with the people of belarus. now on bbc news. the film review with mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing both in cinemas and in the home. back in 1961, disney scored an animated hit with 101 dalmatians adapted from the novel by dodie smith. a live action remake starring glenn close as cruella deville followed in 1996 with a sequel 102 dalmatians a few years later. now, as disney s campaign to recycle and reboot its back catalogue continues apace, we have cruella, a live action prequel that s been in the works for almost a decade and which glenn close gets an executive producer credit. do you have a light? they gasp. like the hit stage show, wicked, which revisited the early years of a fairy tale villain from the wizard of oz, cruella creates an explanatory back story for its anti heroine scary reputation. emma stone is estella, taken in by artful dodgers jasper and horace, after the dalma
back in 1961, disney scored an animated hit with 101 dalmatians adapted from the novel by dodie smith. a live action remake starring glenn close as cruella deville followed in 1996 with a sequel 102 dalmatians a few years later. now, as disney s campaign to recycle and reboot its back catalogue continues apace, we have cruella, a live action prequel that s been in the works for almost a decade and which glenn close gets an executive producer credit. do you have a light? they gasp. like the hit stage show, wicked, which revisited the early years of a fairy tale villain from the wizard of oz, cruella creates an explanatory back story for its anti heroine scary reputation. emma stone is estella, taken in by artful dodgers jasper and horace, after the dalmatian fuelled death of her mother. you, grubby girl. yes? do you have your card? estella dreams of being a fashion designer, following in the footsteps of emma thompson s splendidly imperious baroness, the true villain of the pi
with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing both in cinemas and in the home. back in 1961, disney scored an animated hit with 101 dalmatians adapted from the novel by dodie smith. a live action remake starring glenn close as cruella deville followed in 1996 with a sequel 102 dalmatians a few years later. now, as disney s campaign to recycle and reboot its back catalogue continues apace, we have cruella, a live action prequel that s been in the works for almost a decade and which glenn close gets an executive producer credit. do you have a light? they gasp. like the hit stage show, wicked, which revisited the early years of a fairy tale villain from the wizard of oz, cruella creates an explanatory back story for its anti heroine scary reputation. emma stone is estella, taken in by artful dodgers jasper and horace, after the dalmatian fuelled death of her mother. you, grubby girl. yes? do you have your card? estella dreams of being a fashion des
good luck to superpower and the ukraine glory to ukraine. thank you. films dealing with ukraine have certainly been getting attention in berlin. although one or two trade publications described the sean penn documentary as awkwardly narcissistic and fawning, it was overall warmly received. and president zelensky and his team, who viewed it before the festival, liked it. his chief of staff tweeted that it was a great film. germany has been enjoying a very good year in cinema, especially with its anti war film, all quiet on the western front, picking up all kinds of accolades internationally. and here in berlin at the festival, there are five german films in competition. emma jones has been talking to one of her favorite film critics about the german offerings and other notable films in the festival line up. film critic kaleem aftab and i met during this year s berlinale to chat about the films we d seen, and we started off with the opening movie, rebecca miller s she came to
now on bbc news, talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attractions. british acting royalty was in town, with dame helen mirren portraying israeli prime minister golda meir. cate blanchett, oscar nominated for her performance in tar, walked the red carpet, as did steven spielberg, at the festival for a lifetime achievement award. and we look at queer cinema in berlin, which was making quite an impact. berlin has a long history of embracing political cinema. it is an avowedly political film festival. and this year, because the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine took place during the festival,