look out! 0k! so, it did exactly what i said it was going to do. so, you know, big, smashy, crashy action with a lot of cg. xochitl gomez is america chavez, who, it turns out, can slip between multi—verses. meanwhile, elizabeth olsen's wanda has been having visions of another life, of another possibility for her, and this has been kind of driving her mad, and she sees america as perhaps the key to her dreams. don't want to say anymore because of plot spoilers. don't want to say any more because of plot spoilers. here's the most important thing — this is directed by sam raimi. sam raimi is the guy who made his name with the evil dead, which was the great, notorious horror film that kind of was at the centre of the video nasties scare in the 1980s. i'm a huge fan. i know, and you're laughing a lot when you say video nasties! no, exactly! but although this is a big blockbuster movie — sam raimi did the spider—man trilogy, so he's done family—friendly fare — this is still full of references to evil dead. so, there's a cursed book, there's demonic possession, there's devilish eyes, there's zombie reincarnations, there's even a cameo from bruce campbell doing a very specific nod to evil dead ii. now, i enjoy all of that stuff. for everybody else, i think the most important thing is that the film is called dr strange in the multiverse of madness. it's actually really not about him, it's about wanda maximoff, and i think that elizabeth olson is the emotional core of the film. it's her character that drives the action, it's her emotional arc that gets you involved, and the real talent is that what she manages to do is to inject something that approaches human emotions into scenes which are big, smashy—crashy, cgi stuff coming on, you know, multi—verse stuff, in the middle of it, you believe in her. so everybody else is doing the kind of pantomime stuff very well, very nicely orchestrated, a little bit cgi—heavy for my liking, but she's the one kind of divining rod. ok, i believe in that character and i believe in the stuff that she's going through and, therefore, oddly, the film worked for me in a way which i hadn't expected it to. 0k, interesting, which is interesting, because that's actually a little bit how i felt about wild men, which i did not expect to enjoy. however... yes, so, danish tragicomedy — could we call it that? oh, yeah, quite hard to characterise, which is a good thing. yes. the story is martin is in the throws of a midlife crisis, he decides to go off and live in the norwegian woods to live off the land. he's not very good at it so he ends up knocking over a service station in order to get supplies. next thing, he's back out in the woods and teams up with somebody he thinks is a hiker, is actually an on—the—run criminal. sofie grabol from the killing is his wife. the police tell her, look, either he's completely lost it or he's in league with international drug runners, and we're not sure which of the two is true. the comic strokes are fairly broad, but it's played very deadpan, and i think that gives it a pathos that really makes it work. there's a fantastic sequence when they stumble upon an authentic "viking encampment". and he's..."|'ve found my people!" and he discovers that they've got iphones and they don't take furs, they only take mastercards. so, i enjoyed it. did you like it? i laughed out loud quite a few times, and that very opening scene where he's in the grocery store or the gas station, i was absolutely guffawing about the fact that he is trying to buy groceries, but... with an axe! ..but all he's got is some fur to offer, he doesn't have a credit card. it sounds so silly, but it was really funny. they keep saying, "it's cash or credit card," and he says, "yes, but you can have this!" "no, but it's cash or credit card" and then of course that gets mirrored in the viking encampment. also, i did think it had something to say about male midlife crisis, about that thing about, you know, i can only find meaning by living off fried frog, which it turns out. . . not a healthy snack. and the scenery is beautiful. i can't not mention it, actually. it's absolutely stunning and kind of reminded me of fargo. yes, and also, a similar kind of thing with fargo, that darkly comic edge that it's just on the edge of horror and comedy in that sort of really strange way. yeah, it's a really curious film, but i laughed. i'm glad you liked it. i laughed, and that's always a good thing. your third choice? yes, now, this is only out for one night next wednesday, wednesday 11, in a bunch of cinemas, and that's it. it is the new film by andrew dominik. it's called this much i know to be true, and it's a documentary about nick cave and warren ellis preparing for a tour in 2021, preparing songs from ghosteen and carnage. so we have music performances that are done in these kind of big church—like spaces, very, very stripped down, very simple. we also have interviews, very telling interviews that lead us into the different ways in which they both work. here's a clip. i don't really have a sense of form and order, so we could sort of cut that into it later, but it's really, like, aboutjust, like, being in the moment, you know, and i guess seeing what happens. you know, we're just throwing things down, you know, like, sit down and start playing, you know, and you kind of are looking for those moments, you know, in amongst hours and hours and hours of stuff. now, i actually had songs — i actually had song lyrics, . but i know from experience - that those songs are...probably won't. . .amount to anything. but i like — the thing that's great working with nick is that he's up for trying anything, you know, and more so, and more and more. warren is almost always on transmit and not so much on receive, - i would say. now, i could honestly listen to them talk for hours, but the musical performances are breathtaking, and i don't know whether you're a fan of nick cave and warren ellis... well, and you see, i...if it's possible to be neutral about nick cave, i really am, and so i'm wondering, does this film appeal to someone who doesn't really know much about them? is it about the creative process and, therefore, is just interesting, or actually, do you have to really be a nick cave fan? ok, i would say it is about the creative process. i should also fess up that i saw the tour and i thought it was a deeply spiritual experience. and i think the musical performances in this, they're beautifully filmed, the way in which they're done is very, very stripped down. but i think the thing that's really smart about it is these are songs about, you know, existential questions of life, death, you know, religion, the universe, but the film has a lot of humour in it. it starts with nick telling us that during lockdown, he took the government's advice and retrained as a ceramicist, and he then introduces us to this series of figurines telling the story of the life of the devil, and it's serious, but it's also kind of absurd. and i think that even if you weren't a nick cave and warren ellis fan, you would enjoy it. i mean, i have to say, for me, warren ellis is the lightning rod in all of this because he's also a great film composer and obviously they've done film scores together. just watching him, he's like merlin, he's like some kind of wizard on screen. i mean, i...i loved it. i think obviously i love it partly because i love the music, but i think what you would see is two people wrestling with the creative process in a way that's really fascinating and heartbreaking and funny. 0k, interesting, interesting. and there is music in your choice of best out as well. yeah, so casablanca beats, which we've both seen. this is the moroccan entry for the 94th academy awards, this is the last week i'm going to flag it up, but i want people to go and see it. it was shot in an arts centre in a room that the director had set up, and it's basically the story of youngsters finding their voice through rap. and i...i know that it's kind of aimed at a younger audience, but ijust found it really uplifting. i thought it was great to see such a positive film made from such a potentially difficult situation. yes, and there's lots of very, very interesting debates in it. really interesting. debates about politics... women's rights, women's place in the world. it just. .. and songs, and really, really, you know, sort of exciting songs. anyway, if you get a chance, do go and see it, and i think it needs to be seen on the big screen. on the subject of which, my reissue of the week, and i hope you feel the same way about this as i do — cabaret is 50 years old. i...i just can't believe this. you told me just before we came in and...yeah, 50! 50 years old! i can't remember the last time i saw it, actually, but here's the chance. yeah, so it's back in cinemas — select cinemas, just google where you live and where cabaret�*s playing. if you've only ever seen cabaret on the television, and most people probably will, cos it was in cinemas 50 years ago, go see it on the big screen. i mean, it's a brilliant film, it's the musical for people who don't like musicals because all the musical numbers happen, you know, there's a reason for it, it's notjust people bursting into song, it's political, it's about the rise of nazism, it's got fantastic performances by liza minnelli and joel grey, the songs are unbelievable, but you...seeing it projected, it's just overwhelming and it's really worth making the trip to the cinema to see it. and cabaret is a gritty story. if you haven't seen it, people think, ooh, show tunes, but, no, it's a very, very dark underbelly... it's a film during which we see the rise of nazism, and the tomorrow belongs to me sequence, i would say, belongs in the great horror sequences of all time. it is absolutely terrifying. it is a film about the way that something...some monstrous thing comes up from the ground, and i think it's a genuine masterpiece and deserves all the acclaim, it should be seen projected. 50 years, my goodness. i just can't believe that! how old does that make us feel? worth revisiting. thank you very much. we will see you next week and enjoy your cinema—going whatever you decide to see. see you next time. bye—bye. hello. the weather's been pretty quiet this weekend thanks to the close proximity of a big area of high pressure. through sunday, most of us enjoyed a lot of dry weather and some spells of warm sunshine. beautiful views here in pembrokeshire. the high pressure is now beginning to drift its way eastwards, and we look towards the atlantic, from where our weather will be fed to us for the week ahead. areas of low pressure pushing in to the north of the uk, weather fronts trying to progressively work their way south. overnight, it should stay dry for england and wales. clear skies, a few patches of mist and fog first thing monday, quite chilly across parts of east anglia and the southeast with rural lows of 2 or 3 first thing monday. much milder for scotland and northern ireland, but much wetter and much windier here as we see weatherfronts coming in in association with one of those areas of low pressure approaching us from the atlantic. through the day on monday, high pressure still manages to hang back across much of england and wales, but the fronts will bring some fairly relentless rain to western scotland. it creeps its way eastwards through the day. it's looking quite wet initially for northern ireland, perhaps brighterfor a bit, and then some showers crowding in. rain into the northwest of england and north wales by the afternoon, cool with the rain. england and wales, still with the sunshine under the remnants of the high, should see temperatures of 22—23 degrees. the pollen stays high where we keep the fine weather, but falls to low to moderate levels for scotland and northern ireland after being high through the weekend. we look to tuesday, and the low continues to drift eastwards and send its front south. i say fronts, but actually, across england and wales, we're probably going to see nothing more than some thicker cloud for a time and a few showery bits and pieces of rain — not much integrity left through tuesday. a little cooler behind the fronts in the sunshine. but for western scotland, some heavy showers to contend with through tuesday, some quite high rainfall totals possible here as they rattle on into the small hours of wednesday. then this low is probably the biggest question mark in our forecast for the week ahead. our models are picking it up, it's coming in from the atlantic, but when and how far north and south are subject to the model. at the moment, it looks like wednesday could be largely dry across england and wales, the rain coming through overnight and into thursday. but it could slow down and it could mean a wetter day in the south on thursday. this is bbc news, the headlines at seven: doubts over power sharing in northern ireland — sinn fein are in line for the first minister's role at stormont, but the democratic unionists say they won't take part unless new brexit trading rules are scrapped. what we're hearing is the eu is already saying it will not show flexibility and that is absolutely why we as a uk government are very clear, we want to get a resolution on this with the eu but we have never taken anything off the table in terms of resolving this issue for the of northern ireland. —— for the people of northern ireland. labour hits back at fresh claims over keir starmer�*s lockdown meal with colleagues — saying he didn't break covid rules. more than sixty people are thought to have been killed

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