it s talking movies. hello from new york. i m tom brook, and welcome to our talking movies review of 2021. in today s programme, we look at the highlights of the year in film. there were many special moments. a real in person cannes film festival brought excitement and joy to the french riviera. a very pleasing end of the year adaptation of west side story. i used to be able to get into a room with the emeny. and a newjames bond film was finally released, and while it did not please everyone, it did gangbusters at the box office. but let s face it, 2021 has
taliban in the 1990s as a boy. his difficult, solitaryjourney from kabul to moscow and then copenhagen. the director said choosing an animation as a way to tell the story freed in to tell details of his life as a refugee that he had kept secret for 25 years. what you see in the film, what you hear in the film it s the first time, it talks about these things, and it is difficult to talk about. the fact that he could stay anonymous and wouldn t meet people in the street who would ask him about his traumas and secrets was really key to freeing him and enabling him to open up and share his story. flea s strength lies in humanising those who make a dangerous trek from hardship into safer parts of the world. he is gay, so it is also the story of a man becoming comfortable with his sexual orientation. rasmussen says the film is compelling because it tells a universal story
lawsuit against him. fans will be allowed to stand to watch chelsea play liverpool for the first time in 28 years as a safe standing trial begins in england. now on bbc news it s time for the talking movies review. hello from new york. i m tom brook, and welcome to our talking movies review of 2021. in today s programme, we look at the highlights of the year in film. there were many special moments. a real in person cannes film festival brought excitement and joy
comedy set in the capital city, last night in soho. the festival s big moment perhaps was bringing spencer to london. the story of diana princess of wales, it stars kristen stewart, is directed by pablo larrain, and was part made in germany. but stewart feels the film belongs to britain. i feel like we are bringing it home for her completly. one of the reasons it is fun to talk about this movie existing at all is that we get to have her again, even if it sjust through the inspiration that she gave to pablo, stephen and myself. the power of the dog is the story of a rancher, phil who visciously bullies his brothers new wife rose played by kirsten dunst. it s world premeire was at venice where jane campion got the best director prize in venice. thejury, amazing, so to get a recognition from them was quite heart stopping. really happy. good breginning for our tour.
of seminal band the velvet underground. in second place, one of my favourite films of the year, the animated documentary flee, in which rasmussen makes ingenious use of animation to tell the story of a man fleeing from the taliban 25 years ago. what s it doing? getting mixed up with her. and the talking movies number one film of 2021 is the power of the dog, in which jane campion showed everyone just how film could be made. her western as a haunting portrait of toxic masculinity and cruelty, with a brilliant performance by benedict cumberbatch. that brings the review of 2021 to a close. we hope you have enjoyed the programme. remember, you can reach us online, and you can find us on facebook and twitter. from me, tom brooke, and everyone at talking movies, we wish you the very best. we will be back in the new year with a whole raft of new,