:00:00. > :00:00.in particular Chelsea v Arsenal in the lunchtime kick-off tomorrow.
:00:00. > :00:21.Now though on BBC News, it's time for The Film Review.
:00:22. > :00:23.Hello and welcome to The Film Review on BBC News.
:00:24. > :00:28.To take us through this week's cinema releases is Mark Kermode.
:00:29. > :00:46.Well, we are in awards season. We have Loving, and Oscar-nominated
:00:47. > :00:53.drama. We have Gold starring Matthew McConnell may, and Toni Erdmann,
:00:54. > :01:00.with a two and three quarters hour German comedy. I look forward to
:01:01. > :01:07.hearing what you say about that. Loving is a true story about a
:01:08. > :01:13.couple who helped to change America. It is about the pregnant bride of
:01:14. > :01:17.Richard Loving. The couple get married in Washington, DC because
:01:18. > :01:21.there is less paperwork. They come back only to be arrested, imprisoned
:01:22. > :01:26.and forced to leave the state, which does not agree with their marriage.
:01:27. > :01:33.You are not allowed to be married. They have to move away. They write a
:01:34. > :01:37.letter to Bobby Kennedy. Despite the fact they are very private people
:01:38. > :01:41.and the film is a keen to point out how much they wanted to keep
:01:42. > :01:44.themselves to themselves. They find themselves in the middle of a battle
:01:45. > :01:47.which is going from court to court and apparently all the way to the
:01:48. > :01:55.Supreme Court. Here is a clip. You goo to the Virginia
:01:56. > :01:57.State Court next, right? The lawyers told us
:01:58. > :02:03.not to expect much. We may lose the small battles
:02:04. > :02:31.but when the big war. What really love about this film is
:02:32. > :02:35.it is basically a love story between these two people, ordinary people
:02:36. > :02:39.finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances. They did not want to
:02:40. > :02:45.be part of this huge nationwide case. What the director does is he
:02:46. > :02:52.resists any form of grandstanding. As the story goes on, this is a
:02:53. > :02:55.really important case. It will have a significant effect. It keeps us
:02:56. > :03:02.focused on them and their relationship. The opportunities for
:03:03. > :03:06.grandstanding, in the courtroom, banging tables, there are so many.
:03:07. > :03:14.He does not do that he keeps his focus on them the central couple. He
:03:15. > :03:18.keeps it small scale. As the larger machinations happen when you stay
:03:19. > :03:25.focused on the central couple and their relationship. You believe in
:03:26. > :03:28.them, care in them -- about them and invest in them. The story tells a
:03:29. > :03:36.much wider message but does not feel the need to waive the measure. There
:03:37. > :03:40.is a scene in which they hold hands. He talks about his dream for
:03:41. > :03:44.building the home and think it was very well played very well made and
:03:45. > :03:57.admirably understated. That is a rarity nowadays. Let's move on to
:03:58. > :04:06.Gold. Not understated. It has been compared to Waltz Of Wall Street.
:04:07. > :04:13.You have basically done the review. Matthew plays a central character
:04:14. > :04:19.who runs a mining company. They strike gold. The next thing you know
:04:20. > :04:22.champagne corks are popping. This can only end one way. There are
:04:23. > :04:27.particularly to referred to Wolf of particularly to referred to Wolf of
:04:28. > :04:32.Wall Street. It does not seem to Wall Street. It does not seem to
:04:33. > :04:37.put on a lot of weight and lost a put on a lot of weight and lost a
:04:38. > :04:42.lot of hair. He looks bedraggled. That is not enough for the film. You
:04:43. > :04:47.need to be involved in the character and not thinking I have seen this
:04:48. > :04:53.done before and better elsewhere. I did spend a lot of it thinking, this
:04:54. > :04:58.is a showcase for that performance. That is not enough to build a film
:04:59. > :05:04.on. You keep expecting it to kick in and engage your sympathies, it never
:05:05. > :05:13.does. It has all the potential but, in the end it, it is just a bit...
:05:14. > :05:26.And I confess, a little bit boring. He was in Dallas Buyers Club.
:05:27. > :05:37.Originally the script was pitched as Treasure Of The Sierra Madre. In its
:05:38. > :05:45.dreams. Let's move on to Toni Erdmann and the German comedy.
:05:46. > :05:50.Convince us. The star is absolutely brilliant. A career woman with a
:05:51. > :05:54.soul crushing job of working for a consultancy firm, an oil company for
:05:55. > :05:58.that she is on business in Bucharest. She is very distant from
:05:59. > :06:03.her father. He turns up on her doorstep to give her a present. She
:06:04. > :06:09.humours him and sympathises with him about the death of the dog. He does
:06:10. > :06:14.not leave. He puts on a wig and false teeth and turns up as Toni
:06:15. > :06:19.Erdmann at business meetings, insisting to her colleagues that he
:06:20. > :06:23.is a life coach, a businessman, an ambassador. Whatever he is he is an
:06:24. > :07:08.embarrassment to her. Here is the clip.
:07:09. > :07:19.You can see from that it is a very painful form of comedy. You think
:07:20. > :07:25.about a vintage episode of The Office or Abigail ??Nospace 'S
:07:26. > :07:32.Party. It is a warning about globalisation and a warning about
:07:33. > :07:36.60s hippy idealism and 21st-century cynicism. It is an entrenched comedy
:07:37. > :07:42.about an estrangement between father about an estrangement between father
:07:43. > :07:47.and daughter. Doing so in a way that is inappropriate and really awkward.
:07:48. > :07:53.At times you laugh, at times you want to cry. At times he wants to
:07:54. > :08:00.bury your face in your jumper. One scene involves a rendition of the
:08:01. > :08:07.song, The Greatest Love Of All. It was written and directed by someone
:08:08. > :08:12.who does the job of getting exactly the right moment. She is superbly
:08:13. > :08:18.aided by these great performances. You sit there marvelling at the
:08:19. > :08:22.changes of tone, the way in which it is melancholic and poignant for the
:08:23. > :08:28.bid is awkward and painful but also funny and cruel and yet tender and
:08:29. > :08:32.loving. Nothing you would expect from when you hear the description
:08:33. > :08:37.of it. It is nearly three-hour comedy about a bloke with a wig and
:08:38. > :08:41.false teeth annoying his daughter. It is a really fine piece of work.
:08:42. > :08:55.Not for everybody but I just loved it. Sold. Thank you very much. Let's
:08:56. > :08:58.go to best out and Trainspotting. There was talk about how
:08:59. > :09:01.Trainspotting had become an institution and they had a lot to
:09:02. > :09:04.live up to with the sequel. I think they have done it brilliantly put it
:09:05. > :09:09.catches up with the characters 20 years later. As a middle-aged
:09:10. > :09:14.malaise to it. It is very well directed. A very good script by John
:09:15. > :09:20.Hodge. The lovely thing about the film is coming it seems to be
:09:21. > :09:26.designed for people who grew up with Trainspotting. I don't know what it
:09:27. > :09:31.would be like had he not seem Trainspotting first time around. Is
:09:32. > :09:36.it one for the kids? What do I know about teenagers. I am 78. How do you
:09:37. > :09:43.not seen the first one it would not make any sense. Why would you not
:09:44. > :09:54.want to have not seen the first one? Test DVD. De Palma. What is
:09:55. > :09:59.interesting is he is the sole interview. He is accused of being a
:10:00. > :10:04.misogynist, ripping off Hitchcock. He is a terrific speaker. He is very
:10:05. > :10:09.irascible. People say I rip of Hitchcock but I am the only drifter
:10:10. > :10:15.who properly ripped off Hitchcock. It is a really interesting piece of
:10:16. > :10:20.work, made with great authority. No one knows Brian De Palma's work
:10:21. > :10:24.better than him. Whatever you think about his films, it is a really
:10:25. > :10:30.interesting time in his company with someone who, for better or worse, is
:10:31. > :10:36.very singular and has cut their own path regardless of what anyone else
:10:37. > :10:46.has said. He is not a household name to many people. I think he is not a
:10:47. > :10:54.name that is recognisable. People like Stephen Spielberg and Stanley
:10:55. > :10:56.Kubrick. He has an extraordinary career. He has made massive movies
:10:57. > :11:00.and they have gone to DVD. A quick reminder before we go that
:11:01. > :11:09.you'll find more film news and reviews from across the BBC
:11:10. > :11:10.online at bbc.co.uk/film. And you can catch up
:11:11. > :11:31.with our previous programmes Evening. Not nice at them at the
:11:32. > :11:32.moment with the wind and the rain. The combination making things quite