Episodes
Emma Watson moves on from Harry Potter to star alongside Logan Lerman in Hollywood's latest high school drama 'The Perks Of Being A Wallflower'. Critics Eddie Harrison and Hannah McGill review. Amateur film director Jim Burns explains how listening to the music of BMX Bandits helped him through his depression and talks about 'Serious Drugs' the film he went on to make about the band. Duglas T Stewart the star of the movie discusses his role and Janice finds out what else is on at this year's...
Published 10/04/12
Janice Forsyth presents the weekly fim review show. This week critics Paul Gallagher and Gail Tolley review time travel tale LOOPER and bonkers French auto fantasy HOLY MOTORS.
Published 09/27/12
Directors of French comedy Untouchable talk about their film which is set to be a UK box office smash.Find out about the Take One Action Film Festival which celebrates films that take on global issues. Reviews of Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel and the director talks about what makes her a Fashion Icon. Director Ol Parker of Now Is Good (about a dying teenager living her life on fast forward) explains why he cast an American acteress, Dakota Fanning, in the lead role. Plus we review...
Published 09/20/12
THE SWEENEY Ray Winstone who takes on the role of maverick Flying Squad Detective Inspector Jack Regan talks about the distinctly modern remake of the much loved 70’s TV drama. Film critics Wendy Lloyd and Alistair Harkness review the film. PARANORMAN The new animated Zombie comedy in 3D stop-motion about a teenage misfit who talks on ghosts, zombies and adults to save his town from a century old curse. Co-Directors Sam Fell and Chris Butler explain that it’s not just a movie for kids....
Published 09/13/12
Lawless – Director John Hillcoat discusses his take on the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. /Dredd: Siobhan Synnott discusses The Judge Dredd reboot /Our DVD Pick of the Week is Albert Nobbs" – actress Bronagh Gallagher discusses her role in this critically acclaimed film in which award-winning actress Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in...
Published 09/06/12
Nicola Benedetti the renowned violinist discusses her new album - The Silver Violin/Berberian Sound Studio: Director Peter Strickland and actor Toby Young discuss this twist on 70s horror movies/Blu Ray -Pick of the Week: Rumble Fish/‘Watch with Baby’ Paul Saunders reports from The Grosvenor Cinema in Glasgow on their ‘Mother and baby’ cinema screenings/Total Recall: our critics Nigel Floyd and Jamie Dunn review Colin Farrell’s turn as a Futuristic Super-Spy On the Run in this...
Published 08/30/12
The Imposter Paul Gallagher and Stephen Carty discuss Bart Layton’s fascinating, mind-boggling, documentary/ 360 Fernando Meireilles discusses his adaptation of La Ronde, with a cast including Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Anthony Hopkins/ An exhibition at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh - “Going to the Pictures, Scotland at the Cinema” Jackpot Norwegian director Magnus Martens talks about some of the challenges of transferring Jo Nesbo’s Jackpot to the big screen/ Shadow...
Published 08/23/12
Another chance to hear a special edition of the Movie Café: Janice Forsyth conducts an in-depth interview with Film-maker, Anthony Baxter, about his documentary - the 'development exposé', You've Been Trumped. He also looks back over his career and touches on some of the values and ideas which have shaped his approach to the film.
Published 07/26/12
Edi Stark and guests review the latest Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, Salute a film taking us back to the 1968 Mexico Olympics and Music documentaries Searching for Sugar Man and The Wrecking Crew.Plus Edinburgh Film maker Garry Fraser talks about how film making saved his life.
Published 07/19/12
Lord Puttnam & Hugh Hudson on re-release of Chariots of Fire; Channing Tatum talks baring all for Magic Mike; Ice Age 4 & more summer blockbusters.
Published 07/12/12
Amazing Spiderman; God Bless America; Friends With Kids; & Mission to Lars
Published 07/05/12
EIFF ‘what’s hot and what’s not’ at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival/Killler Joe: Actress Gina Gershon discusses the black comedy that opened the EIFF/Brave: Kelly McDonald and Kevin McKidd discuss Pixar’s latest film, Brave/An Insight into the EIFF’ Lecturer Pasquale Iannone, who will explain the ideas behind his popular course /La Cava Retrospective: Alison Kerr discusses this year’s EIFF Retrospective on La Cava/Your Sister’s Sister: We hear from the director and...
Published 06/28/12
Killer Joe - William Friedkin discusses his shockingly cool, controversial and brutal black comedy/Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Film Critic Nigel Floyd discusses the film./Zombies in Paisley! Our reporter Bob Dickson's been finding out about'Dawn of the Fegs.'/Helen Cox - Editor of a new movie magazine/DVD Pick of the Week - Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder's classic film noir/Silent Souls - Film Critic Nigel Floyd discusses this melancholy poem to love, loss and the tug of tradition.
Published 06/21/12
Respected Director Hugh Hudson discusses the new Blu ray release of ‘Revolution’/Movie News – including Kelly McDonald discussing Disney’s latest film, Brave/Irish actor Cillian Murphy discusses his role in Red Lights/Fast Girls – Actress, Lenora Crichlow (Being Human) & director Regan Hall discuss 'FAST GIRLS' - tipped as one of the ‘feel-good’ films of the summer/The Apartment critics Jamie Dunn and Jane Graham discuss this classic love story.
Published 06/14/12
Prometheus - We review the film with critics Eddie Harrison and Ian Hoey/Casa Di Me Padre - Eddie Harrison discusses this spoof of Mexican soap operas and 1970s-era grindhouse movies/ Film maker Robert Weide discusses his latest project - Woody Allen: A Documentary and we also review it with critics Eddie Harrison and Ian Hoey/ Actor DAVID OYELOWO discusses Red Tails- Inspired by the true story of World War II's first African American fighter squadron.
Published 06/07/12
EIFF Programme Launch - Chris Fujiwara the new Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival discusses this year’s line up. EIFF Reaction – Critics Paul Gallagher and Nicola Balkind discuss this year’s programme. The Angels Share Director Ken Loach and writer PaulLaverty discuss their new bittersweet comedy about a Glasgow boy locked in a family feud who just wants a way out. We also review the film with critics Paul Gallagher and Nicola Balkind. New Horizons for UK Film...
Published 05/31/12
Moonrise Kingdom - Film critics, Siobhan Synnott and Alistair Harkness review Wes Andersons's new film Cannes 2012 - Live on the line from Cannes, our reporter Gail Tolley offers an insight into this year's highlights.DVD/Blu Ray Pick of The Week: Island of Lost Souls is a true classic of horror cinema from the early 1930s - Kim Newman supplied a new essay for the Blu ray and will explain the historical significance of this ground-breaking film.Free Men: Film critics, Siobhan Synnott and...
Published 05/24/12
Even The Rain - Film critics, Nigel Floyd and Graeme Virtue review this powerful, richly layered indictment of the plight of Latin America's dispossessed. Chris Rock and Julie Delpy discuss 2 Days in New York - The Life and Death Col. Blimp - Writer and broadcaster, Pasquale Iannone discusses Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's epic wartime masterpiece Dark Shadows - Jonny Lee Miller discusses his role as Roger Collins in Dark Shadows the fantasy comedy film based on the 1966-1971 gothic...
Published 05/17/12
In a special edition of the Movie Café, Janice Forsyth conducts an in-depth interview with Film-maker, Anthony Baxter, about his documentary - the 'development exposé', You've Been Trumped. He also looks back over his career and touches on some of the values and ideas which have shaped his approach to the film.
Published 05/10/12
Mark Cousins - The Story of Film: An Odyssey. An extended interview with award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins. The Rail Way Man - actors Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and screenwriter Andy Paterson discuss shooting Eric Lomax's best-selling book, THE RAILWAY MAN in Scotland. Piggy - Martin Compston discusses UK revenge thriller "Piggy" Dear Georges Melies, Thank you for Making the Movies Magical - a location report with Mark Cousins and Tilda Swinton. Café De Flore - Paul Gallagher reviews...
Published 05/03/12
Award-winning actress Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Director Whit Stillman’s first film in 15 years, a comedy about a trio of beautiful girls as they set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university.
Published 04/26/12
Marley - we review Kevin Macdonald's detailed portrait of Bob Marley The Glen Cinema our reporter Bob Dickson tells the story of the saddest cinema moment in the country's history when dozens of young children were killed during a weekend matinee at the Glen Picture House in Paisley. The Divide - French Film Director, Xavier Gens discusses his post-apocalyptic, science-fiction thriller. DVD Pick of The Week: is Jean Renoir's masterpiece, LA GRANDE ILLUSION- a poetic and poignant...
Published 04/19/12
Cabin In the Woods - Director Drew Goddard discusses his much anticipated horror film . We also review the film with critics Alistair Harkness and Pasquale Iannone. Battleship – Director, Peter Berg talks about some of the challenges of making Battleship starring Liam Neeson and Rhianna. Italian Film Festival In Scotland - Writer and broadcaster, Pasquale Iannone discusses the highlights. Headhunters - Director Morten Tyldum discuss his fast-paced, funny, exciting thriller. This Must Be The...
Published 04/12/12
Peter Mullan – Another chance to hear the Scottish actor, writer and director, looking back over his career and touching on some of the values and ideas which have shaped his work.
Published 04/05/12
Peter Lord - director of the Aardman Animations studio discusses THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS' Cinema For A Mature Audience - - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, - has been a box office phenomenon - our reporter Bob Dickson - asks how well cinema goers of 'that certain age' are catered for by the film industry. City of Stars - is an exhibition, curated by journalist Alison Kerr and Scotland's first ever mass participation film project, Northern Lights: All that and we...
Published 03/29/12