parents and children. three months after an 18-year-old killer gunned down two teachers at robb elementary school. no teachers or staff are returning to robb this more than. they re absorbed in other schools. at least 15 schools showing support by wearing uvalde s maroon colors. beefed up protection at several uvalde schools including fences and comfort dogs on hand and parents on hand as well. some say the district says has not been enough. cnn s shimon prokupecz is live. for now, shimon, parents and kids will take that walk or drive to school for the first time. reporter: and as you guys point out, certainly a different kind of anxiety and anticipation for the first day of school here in at uvalde. school delayed here for several weeks as the school district work to implement new security measures. you can see this fence behind me. this was not here from the massacre at robb elementary. it s something new that the school put in place to give a feeling of safety to the
who is the sort of the eminence grise behind all of this, this victory, this somehow idyllic americana that doesn t exist and isn t real. and here s the thing it s basically the stepford wives. the difference is the stepford wives at the beginning of the stepford wives, you think, ok, this, you know, what? is there something off kilter? you can t quite figure what s wrong with it. in the case of this from the beginning, it is absolutely clear that this is an artificial world, that none of this can be what it seems, that somehow, they re in a bubble or an illusion. now, florence pugh works wonders making the character of alice engage you so that even though she s in this completely artificial environment, you believe in her character and you engage with her character. harry styles, he s fine. there ve been some sort of cruel things said about his performance. it s ok. it s staggeringly unremarkable. the problem is that you very quickly figure out there s one of a number of p
after leaving the village, which they re not allowed to do, and going out into the desert and encountering something. and alice starts to think, hang on a minute, this isn t what it seems. there s a conspiracy going on here. here s a clip. violet, where did you meet bill? we met on a train. to boston. yeah. yes, you dropped your ticket and you bent down, picked it up, gave it to you, right? that is, yeah. that s how margaret met ted. and peg, am i right in thinking that that s how debbie mcintyre met her husband? yes, lam. that s how they met. yes, that s true. i m jealous. honestly, it s such a sweet story. isn t that funny? that s incredible. there are so many different stories that were told. we re told what we remember, until we try to remember things that they want us to forget. ..like margaret. alice. no, jack. it s ok. i m curious to hear where she s going with this. - frank is doing something to us. so frank, played by chris pine, who is the sort of the eminence gri
hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. as ever is mark kermode. hi, mark. very interesting week. we have don t worry darling eagerly awaited after all the stuff that went on in venice. we have blonde, which may be a marilyn monroe biopic, or maybe not. and catherine called birdy, a medieval tale with a difference. oh, i thought it was a biopic, but anyway, more on that later. ok, so don t worry darling, which is a new film by olivia wilde, who made booksmart, which i loved. florence pugh and harry styles are alice and jack chambers. they live in a kind of absolutely rarefied, dreamy, late 50s, early 60s americana, you know, glistening cars, mad men suits, fabulous dresses. the wives stay at home and prepare the house and cook the meals and wait for the return of their husbands, who are out doing work which cannot be spoken of when they come back. and florence pugh s character seems to think this is idyllic and wonderful. and then, one of her friend