:00:00. > :00:00.the Twenty20 cricket. A lot more coming up at 6:30pm. Now it is time
:00:00. > :00:26.for the Film Review. Hello and welcome. This week, to
:00:27. > :00:31.take us through the releases, Jason Solomons. What do we have?
:00:32. > :00:37.We will see if Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin can concoct a lost weekend in
:00:38. > :00:42.the thriller Labour Day. We go to France to see if Eve St Laurent
:00:43. > :00:45.pampered about one on things in the latest biopic about the latest
:00:46. > :00:58.fashion world. We get out of jail or we stay in that with the gritty
:00:59. > :01:03.British drama Starred Up. Labour Day, some people described it as a
:01:04. > :01:06.melodrama. When I heard Kate Winslet was going to be in it was also when
:01:07. > :01:11.she was pregnant. I didn't know if they were putting the cameras in
:01:12. > :01:16.there? The result is a much better. This is a film about Kate Winslet
:01:17. > :01:19.and her teenage son, a depressed single mum with a teenage son for
:01:20. > :01:24.stop they are out shopping one day when a convict escapes from a
:01:25. > :01:32.hospital, holds on to gunpoint, and forces them to take him home where
:01:33. > :01:36.he becomes the father of the house, making cakes, Chile, making himself
:01:37. > :01:37.at home to the point by Kate Winslet falls in love with him and threatens
:01:38. > :01:49.to run away. After your father left I thought I
:01:50. > :01:53.would be alone forever. I didn't think I would care about anyone else
:01:54. > :02:03.besides you. I am really happy for you. We are thinking Canada might be
:02:04. > :02:10.a good place to start over. Canada? They speak English. You don't need
:02:11. > :02:15.passports to get across the border. Thank you for the research. In
:02:16. > :02:18.psychology they call it Stockholm syndrome, when you fall in love with
:02:19. > :02:24.your captors. In the movies they might call it something else. The
:02:25. > :02:29.two faces of Winslet, Cedar Oscar hopes vanishing down the pipeline.
:02:30. > :02:35.This was supposed to be an awards movie, the director has done some
:02:36. > :02:40.great films but the mix just doesn't work. It is based on a novel, I
:02:41. > :02:45.assume it is from the child's point of view and that can work in
:02:46. > :02:51.Huckleberry Finn kind of way, but the child is blitzed by the star
:02:52. > :02:54.power of Kate Winslet. We don't really get his story, we don't care
:02:55. > :03:02.for him. It becomes about this preposterousness weekend where the
:03:03. > :03:11.places `` place is crawling with cops. Nobody even sees him. It is
:03:12. > :03:20.utterly preposterousness the slightest breath of slimness is
:03:21. > :03:31.makes it all fall down. If you are actually paying for it... Eve St
:03:32. > :03:35.Laurent. This is a biopic about the fashion designer. There was a
:03:36. > :03:38.documentary a couple of years ago which detailed the long`lasting love
:03:39. > :03:53.affair between him and his partner who became the keeper, the news.
:03:54. > :03:58.This shows how he came to Christian Dior's house and became at 21 in
:03:59. > :04:08.charge of the house of Christian Dior. It has got all these fantastic
:04:09. > :04:16.clothes, dresses, parties, a film of decor and design.
:04:17. > :04:23.You were talking about Labor Day, if you have a slight doubt, falls
:04:24. > :04:33.apart, if you were anything other than reverential, you would not
:04:34. > :04:36.enjoy it. The actor is terrific, he gets the preciousness, the
:04:37. > :04:41.delicacy, but also the fire and strength. It is a better film than
:04:42. > :04:47.my colleagues have said, it has got a lot of dazzle, but the vision
:04:48. > :04:53.needed to be artistic all the way through. If you do not think fashion
:04:54. > :04:56.is artistic, it is not for you, but given that we have exhibitions of
:04:57. > :05:04.fashion, what we have established is what he does is a creative, artistic
:05:05. > :05:10.process. It is an extraordinary pressure. A huge business as well.
:05:11. > :05:16.He does all be swinging 60s stuff. It does not built into the
:05:17. > :05:21.difficulties of being homosexual. It talks about Franz's battle with
:05:22. > :05:25.Algeria, he was called up. It skips over the depths of it, as you would
:05:26. > :05:32.expect it might do, it gets the dress is right. It has the original
:05:33. > :05:36.dresses that are kept in a museum, and are only allowed out for a short
:05:37. > :05:44.time. One of the most awaited British films, two. Yes, this
:05:45. > :05:48.features Jack O'Connell as a young inmate transferred to a grown`ups
:05:49. > :05:54.prison. It has a ferocity and authenticity to it. I have never
:05:55. > :06:02.seen it in British prison movies, it harks back to Ray Winstone in 1979,
:06:03. > :06:09.but it also has a story arc. The prison, his father is there as well,
:06:10. > :06:11.but it is also about the inmates. The EE `` here he is having a cup of
:06:12. > :06:49.tea with some dangerous chaps. Who is that, then? Nobody. Why? I am
:06:50. > :06:52.just saying, it is a nice photo. How is yours? Your mother? I haven't got
:06:53. > :07:12.one. Thank you. For the tea.
:07:13. > :07:18.I am delighted to say that Jonathan Asser, the screenwriter, he worked
:07:19. > :07:24.in prisons, he wrote Starred Up, he is with us now. When you saw the
:07:25. > :07:30.film that you had written, based on some of your experiences, did you
:07:31. > :07:36.feel that it got the smelt of it? I was amazed by what David Mackenzie
:07:37. > :07:45.and the actors did, terrific magic happening throughout. In terms of
:07:46. > :07:47.writing something about people who are not necessarily the most
:07:48. > :07:52.articulate, in touch with their feelings, is that fair? My
:07:53. > :07:56.experiences working with violent gang members at the top of the
:07:57. > :08:03.hierarchy, those guys are powerful leaders, and once the energy is
:08:04. > :08:09.transferred from violence, the articulacy can be astounding. But
:08:10. > :08:12.you have to break through? You need to make a connection and build a
:08:13. > :08:19.sense of belonging. What do you think, Jason? Having the right
:08:20. > :08:25.screenplay, with the sense of authenticity, is what grabs you.
:08:26. > :08:35.Yes, you believe every single second of the film. Even if the drama does
:08:36. > :08:41.not grip you but the dialogue, the energy, the performances and what
:08:42. > :08:45.they are saying feels right... I have never been to prison, I do not
:08:46. > :08:53.know, but it feels right. There is time yet! That is what the film must
:08:54. > :08:58.do, it must feel authentic, it must feel that the drama is happening in
:08:59. > :09:02.front of us. I feel like I have been to prison, having seen this movie,
:09:03. > :09:09.the authenticity is crucial, it is brilliantly done. Jack O'Connell is
:09:10. > :09:15.amazing. He is a fireball, I do not know if you have to handle prisoners
:09:16. > :09:19.like that? He has an understanding of where the main character is
:09:20. > :09:27.coming from, very impressed. As a society, because it is a reflection
:09:28. > :09:32.on that, do we like to think prisons are places for rehabilitation? Will
:09:33. > :09:38.of the Shawshank redemption, do we believe that? There is a huge
:09:39. > :09:43.problem, we take dangerous people, we concentrate them together and
:09:44. > :09:46.violence happens that would not have happened if we had not brought them
:09:47. > :09:52.together and we have to find a way to manage that violence was
:09:53. > :09:58.possibly, we are all implicated in it, as taxpayers, because there is
:09:59. > :10:03.violence happening that would not be happening if we had not concentrated
:10:04. > :10:09.those people. Do you have any hope, or do you say, you can have no
:10:10. > :10:16.hope? I'd have huge hope, based on my personal experience of working in
:10:17. > :10:20.a system, the small problem of prisoners excluded from other
:10:21. > :10:25.problems because of their violence, but I am upset that my work was
:10:26. > :10:31.stopped summarily, unitary, with no consultation with me, back in 2010.
:10:32. > :10:35.Because this will strike a chord with British viewers, did you see
:10:36. > :10:41.this as a platform for engaging in an argument? If this is not a
:10:42. > :10:47.platform, I do not know what is! But the film is part of that
:10:48. > :10:51.conversation. It is not a political film ostensibly, it is not a
:10:52. > :10:59.documentary. It is a father and son drama, which is why it is smart. You
:11:00. > :11:04.think this will be a big hit? I hope so, it is tough stuff, it is not for
:11:05. > :11:10.family audiences, but people should see it. It is a great drama,
:11:11. > :11:16.fantastic acting, and it will make Jack O'Connell a huge star. Yes, and
:11:17. > :11:24.it humanises something that most of us do not want to think about. That
:11:25. > :11:30.is why the title Scum seemed apt. Forced a the great thing art can do
:11:31. > :11:35.is force us to identify with people we would not normally. That create
:11:36. > :11:40.empathy, it has to be a powerful force for good in the world. Good
:11:41. > :11:47.luck with the film. Now, you're best of the week. Under
:11:48. > :11:51.these. I am telling friends to see this film, but I am getting mixed
:11:52. > :11:58.views. It features Scarlett Johansson @ alien, seducing men in
:11:59. > :12:03.Glasgow, taking them back to her leg, it is very strange, it gets
:12:04. > :12:09.under your skin, I love this contract `` I love the soundtrack,
:12:10. > :12:12.Scarlett Johansson is a naked alien, what is wrong? A couple of my
:12:13. > :12:19.friends in Scotland saw it, they thought it was terrific, but I know
:12:20. > :12:23.other people could not standard. It splits people, it had its debut in
:12:24. > :12:28.Venice, half the room cheered, half the room booed. With films these
:12:29. > :12:35.days, they are so audience tested, run by committees, we rarely see a
:12:36. > :12:41.weird film, and it is weird. When something comes from another planet
:12:42. > :12:46.like this, you welcome it. It reminded me of a man who fell to
:12:47. > :12:52.Earth. It has an otherworldliness to it. Blue is the warmest colour is
:12:53. > :12:58.your DVD pick, I thought it was really boring and exploitative, but
:12:59. > :13:03.it is still worth having a look at. The actresses said that the director
:13:04. > :13:08.exploited them for the seven minute sex scene. Which you kind of get
:13:09. > :13:13.after two minutes... The film is about length, about how time can
:13:14. > :13:20.sully things, it is about taste, blossoming. It is very French, but
:13:21. > :13:26.put it that way! I was not going to suggest a car chase, but there were
:13:27. > :13:34.one or two metaphors which were really hack. The oysters? And
:13:35. > :13:41.experience as a metaphor. It was about learning new tastes, artistic
:13:42. > :13:44.tastes, physical tastes, I felt it to be a visceral film, I felt like a
:13:45. > :13:49.teenage girl. It was a first`time experience for me. That and going to
:13:50. > :13:57.jail, which you have not achieved yet!
:13:58. > :14:02.A quick reminder before we go that you will find more film news and
:14:03. > :14:05.reviews from across the BBC online. That is it for this week, thank you
:14:06. > :14:22.for watching, goodbye. If you cast your mind back to last
:14:23. > :14:26.weekend, some of us were lucky to see temperatures as high as 20, but
:14:27. > :14:29.you can forget that for this weekend, because it is more like 10
:14:30. > :14:30.degrees. A much colder feel,