This weeks 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 retro four
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, its 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 experience and enjoy in t
This weeks 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. Presenting its ble
And coming up look at the sport with gavin. We are awaiting an update on the condition of chris froome the time time Tour De France champion badly injured after a crash in france, more on the story and what it means for him and his team later on. Thanks gavin. Good weather for that duck . Yes, another day with heavy rain in june. Further localised flooding today with whether staying on the rubbish side as we head into the weekend. Well also look further afield in india for we are watching carefully for the arrival of a cyclone about to hit the north west of the country. Also coming up, the critically endangered bermuda snails released into the wild with the help of the british zoo. Boris johnson has emerged as the clear frontrunner in the conservative leadership election to determine the next Prime Minister, with more than a third of the votes cast by tory mps in the first ballot of the contest. The field of ten conservative mps has been narrowed to seven with the former cabinet minist
the boss of the bank of england has told investors that its bond buying to stabilise pension funds will end on friday, despite pleas to extend it. the pound dropped sharply against the dollar to below $1.10 after andrew bailey s statement. and buckingham palace has announced that king charles will be crowned at westminster abbey on saturday the 6th of may. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lord darroch, kim darroch, former uk ambassador to washington and ali miraj, columnist with the article tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the ft leads with the bank of england s latest intervention to buy government bonds but the bank s governor insists the emergency scheme will end by this friday. the i says the prime minister will try and quieten rebels in her own party with a cap on energy profits. the guardian reports that these companies will face a windfall tax. the telegraph leads on the fall in the value of the