The film review on bbc news. To take us through the cinema releases, as ever, mark kermode. What have you been watching this week . A very big week, obviously. We have dunkirk, the new Christopher Nolan film, about which everybody is talking. We have city of ghosts, a very harrowing documentary from the maker of cartel land. And Captain Underpants the epic first movie, which is really funny. Everyone is talking about dunkirk. The scale and ambition of this is remarkable. It is and also the ambition of the release. It is the story of dunkirk told by Christopher Nolan who has made things like dark knight, interstellar and inception, and it is the story of the evacuation told through Three Intertwining Strands that loosely follow land, sea and air. But although the story itself is fairly straightforward, it is told over three different timescales, one of the stories lasts one week, one of the stories lasts one day, one lasts one hour and these strands. If you know anything at all about nolan, youll know that he loves to play with time. That temporal elasticity. The brilliant thing about this is that he does in a way that is very clear, you understand exactly whats going on even though it is quite a complex structure. Its shot on large format film and youre seeing from the images here, they are astonishing images, great big bulky cameras. Plaudits to hoyte van hoytema, the cinematographer, carrying around these bulky cameras and doing really extraordinary work with them. The film is available in numerous different formats so depending on where you go to see it, you can see it in digital, in 35, in 70. And the picture will be different and look different. The advice i would give is that make sure you see it in the cinema that you know does the best possible presentation and sound. Sound is very important, it plays a huge part in this. It has an extraordinary score by hans zimmer. Christopher nolan has talked about this being a movie about tension, it is not to do with explicitly what you see, it is about the build up and the score is like a rising tide and it builds all the way through the film. I think the most impressive thing, you know i am huge fan of Christopher Nolan anyway, the most impressive thing is that for a film on this scale, it is actually, the things you take away from it are the smaller images, an image of a man walking hopelessly into the sea, the image of Kenneth Branaghs face as he looks out over a lost horizon, it is a very, very impressive piece of work and it is great to see Someone Making A Blockbuster Movie that imagines that the audience are smart enough to keep up with this slightly complex structure. Christopher nolans whole thing has always been, the audience are cleverer than anyone imagines. Thats really refreshing, actually. It really is. And look how well he does. He makes movies, i mean, why be michael bay when you can have Christopher Nolan . Ijust dont get it. I feel like saying, it is what everyone will be watching. It is. And stories of the terror of dunkirk and stories of heroism and there are stories as well in your next choice of some very, very brave individuals and i have to be honest, the more i read about this, another one i am not sure i quite have the stomach for, but important work. It is, its a documentary by Matthew Heineman who Made Cartel Land and it is the harrowing account of isis brutality as seen through the eyes of a citizens journalist Collective Documenting what was happening to their home in syria. They formed a collective called raqqa is being slaughtered silently and they decided that what they would do was document what was going on, to let the world know and they did that at great personal cost. Heres a clip. The thing that i think the film does really well is that it pays great tribute to the bravery of these people who are doing this citizenjournalism reporting. It does contain some truly horrifying images and there are several occasions on which, whilst i was watching, i had to look away. The bravery of it is that the people who were actually doing this, they didnt look away, they saw it as their responsibility to document this stuff. But as you quite rightly say, it is a documentary that takes on very, very difficult subject matter. I think its really important, but it is absolutely necessary to say that there are things in this documentary, quite rightly, that are very harrowing, but it is a real tribute to their bravery, that they were trying to get the message out all the time, even though their own lives were under threat. And many of them now live in germany. Yes, they do, exactly. And even there, of course, there is the sense that they are never completely safe. We approach the Summer Holidays so we move to entirely different matters and perhaps for a Younger Age Group . Or is there something for adults too here . Do you know what . I am 54 and i love Captain Underpants the epic first movie. This is based on the much loved books. If youre familiar with the books, and i am, ive read them all, i was a bit worried about the idea that someone would make a movie but now they have. The story is, two comicbook creating kids accidentally turn their headmaster into the eponymous Captain Underpants with the help of a hypno ring they got from a cereal packet. Heres a clip. Whats this . Why, its the paperwork to separate you two its really incredible. I could actually see the end of your friendship george, do something. Put the pen down or we will hypnotise you whats happening . When i snap my fingers you will obey our every command youre now the amazing Captain Underpants tra la la weve gotta stop him. Why . Outta the road, bozo why thank you, vehicle person. You laughed all the way through that. Were both laughing youve seen it a few times and youre still laughing so thats a recommendation. And heres the thing. I started laughing at the beginning of this movie and then i did not stop. The more it went on, the funnier it became. I was sitting in a room with critics who i think were enjoying it but critics tend to be quite well behaved, i was laughing just like a hyena. Its really funny and how great that we have a family movie out that you can take young kids to see and you will enjoy it every bit as much as them. Captain underpants is a real stand out delight. That is one day at least thats sorted with my nieces for the summer. And lovely, when there arent always the best kids films around to see. Its nice when something works. Its very hard to find something that you think will work both for the young audience and also for an older audience. I would quite happily go and see this again tomorrow. I laughed all the way through it and you know what a fan i am of the minions. This made me laugh more. Funnier than the minions and thats really saying something for me. That is all we need to hear, marvellous. Whats best out . Well, ive gone back to baby driver, its still in cinemas and i love it. The fact is, edgar wright has managed to cross a Car Chase Movie With A Romantic Musical and make this film which is funny and sharp and smart and as a piece of cinema, i think it is really worth seeing and i want people to see it in the cinema. Obviously, itll come out on home video at some point, but at the moment, it is one of those things. Have you been to see it . Its a big screen one. Have you gone . Im going, im going, its on the list. Ok, you have to. I promise, its genuinely on the list. You genuinely have to go. Unlike you and your funny horror things that you want me to try and see, i am going to see this. Ok, all right, fine, but you need to see that ina cinema. That is your summer homework. That is my homework. cause i didnt do well on homework last week so i must do better. Ah, dvd as well for those who want to stay in. Well, as i said last week, you need to see the levelling. Thats also your homework but the thing thats out is get out, which is this great Horror Thriller from writer director jordan peel, who incidentally is one of the voices in Captain Underpants. No. Yes, absolutely. He comes from a comedy background. What this does is, its kind of inspired by the books of ira levin, you know, the stepford wives, and tells a story about racism in white middle class liberal america and its more of a psychological thriller than a horror movie, although there are moments of horror in it. It is sharp and satirical and really, really well played and what i loved about it was, again, its one of those films where you couldnt quite see where it was going. Its got great performances, it is very wry and i didnt know much about it when i went in and i was really surprised and i love ira levins books anyway. I know this isnt directly adapted from them but the ghost of ira levin hangs over this and it is a really fine piece of work. But, try not to read too much about it before you see the film. Ok, thats a good tip. Thank you very much, as ever, mark. I have made a list of my summer homework. There is a lot of it but im going to do it. Start with the levelling because you will love the levelling. Im very excited about that one. Thank you very much. Good to see you, as ever. And a quick reminder before we go, you can find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc. Co. Uk markkermode including marks top ten films of the year so far. So i have to go on and see whether ive seen your top ten. All our previous programmes are on the iplayer as well of course. Enjoy your cinema viewing, it is a very good week. Thanks for being with us, bye bye. Latest low Weather Update from bbc. It has been a wet evening across northern england. Outbreaks of rain pushing a further south. This is the past few hours, that Rain Fringing in the north wales, pushing into the midlands, some heavier bursts now breaking out in parts of lincolnshire and perhaps into east anglia as well as we go through the night. It is pushing its way a bit further south, so it will start to pull away from North West England and north wales. Western parts of the uk clearing up and a few fog patches developing, northern ireland, for example. Some spots in the west where you are clear for any period of time may dip down to single figures in the countryside. We have had showers this weekend from this area of low pressure. It is moving away at for some of us not quickly enough during monday. There will be an east west split, wales and South West England even from the word go quite a bit of sunshine but across much of south east england, east anglia, the midlands, yorkshire, a lot of cloud to come and you can see some of us starting to get those outbreaks of rain. Should be a dry picture across North West England at this stage. Northern ireland any fog patches clearing away. Plenty of sunshine, North East Scotland some low cloud into the Northern Isles which may hang around for much of the day. On through the day, some patchy rain in central and eastern england, gradually easing its way eastwards. Ahead of its arrival in parts of east anglia and the far south east of england, some sunny spells are possible but the odd sharp shower within the cloudy and damp areas. Quite cool with the breeze in the north sea coasts, but in the west, lows of mid 20s. A late they shower in western scotland, low cloud on the far north east of scotland. In the far north east of scotland. In the monday evening, ending the day with some warm sunshine, but Patchy Rain In East Anglia and parts of south east england. Just about gone by tuesday. Could be a cloudy start, but brightening up. The odd stray shower. Still a cool breeze for sun that north sea coast of the many of us that north sea coast of the many of us low 20s once again. Quite a decent day, and the gap between Weather System is not lasting very long. By wednesday you can see what is coming. This area of low pressure will push rain right across the uk during wednesday. Some of that on the side. Winds picking up the gale force in North Western areas, where it will stay quite windy as the week goes on. Thursday, friday and saturday showers. Some showers a bit further south as well. Up and down this week, changeable, a little bit more settled for a time at the start of the week, but it wont last. Low pressure taking over again on wednesday. Seeing all that Rain On Wednesday. Seeing all that Rain On Wednesday and then sunshine and showers. Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore, the headlines president duterte prepares to set out his vision for the philippines, in his state of the nation address. Nine people including two children are found dead in the back of a truck in Texas Police Say they were victims of people trafficking. Im Babita Sharma in london. Also in the programme donald trump s strategy in afghanistan is still not clear. And, the new film offering a rare insight into the culture of chinas. People live from our studios in singapore and london, this is Bbc World News its newsday
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