this week s most arresting release is dear comrades, the latest from acclaimed russian film maker andrei konchalovsky. set in 1962 in a provincial town in the southern ussr, this increasingly harrowing drama stars acclaimed stage and screen actor yuliya vysotskaya as lyudmila, a party devotee with a nostalgia for stalinist ideas in the age of khrushchev. what am i supposed to believe in if not communism? , asks lyuda as her beliefs are challenged in the fallout of a factory strike and protest to which the army and kgb respond with deadly force. as the authorities rush to cover up a state sponsored atrocity, lyuda searches for her missing daughter, for whose life she fears after scenes of terrible violence. based on real events, that were not officially acknowledged until 30 years later, dear comrades is a powerfulfilm that draws visual inspiration from soviet classics like the cranes are flying and ballad of a soldier, presenting its bleakly crisp black and white images in a
the headlines: a warning of mounting pressure on hospitals and staff by the head of nhs england. mass vaccinations begin at another ten centres in england from tomorrow as the foreign secretary pledges every adult in the uk will be offered a first dose by september. the anti kremlin activist alexei navalny is detained in moscow, embracing his wife before he was taken away. mr navalny flew back to russia for the first time since he was nearly killed by a nerve agent attack last year. the jailed american music producer, phil spector, who helped define the sound of the sixties and the creator of the wall of sound has died in prison aged 81. and america is on high alert, in the run up to the inauguration ofjoe biden. sportsday is coming up. now, it s time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode. and despite the fact that covid has closed cinemas and put us in lockdown once again, there is still plenty of new movies for you to experi
this week s most arresting release is dear comrades, the latest from acclaimed russian film maker andrei konchalovsky. set in 1962 and a provincial town in the southern ussr, this increasingly harrowing drama stars acclaimed stage and screen actor yuliya vysotskaya as lyudmila, a party devotee with a nostalgia for stalinist ideas in the age of khrushchev. what am i supposed to believe in if not communism, what am i supposed to believe in if not communism , asks lyuda as her beliefs are challenged in the fallout of a factory strike and protest to which the army and kgb respond with deadly force. as the authorities rush to cover up a state sponsored atrocity, lyuda searches for her missing daughter, for whose life she fears after scenes of terrible violence. based on real events, that were not officially acknowledged until 30 years later, dear comrades is a powerfulfilm that draws visual inspiration from soviet classics like the cranes are flying and ballad of a soldier. prese
was one of britain s most versatile and successful performers. music: theme from murder she wrote. time for a look at the weather. here s nick miller. sunsets and the moon are dominating our photographs here this evening, but you may have notice things changing out there. more persistent rain running across northern ireland and that is heading into western scotland over the next few hours. also, that will introduce rain to north west england and parts of wales. for the midlands, eastern and southern england, some clear spells, allowing temperatures to drop close to freezing in the colder areas, but not as cold as this morning, but elsewhere with all of the cloud and the chance for rain, as tomorrow begins, it will be a milder start, a damp start in scotland and northern ireland, with heavy bursts of rain in scotland especially. that will clear to sunny spells, well into the afternoon before it pulls away from south east scotland, and more of the rain moves into northern engla
is again taking its toll. also on the programme. buckingham palace has announced that charles iii will be crowned at westminster abbey on saturday may 6th. russia has launched more missile strikes against ukraine, hitting the western city of lviv and zaporizhzhia in the south east. in a major scientific achievement nasa says its attempt to deflect the path of an asteroid has been a success. last night the police arrested him for killing hemsley post. and the hollywood legend dame angela lansbury star of murder, she wrote has died at the age of 96. inaudible good evening. yet again, the bank of england has been forced to take emergency measures in the wake of the government s mini budget, which has provoked alarm in the financial markets. in the budget, the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, promised significant tax cuts without saying how he would fund them. the bank of england spoke today of a material risk to the uk s financial stability, but tonight, the governor of t