By pedro almodovar. We have a new british horror movie, amulet. And sing 2 more singing animals. Thats quite the mixture. So, parallel mothers, lots of sort of excitement about almodovar s latest film. Yes, and a nine minute ovation when it premiered, i think, at venice. So, Penelope Cruz and milena smit are single mothers to be. They are sharing a room together in a hospital, they give birth together, their babies go into observation together, and when they leave hospital, they swap phone numbers. And perhaps a bit more. Here is a clip. So, thats one strand of the story. In another strand, Penelope Cruz s character is trying to excavate a mass grave in her hometown from the civil war, so there are two stories. Parallel mothers, parallel stories, personal and political, which sounds like a really fascinating combination. And if you think of the films of Guillermo Del Toro, like the Devils Backbone or pans labyrinth, hes managed to do exactly that with the Spanish Civil War. Heres the t
Personal and political, which sounds like a really fascinating combination. And if you think of the films of Guillermo Del Toro, like the Devils Backbone or pans labyrinth, hes managed to do exactly that with the Spanish Civil War. Heres the thing with this, its beautifully designed, beautifully played a very well written script with great performances, wonderful score. And it sounds like a perfect match. The problem for me is that its not so much parallel stories, its tangential stories. You have the Spanish Civil War story, which kind of appears and then gets sidelined. You have the personal story, which is full of melodramatic contrivance which youre kind of meant to buy into because, hey, it serves the story. And then we move back to the Spanish Civil War, so now. I have to say, im in the minority here. Most people ive spoken to think this is great. And im a big pedro almodovarfan, i loved the short film that he made, the human voice, just recently. Itjust felt to me like this is n
who held sway in target states. employers, workers groups, do not just waltz into an office and make your case. find out who the senator trusts. convinced that person to make your case. that is how we win. does she take no prisoners? that is it exactly. as you have seen, a very strong supporting cast is. i wouldn t have this feeling the same you did. i like the subject matter, i liked the cast, like the director andi i liked the cast, like the director and i came out thinking it is not as good as it should be. the whole is less tha n good as it should be. the whole is less than the sum of the parts. there is something about it which keeps you at a distance. i never com pletely keeps you at a distance. i never completely believed in these characters. one of the things about it is it has a plot which is full of twists and turns and there is a certain point at which the twists and turns start to defy credibility. that said, it is done with gusto and jessica chastain is worth wat
tom watson warns his party faces a margaret thatcher style landslide defeat if it doesn t improve its ratings in the polls. chelsea can finally celebrate michy batshuayi s late winner ensures they re the premier league champions in antonio conte s first season in charge. meanwhile, i ve been playing masters rugby league, and finding out that age really is no barrier to getting fit, when it all comes down to the colour of the shorts you wear. from horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision but will the uk feel the brexit backlash? we ll look ahead to tonight s event. and helen has the weather. good morning. despite low pressure gci’oss good morning. despite low pressure across the uk today there is actually quite a lot of dry weather in the offing. i will have more on that in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotlan
general election. hundreds of thousands of people join the pope as he canonised as two shepherd children. the final of the eurovision song contest is being held in the ukrainian capital, kiev, tonight. will britain face a brexit backlash? and in the women s fa cup final, a record crowd is expected for the game between birmingham city and manchester city. the stars of the latest alien film will be discussed in the film review. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the government s emergency committee cobra have been meeting in response to the global cyber attack which has disabled nhs computers in england and scotland. the home secretary amber rudd said 97% of nhs trusts in england are working as normal. we have talked about how we can make sure that the nhs remains robust, that patients are put first, and i would like to commend the work that nhs staff had done to ensure that hospitals and patients surgeries will continue to run smoothly. 97% of nhs trusts and hospitals, d