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
that he kept in check. now on bbc news, stephanie hegarty finds relief and heartbreak in equal measure at ukraine s border as families start to come to terms with their new lives as refugees. air raid siren wails. explosion. woman screams. it s been a relentless assault on ordinary lives. this is the neighbour, or whatever it was. since the start of the war have been killed. ..and millions have been forced to leave their homes, saying goodbye to everything they know. they re from kyiv? yeah, it s all the stuff they brought with them. i m travelling to northern romania, to the small border town of siret, where relief and heartbreak come in waves. hey! ..to meet the ukrainian families separated by this war. itjust dawned on me that the possibility of me losing her, it s non zero, it s possible. ..and to find out how they re coming to terms with their new lives as refugees. they re here, they re waiting. kettle whistles. this is the video of the street parallel to my parents . j
the birthday gathering he attended at downing street injune 2020 had breached the rules. the multi million pound cruising industry was one of the first to shut down as the pandemic hit with ships grounded from february 2020 and passengers bought home in a rescue effort. now, the first cruise company to launch in the uk in ten years is preparing for its maiden voyage from its home dock in tilbury as thomas magill reports. getting the party started, these are the first guests on board ambience, a special moment, notjust for the bosses of the first british cruise line to lodge in ten years but also for its passengers. we were in also for its passengers. - were in basildon, so this is just a half hour ride! maybe the first of just a half hour ride! maybe the first of many! just a half hour ride! maybe | the first of many! absolutely fabulous! the first of many! absolutely fabulous! we the first of many! absolutely fabulous! we booked - the first of many! absolutely| fabul