the missing british boy who was found after six years is expected to travel back to the uk over the weekend. the grandmother of the now 17 year old said she can t begin to express her relief and happiness. now on bbc news: talking movies: review of 2023. hello from new york. i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies review of 2023. in today s programme, highlights from the world of cinema in the past 12 months. hi, barbie. hi, ken. we ll be revisiting barbenheimer one of the more memorable movie events of 2023. he s going to now. pull me off the train. also, during the year, tom cruise did it again, bringing us a new mission: impossible film, but it didn t perform as well as expected. and 2023 was defined by industrial strife in hollywood, with both writers and actors going on strike. we hear from an actor who spent time on the picket lines. i m the king of rock and roll! and year s end brought forth a wealth of documentaries poised for awards all kinds of stories,
brokered by the un and turkiye allowing the export of grain from the black sea has been renewed hours before it was going to expire. kyiv says it will continue for months moscow said just six days. now on bbc news: talking movies. oscar s review special and a warning that this programme contains a sub flashy images. some flashing images. and the oscar goes to. ready? whoo! hello from los angeles. i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies review of the 95th annual academy awards. it will be remembered as a night when a bighearted, kinetic, adventurous, independent american film, everything everywhere all at once, took home how many of hollywood s coveted golden trophies. best motion picture of the year. everything everywhere all at once was the big winner, taking home the top best picture trophy and prevailing in six other catagories. for its creators, both 35, daniel scheinert and daniel kwan, who also won for best director and original screenplay, it was a night
now on bbc news, talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attractions. british acting royalty was in town, with dame helen mirren portraying israeli prime minister golda meir. cate blanchett, oscar nominated for her performance in tar, walked the red carpet, as did steven spielberg, at the festival for a lifetime achievement award. and we look at queer cinema in berlin, which was making quite an impact. berlin has a long history of embracing political cinema. it is an avowedly political film festival. and this year, because the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine took place during the festival,
during nigeria s closest presidential election in decades as poor organisation and logistical problems led to severe delay at polling stations. there were also reports of violence, including gunshots near a polling station in lagos. china s decsion not to condemn russia s invasion of ukraine, has caused tensions at a meeting of the g20 s major economies. russia accused western countries of destabilising the event by references to the conflict. india has issued a chair s summary saying there were different assessments of the situation in kyiv. now on bbc news, talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s program, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attr