
The Red Shoes (Film)
A magnificent fairy tale about a young ballerina torn between two creative but possessive men - one a struggling composer, the other an autocratic impresario. Forced to choose between her career and a happy marriage, she is persuaded to do one last performance of the role that made her famous, with tragic results.
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Starring: Marius Goring, Jean Short, Gordon Littmann, Julia Lang, Bill Shine, Léonide Massine
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1948, U, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
15:10

Five:
12:35
Dial M for Murder (Film)
Classic Hitchcock tale of a playboy ex-tennis star who arranges to have his wife killed, fearing that he is about to lose her - and her fortune - to another man. When the murder goes wrong, the ruthless husband is willing to do anything to save his own skin.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson, Leo Britt
(Subtitles, 1954, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
14:40

TCM:
13:00
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Film)
Seminal 60s tale of rebellion and class warfare with BAFTA- winner Courtenay as Colin, the angry young man whose speed and stamina could help his ambitious borstal warden snatch the cup from the toffs' team. But Colin is running his own race.
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen, James Bolam, Joe Robinson
(Black and White, 1962, 12, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
15:00
Radio Days (Film)
A young boy's coming of age is mirrored by the lives of their stars. Hilarious and nostalgic look at the golden age of American radio.
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Mike Starr, Paul Herman, Don Pardo, Martin Rosenblatt, Helen Miller, Danielle Ferland
(1987, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
17:00

Film4:
23:10
Synecdoche, New York (Film)
Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, a comedy drama, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Caden Cotard, a frustrated theatre director so bound up in his own work and failings he almost doesn't notice his wife Adele leaving him. When an unexpected grant of $500,000 allows him to realise his dream; he rents a cavernous warehouse and sets about rehearsing a play based on his life and the world around him, with sets modelled on New York and a script comprising of gnomic post-it notes. But will the play ever reach its first night? Kaufman's film is an almost Bergmanesque meditation on life and death which, as with his scripts for Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich, refuses to kowtow to convention but by its very subversion, provides a fascinating, challenging viewing experience.
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Sadie Goldstein, Tom Noonan, Peter Friedman, Charles Techman
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2008, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:30
Storytelling (Film)
Todd Solondz's film tells two separate stories. In Fiction, Selma Blair ignores her disabled boyfriend's writing talents to pursue creative-writing professor Robert Wisdom, while Nonfiction sees would-be filmmaker Paul Giamatti shoot a documentary about his friend Mark Webber's life while behind the camera, Giamatti's family is falling apart. Fascinating and challenging, this is a dark look at relationships and family.
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom, Maria Thayer, Angela Goethals, Devorah Rose
(Widescreen, 2001, 18, 3 Star)

BBC2:
23:00
[b]The Visitor[/b] (Film)
Recently widowed economics professor Walter Vale reluctantly agrees to give a lecture in New York. When he arrives in the city, he finds that two illegal immigrants have taken up residence in his little-used Manhattan apartment. An unlikely friendship develops between Walter and his unexpected guests - Syrian Tarek and his African girlfriend Zainab. Walter's previously bland and unfulfilling life is gradually transformed by their influence.
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Jekesai Gurira, Hiam Abbass, Marian Seldes, Maggie Moore
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:40
Channel 4:
01:45
The Unloved (Film)
Oscar-nominated actress Samantha Morton makes her directorial debut with a powerful single drama that gives an intimate child's eye view of life in a children's home. Lucy is 11 years old and lives with her abusive father. One day she decides she's had enough of his beatings and reports the incident to her social worker. But this only lands her in a children's home, where she is left with nothing save for the school uniform she is wearing and an initially hostile older room mate. A friendship grow between the two girls, but when a Christmas party at the home goes terribly wrong, Lucy runs away in search of her mother... Lucy's father and mother are played by Robert Carlyle and Susan Lynch, with Molly Windsor as Lucy and Lauren Socha as Lauren.
Director: Samantha Morton
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Susan Lynch, Molly Windsor, Lauren Socha
(Repeat, Subtitles, Audio Described, Made For TV, 2009) (Get more information on this movie)
03:40

SkyArts2:
22:00
Distant Voices, Still Lives (Film)
Pete Postlethwaite stars in Terence Davies' gritty tale of a working-class family in Liverpool. A wedding and christening evoke memories of the family's past.
Director: Terence Davies
Starring: Michael Starke, Freda Dowie, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams, Lorraine Ashbourne, Pete Postlethwaite
(Dolby Stereo, Widescreen, 1988, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:25
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (Documentary)
In 1927, the gory role of Dracula attracted few actors, giving an unknown Transylvanian man with poor English the chance to shape one of the greatest horror characters ever created.
(Stereo, 2007)
00:20
Nosferatu (Film)
FW Murnau's expressionist masterpiece was the first film to be based upon Bram Stoker's horror novel. Max Schreck stars as the blood-sucking vampire, Count Orlok.
Director: F.W. Murnau
Starring: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach, Georg H. Schnell, Ruth Landshoff
(Black and White, 1922, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
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