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  • 2010-10-12T23:00:00Z
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The BBC's weekly film review show, with news, features and interviews covering the British and international movie industries. Claudia Winkleman, who took over from Jonathan Ross as presenter, left the show in late 2016. It is now Presented each week by a Guest Presenter, and regular Co-Presenter and BBC Resident Film expert, Danny Leigh.

115 episodes

This week, they take a look at David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's much-anticipated film The Social Network, and new animation Despicable Me, starring Russell Brand and Steve Carrell. Plus Film 2010 is live at the opening night of the London Film Festival.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh present the film review show, with news, features and interviews. There's a look at the Helen Mirren action-comedy Red, plus it's the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future.

Julianne Moore and Annette Bening team up for the Kids Are All Right, with both their performances tipped to win major awards in the coming months. Film 2010 also casts a critical eye over the new British film Burke and Hare, with Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis, plus acclaimed writer/director Rafi Pitts's thriller the Hunter.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh present the live weekly film review show, with news, features and interviews. Featuring Mike Leigh's new film Another Year, a bitter-sweet drama with Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville. Film 2010 buckles up as Robert Downey Jr is on the road for Due Date, alongside The Hangover's Zach Galifianakis. We decide if Let Me In, the US remake of the critically acclaimed Swedish vampire film Let The Right One In, measures up to the original.

Film 2010 casts its critical eye over You Again, a new comedy in which Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver play former high school rivals. Gerard Depardieu stars in My Afternoons With Margueritte, one of the biggest hits at the French box office in 2010, and there is a touch of horror with Mexican cannibal film We Are What We Are.

As the much-anticipated Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows is released, Film 2010 is on hand to experience the magic. There's some Latin flavour in musical animation Chico & Rita and the team cast a critical eye over Cannes Palme d' Or winner Uncle Boonmee.

Film 2010 takes a look at The American, the new movie from Control director Anton Corbijn, starring George Clooney; and Unstoppable, from director Tony Scott. And the team review the final film in the Millennium Trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

Slumdog Millionaire star Frieda Pinto takes centre stage in Miral, a new film from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly director Julian Schnabel. Film 2010 also looks at Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, and Diane Lane saddles up in order to win the triple crown in Disney film Secretariat.

The latest film in The Chronicles of Narnia franchise, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, arrives in cinemas, and Film 2010 takes a look. Also released is Academy Award-winner Sofia Coppola's new film Somewhere, starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning; and Angelina Jolie teams up with Johnny Depp in the much-anticipated film The Tourist, from The Lives of Others director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

It's showtime as Christina Aguilera and Cher team up for some song and dance in Burlesque. Michael Sheen and Jeff Bridges lead the cast of the long-awaited Tron: Legacy, and innovative independent documentary Catfish is reviewed. Film 2010 looks at some of the big films opening over the festive season, and the team reveal their top five movie Santas.

Season Premiere

2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

2011x01 Conviction, Blue Valentine, The Green Hornet

Season Premiere

2011x01 Conviction, Blue Valentine, The Green Hornet

  • 2011-01-12T00:00:00Z40m

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh return for a new series of Film 2011, presenting all the latest film reviews, news and interviews. Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell team up for Conviction, a true life story of a man wrongly convicted of murder. Michel Gondry directs superhero caper The Green Hornet and Minnie Driver reveals her favourite movies in the Film 2011 Questionnaire.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh discuss and review the big movie releases. Harrison Ford and Diana Keaton team up for comedy Morning Glory and Natalie Portman reveals her dark side in Black Swan. Also featured are Peter Mullan directed Neds and Get Low.

Disney give Rapunzel a make over in Tangled 3D, and Clint Eastwood returns to the director's chair for Hereafter, written by Peter Morgan and starring Matt Damon.

Rowan Joffe's much-anticipated remake of Brighton Rock arrives in cinemas this week alongside The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams. Plus Claudia and Danny review Nicole Kidman's performance as a grieving mother in her new film Rabbit Hole.

Inside Job is a fascinating documentary about the financial crisis and is narrated by Matt Damon. Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher team up for No Strings Attached, a romantic comedy with no commitments. Plus Antonia Quirke reports on classic movie couples who have shared their true love both on and off screen.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by studio guests to discuss the 2011 Academy Award nominations, as well as reviewing some of the latest movie releases. Sir Anthony Hopkins stars in The Rite, a supernatural thriller set in the world of exorcisms. Animal Kingdom tells the story of a 17-year-old who is facing up to the criminal activities of his extended family, and Claudia and Danny take a look at West Is West, the much-anticipated sequel to the 1999 hit comedy East Is East.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by studio guests to discuss the 2011 Academy Award nominations, as well as reviewing some of the latest movie releases. Sir Anthony Hopkins stars in The Rite, a supernatural thriller set in the world of exorcisms. Animal Kingdom tells the story of a 17-year-old who is facing up to the criminal activities of his extended family, and Claudia and Danny take a look at West Is West, the much-anticipated sequel to the 1999 hit comedy East Is East.

Matt Damon and Emily Blunt team up in new thriller The Adjustment Bureau, where mysterious forces have a big part to play in their romance. And director Julie Taymor gives Shakespeare's The Tempest a whole new spin, when Dame Helen Mirren takes centre stage as Prospera.

Sean Penn and Naomi Watts team up for Fair Game, a political thriller based on a real life story. Tinsel Town is under siege in Battle LA, an action thilller about a global offensive initiated by unknown extraterrestrial forces. And the Farrelly Brothers return with Hall Pass, where the rules of marital fidelity are pushed to the outer limits.

Gemma Jones leads an all-star cast in You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, the latest film from Woody Allen to be set in London. Route Irish is a revenge thriller from veteran director Ken Loach. And Submarine is directed by The IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade, and stars Paddy Considine and Sally Hawkins.

Film 2011 returns with host Claudia Winkleman and co-host Danny Leigh. In this opening episode, they review Steven Soderbergh's much-anticipated new film Contagion; Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin; and Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson team up for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.

In this episode, Claudia and Danny review George Clooney's latest film, The Ides Of March, Mexico Drama Miss Bala, British girl gang movie Sket and Anonymous, the film that asks 'Was Shakespeare a fraud?'.

In this episode, Claudia and Danny review the long-awaited remake of Straw Dogs, Phillip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut Jack Goes Boating, Tower Heist and Weekend.

In this episode, Claudia and Danny review The Rum Diary, starring Johnny Depp; British ghost story The Awakening; and the latest big-screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Plus guest Grace Dent joins Claudia and Danny to review new documentaries Tabloid and The British Guide to Showing Off.

In this episode, they review Breaking Dawn, the latest from the Twilight saga. Plus Australian thriller Snowtown, Take Shelter and Nicolas Cage in Justice. And as the show celebrates its 40th anniversary, there's a trip down memory lane with past presenters Jonathon Ross and Barry Norman.

Reviews of 50/50, Moneyball, The Deep Blue Sea and Resistance. Plus a look back at what made Cary Grant such a star and Stephen Frears talks about My Beautiful Laundrette.

The programme features a review of sci-fi remake The Thing, and Robin Williams is back on the dance floor in Happy Feet Two. Plus, Tom Hooper, the Oscar-winning director of The King's Speech, answers the Film 2011 Questionnaire.

The programme features a review of New Year's Eve, a romantic comedy with an all-star cast; science fiction goes art-house in Another Earth; and Antonio Banderas unsheathes his sword for Puss in Boots 3D. Plus Terry Gilliam talks about the making of his masterpiece Brazil.

The programme features a review of David Fincher's highly anticipated adaptation of bestselling Swedish novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Claudia and Danny also cast a critical eye over Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol, the fourth film in the Mission Impossible franchise. Plus, a look ahead to some of the films due to be released in early 2012

Season Premiere

2012-01-11T00:00:00Z

2012x01 War Horse, Shame, A Useful Life, Margin Call

Season Premiere

2012x01 War Horse, Shame, A Useful Life, Margin Call

  • 2012-01-11T00:00:00Z40m

In the first show of the new year Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review Steven Spielberg's hugely anticipated new film, War Horse. Will it be the big awards contender this year? Plus a look at Steve McQueen's new film Shame, and Richard Curtis talks about the films he has loved and loathed in the Film 2012 questionnaire.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review Coriolanus, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes; Clint Eastwood's bio-pic J Edgar, starring Leonardo DiCaprio; and the much-anticipated W.E. from Madonna. Plus Catherine Bray celebrates the 25th anniversary of Fatal Attraction.

George Clooney plays dad in The Descendants, things go bump in the night for Clive Owen in Intruders, and love goes transatlantic in Like Crazy. Plus Danny talks to maverick director David Cronenberg.

Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet face-off in Carnage; things are out of this world in Chronicle; Charlize Theron needs to grow up in Young Adult; and Elizabeth Olsen stars in psychological thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene.

Film news and reviews with Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh. Featured movies include David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method; the return of Kermit and Miss Piggy in The Muppets; love story The Vow, starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum; and The Woman in Black, in which Daniel Radcliffe sees dead people.

Together for the first time, Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock star in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; and Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds are on the run in thriller Safe House.

Antonio Banderas and Mark Strong star in Black Gold; Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith check into the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; and Woody Harrelson stars as a renegade cop in Rampart. Plus a preview of the Oscars ahead of the ceremony on February 26.

In this episode: the house party to end all house parties in Project X; Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd drop out of the rat race in comedy Wanderlust; and Tom Hardy and Chris Pine fight for the love of Reese Witherspoon in This Means War.

Disney goes to Mars in the science fiction feature John Carter; director Michael Winterbottom adapts Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles for the big screen; John Cusack stars as Edgar Allen Poe in the thriller The Raven; and Robert Pattinson plays a social climbing ladies' man in Bel Ami.

Films reviewed include 21 Jump Street, which sees Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as undercover cops who go back to school; Matt Damon plays a young widower in We Bought a Zoo; and Mark Wahlberg is forced to do one last job in the action film Contraband. Plus reporter Chris Hewitt takes a look at the perennial appeal of the comic book movie.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh sit on the sofa for the final time this series reviewing new releases including The Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence, and new Aardman animation The Pirates. Plus, a look ahead to the summer blockbusters that are expected in 2012.

Film 2012 returns with Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh as they review the much-anticipated final instalment of the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2. They also take a look at Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winning film Amour. Plus Colin Firth in crime caper Gambit, and Toni Collette gives Mary Poppins a run for her money as a rather unorthodox nanny in the comedy Mental.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review films including crime drama End of Watch starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena, and British comedy Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! starring David Tennant. Plus Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence hope for a happy ending in the comedy drama Silver Linings Playbook.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review films including the latest big screen adaptation of Great Expectations. Plus Ben Wheatley's follow up to Kill List, the darkly comic Sightseers, and Clint Eastwood stars as a baseball scout in Trouble with the Curve.

Romantic comedy Celeste and Jesse Forever, dark thriller I, Anna, starring Charlotte Rampling and Gabriel Byrne, and Colin Farrell in Seven Psychopaths. They also take at look at French movie Love Crime.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review films including the much anticipated first instalment of The Hobbit from Peter Jackson and documentary West of Memphis. Danny also talks to Ang Lee about his career.

Films reviewed include the big screen adaptations of Life of Pi and Midnight's Children and Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. Plus the Film 2012 family join Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh to pick their films of the year.

Films reviewed include Les Miserables, Gangster Squad and What Richard Did.

Quentin Tarantino returns to the big screen with Django Unchained, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio; John Hawkes and Helen Hunt get up close and personal in poignant drama The Sessions; and Chris Hewitt reveals his top five movie shootouts.

Claudia Winkleman talks to director Steven Spielberg about his latest film Lincoln, starring Daniel Day Lewis. Plus a review of Katherine Bigelow's Oscar-nominated Zero Dark Thirty. Catherine Bray reveals her Top 5 movie mothers and - it may have been a decade, but he is back - Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in The Last Stand.

Bill Murray gets presidential in Hyde Park on Hudson, Denzel Washington takes to the skies in Flight, and Sylvester Stallone is out for revenge in Bullet to the Head.

Anthony Hopkins goes Psycho in Hitchcock, Nicholas Hoult stars in zombie rom-com Warm Bodies and Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne get close in I Give It a Year. Plus Chris Hewitt reveals his top five biopics.

In this episode, Bruce Willis decides it's a Good Day To Die Hard, Paul Rudd gets older in This is 40, there's a look at the world behind the camera in documentary Side by Side, and Saskia Rosendhal stars in Cate Shortland's Lore. Plus Catherine Bray reveals her top five sequels.

Xan Brooks and Robbie Collin join Claudia and Danny to discuss all things Oscar, ahead of Sunday's ceremony. They also review Tom Hanks in Cloud Atlas, Ben Affleck in Terence Malick's To the Wonder, plus Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp in Song for Marion.

2013-02-27T00:00:00Z

2013x08 Broken City, Stoker

2013x08 Broken City, Stoker

  • 2013-02-27T00:00:00Z40m

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review Russell Crowe and Mark Wahlberg in thriller Broken City, plus Nicole Kidman in twisted family drama Stoker. The Film 2013 family are also here to preview this summer's blockbusters.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review Alfonso Cuarón's box office record-breaker Gravity which stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Plus, Alec Baldwin and director James Toback team up for documentary Seduced and Abandoned, which takes a wry look at the movie business and the complex world of film finance.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh cast a critical eye over the latest movie releases. Films reviewed this week include Ridley Scott's The Counselor, which features an all-star ensemble cast. Jude Law and Richard E Grant team up for Brit flick Dom Hemingway; plus Claudia and Danny take a look at Palm d'Or-winning French love story Blue is the Warmest Colour.

Film 2013 hosts Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a look at this week's film releases. Jennifer Lawrence recreates her role as Katniss Everdeen in the much anticipated sequel to The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Parkland recounts the chaotic events that occurred at Dallas' Parkland Hospital on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated and soon-to-be EastEnder Danny Dyer stars in gritty British revenge drama Vendetta.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a look at the week's film releases. Emma Thompson stars as author PL Travers in Saving Mr Banks, which recounts Travers' battles with Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) over the big screen adaptation of her book Mary Poppins. Julianne Moore and Chloe Grace Moretz team up for the remake of classic horror Carrie plus François Ozon's coming of age story Jeune & Jolie, a study of a seventeen year old girl

Film 2013 casts its critical eye over this week's new cinema releases. Josh Brolin teams up with Spike Lee for vengeance drama Oldboy, a Hollywood remake of Park Chan-wook's 1983 original. Daniel Radcliffe stars as beat poet Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings plus director Alexander Payne follows up The Descendants with Nebraska, a quirky father/son road movie.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and s a look at some of the films due for release in early 2014.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by guest critic Antonia Quirke to look at the latest film releases. Under consideration is Inside Llewyn Davis, the new film from the Coen Brothers starring Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan. Plus Kenneth Branagh directs Keira Knightley and Chris Pine in action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.

Claudia Winkleman, Danny Leigh and guest critic Tim Robey discuss new crime thriller Out of the Furnace, starring Christian Bale and Woody Harrelson. Other films featured in the programme include relationship comedy That Awkward Moment, starring Zac Efron, and action drama Lone Survivor, with Mark Wahlberg

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a look at Dallas Buyers Club, starring Matthew McConaughey as 80s Aids activist Ron Woodroof. Plus The Invisible Woman, written and directed by Ralph Fiennes and examining Charles Dickens' extra-marital affair with a younger woman; and the 2014 reboot of RoboCop.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review World War II comedy-drama The Monuments Men, which features an impressive ensemble cast and is directed by - and stars - George Clooney. Plus, Nick Frost gets his groove and dancing shoes on for salsa dancing comedy Cuban Fury and French director Claire Denis directs dark family drama Bastards.

Film 2014 returns to review the latest movie releases. Under consideration this week is Lars von Trier's controversial Nymphomaniac Volumes One and Two, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg alongside an ensemble cast. Tilda Swinton stars in Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive, and Colin Farrell leads the cast of fantasy drama A New York Winter's Tale.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh return for another episode of Film 2014. Under consideration this week is Non-Stop, an action thriller set on a transatlantic flight, starring Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore. Plus a discussion about the runners and riders for this year's Oscars. Danny Leigh interviews much-loved film director and screenwriter Wes Anderson about his career.

Film 2014 hosts Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh return for the last episode in the current series. Under consideration this week is The Grand Budapest Hotel, the much-anticipated new film from writer-director Wes Anderson. Plus reviews of Jonathan Glazer's sci-fi thriller Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson; and the sequel to 300, 300: Rise of an Empire. Claudia and Danny also take a look ahead to some of the big films due for release over the summer.

2014-11-05T00:00:00Z

2014x08 Interstellar, Say When

2014x08 Interstellar, Say When

  • 2014-11-05T00:00:00Z40m

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh return to provide their thoughts on the latest big-screen releases, joined by guest critic Peter Bradshaw from the Guardian. First up for their perusal are Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, and the romantic comedy Say When, which features Keira Knightley. Plus, an interview with Benedict Cumberbatch, who's starring in The Imitation Game, a biopic of wartime codebreaker Alan Turing.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by guest critic Camilla Long to share their thoughts on the latest cinema releases. Up for review are The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, which sees Jennifer Lawrence return to the role of Katniss Everdeen, and The Homesman, a Western written, directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones.

The team are joined by film journalist Kevin Maher to review the latest big-screen releases, including Paddington, starring Hugh Bonneville and Nicole Kidman, and Horrible Bosses 2, featuring the return of Jennifer Aniston.

Film journalist Ashley Clark joins the team to review the latest big-screen releases, including submarine drama Black Sea, starring Jude Law, and Jason Reitman's comedy drama Men, Women & Children, which pairs Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner.

Film critic Robbie Collin joins the team to review the latest big-screen releases, including Peter Jackson's final visit to Middle-earth in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, starring Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins. Plus, director Ridley Scott talks about his sword-and-sandals epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, which stars Christian Bale, Ben Kingsley and Sigourney Weaver.

The team looks ahead at the main movies being released over Christmas and the New Year. They include Birdman, a comedy drama starring Michael Keaton as a washed-up actor trying to reclaim past glories, Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, starring Eddie Redmayne, and Angelina Jolie's second crack at directing, Unbroken, the story of an Olympic runner taken prisoner by the Japanese during the Second World War.

Season Premiere

2015-01-14T00:00:00Z

2015x01 Wild, Whiplash

Season Premiere

2015x01 Wild, Whiplash

  • 2015-01-14T00:00:00Z40m

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh return for their first show of the new year and cast their eyes over the week's latest big-screen releases. Featuring reviews of biopic Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon as a woman on a solo trek along North America's Pacific Crest Trail, and music school drama Whiplash, with Miles Teller and JK Simmons, who is hotly tipped for an Oscar nomination.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh cast their eyes over the week's latest big-screen releases, including Johnny Depp's action comedy Mortdecai, co-starring Ewan McGregor and Gwyneth Paltrow, and the remake of The Gambler, with Mark Wahlberg. Plus, two films starring Oscar Isaac - crime drama A Most Violent Year, with Jessica Chastain, and Alex Garland's sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, co-starring Domhnall Gleeson (who is due to appear alongside Isaac yet again in the forthcoming new Star Wars movie).

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by film journalist Helen O'Hara as they cast their eyes over the week's big-screen releases. They include spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson and Michael Caine, and Paul Thomas Anderson's crime comedy Inherent Vice, with Joaquin Phoenix.

2015x04 Selma, Jupiter Ascending

  • 2015-02-04T00:00:00Z40m

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by critic Ashley Clark to review the latest movie releases, including civil rights drama Selma, starring David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr, and Oscar nominee Eddie Redmayne in Jupiter Ascending, a fantasy adventure from the Wachowskis.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a critical look at the week's film releases including Cake, starring Jennifer Aniston, and romantic drama Love is Strange. Plus a feature interview with Oscar hopeful Julianne Moore, star of Still Alice.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw to review the runners and riders in the 2015 Oscar race. Plus, reviews of this weeks new releases, including Michael Mann's cyber-thriller Blackhat, which stars Chris Hemsworth, and drama The Duke of Burgundy.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by critic Tim Robey to review comedy sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Will Smith crime caper Focus and horror movie It Follows, which proved a big hit at Cannes.

2015x08 Brooklyn, Kill Your Friends

  • 2015-11-04T00:00:00Z40m

The movie review show returns, with regular hosts Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh joined by guest critic Antonia Quirke. They cast their eyes over New York period romance Brooklyn and murder-movie Kill Your Friends, and present an interview with Aaron Sorkin, writer of Steve Jobs, the much-anticipated biopic of the Apple founder.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review the Apple biopic Steve Jobs and the Alan Bennett classic, The Lady in the Van, starring Maggie Smith. They are joined on the critics' sofa by The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw, who adds to the fun with revenge comedy Tangerine and Irish horror The Hallow.

Danny Leigh and Claudia Winkleman are joined on the sofa by critic Robbie Collins. They look at the latest instalment of The Hunger Games series (Mockingjay - Part 2), the erotic and explicit drama Love, and an extended interview with move legend Steven Spielberg.

2015x11 Black Mass, Bridge of Spies

  • 2015-11-25T00:00:00Z40m

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a critical look at gangster biopic Black Mass and Spielberg's latest Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance. And director Todd Haynes talks about his latest film, upcoming 1950s Manhattan lesbian romance Carol starring Cate Blanchett. Joining Claudia and Danny in the studio is critic Tim Robey.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a critical look at Victor Frankenstein, starring Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy, as well as Christmas comedy The Night Before. In the studio is critic Kevin Maher.

2015-12-09T00:00:00Z

2015x13 By The Sea, Grandma

2015x13 By The Sea, Grandma

  • 2015-12-09T00:00:00Z40m

Danny Leigh and Claudia Winkleman are joined by critic Ellen E Jones to review big film releases, including relationship drama By The Sea, starring husband and wife Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Plus, Lily Tomlin's part as an unusual role model in Grandma, and the enduring appeal of Star Wars.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh give their verdicts on the much-anticipated new Star Wars film The Force Awakens, along with Eddie Redmayne as The Danish Girl. Joining then on the seasonal sofa is film critic Ashley Clark.

Season Premiere

2016x01 The Big Short, Our Brand is Crisis, The Assassin

  • 2016-01-20T00:00:00Z40m

Claudia Winkleman and the Film 2016 team take a critical look at the week's latest film releases. Top of the bill is black comedy The Big Short and Sandra Bullock stars in Our Brand is Crisis, plus a look at martial arts thriller The Assassin. In the studio is critic Ellen E Jones.

2016x02 Youth, Spotlight, The 33

  • 2016-01-27T00:00:00Z40m

Claudia Winkleman and the Film 2016 team take a critical look at the week's latest film releases. Camilla Long joins regulars Claudia and Danny Leigh to review Michael Caine's new movie Youth, also starring Harvey Keitel and Jane Fonda. Plus Oscar-tipped Boston child abuse drama Spotlight and Antonio Banderas' latest performance in The 33.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by critic Robbie Collin to look at the big screen adaptation of Dad's Army, Bryan Cranston's part in the Hollywood blacklist drama Trumbo, and Ralph Fiennes flamboyant role in A Bigger Splash.

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by Rhianna Dhillon for a critical look at the return of Derek, Hansel and Mugatu in fashion satire, Zoolander 2. Plus, reviews of the unconventional superhero movie Deadpool, and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Antonia Quirke and Danny Leigh are joined by critic Ashley Clark to give their verdicts on heist thriller Triple Nine, starring Kate Winslet and Chiwetel Ejiofor. They also review horror western Bone Tomahawk and gay rights drama Freeheld, with Julianne Moore.

2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

2016x07 Hail Caesar! and Truth

2016x07 Hail Caesar! and Truth

  • 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z40m

Zoe Ball and Danny Leigh are joined by Ellen E. Jones to take a critical look at Tom Ford's dark thriller Nocturnal Animals and weepie The Light Between Oceans, starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. Plus young director Damien Chazelle talks about his new film La La Land.

Actor and comedian Ben Bailey Smith is joined by Danny Leigh and Grace Dent to review sci-fi blockbuster Arrival, starring Amy Adams, and British drama A Hundred Streets. Plus screenwriter Paul Schrader remembers Taxi Driver, 40 years on.

Host Mariella Frostrup is joined by critics Danny Leigh and Tim Robey to review the latest JK Rowling adaptation Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, starring Eddie Redmayne, and Dog Eat Dog, a crime thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe.

Journalist Camilla Long is joined by by Danny Leigh and Rhianna Dhillon to review epic period drama A United Kingdom, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike, Brad Pitt in wartime thriller Allied, and actor Adam Driver talks about how he had to learn to drive a bus in Jim Jarmusch's Paterson.

Taking charge of Film 2016 this week is comedian and film fan Paul Merton. He is joined by critics Danny Leigh and Kate Muir to review Clint Eastwood's tense plane drama Sully, starring Tom Hanks, Spike Lee's innovative Chi-Raq, and Miles Teller stars as a world champion boxer in Bleed for This. Plus, legendary director Paul Verhoeven talks sex and sci-fi.

Hosting is DJ and film fan extraordinaire Edith Bowman. She is joined by critics Danny Leigh and Peter Bradshaw to chat about Oliver Stone's latest Snowden, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the errant cyber leaker, controversial slavery drama The Birth of a Nation and - ready the eggnog - it's the Film Show's first Christmas movie of the season, Office Christmas Party starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman.

Antonia Quirke hosts the Christmas edition of Film 2016, ably assisted by critics Danny Leigh and Ashley Clark. Top of their to-do list is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story starring Felicity Jones as a rebellion soldier charged with taking on the Empire. They also take a look at some of the best films coming out over the Christmas break, including Martin Scorsese's Silence starring Adam Driver, modern fairy tale A Monster Calls and Oscar favourites LA musical La La Land and family drama Manchester by the Sea.

Season Premiere

2017-01-18T00:00:00Z

2017x01 Jackie, Lion, Split

Season Premiere

2017x01 Jackie, Lion, Split

  • 2017-01-18T00:00:00Z40m

Zoe Ball, Danny Leigh and Chris Hewitt kick off the new year by discussing critically acclaimed biopic Jackie, starring Natalie Portman, tear-jerking adoption drama Lion and M Night Shyamalan's latest psychological thriller, Split.

Charlie Brooker is joined by Danny Leigh and Ellen E Jones to review Danny Boyle's long-awaited sequel T2 Trainspotting, Sing, biographical drama Christine, starring Rebecca Hall and Denial.

Host Lauren Laverne is joined by Danny Leigh and Peter Bradshaw to review period love story Loving, starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton, crime adventure Gold, featuring Matthew McConaughey, Pregnancy driven murder in Prevenge and a German comedy, Toni Erdmann.

Host Clara Amfo is joined by critics Danny Leigh and Chris Hewitt to chat about The Lego Batman Movie, starring Will Arnett, 20th Century Women,the story of three women who explore love and freedom and director Ang Lee's latest military drama, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk,

Rhianna Dhillon is among the critics who take a look at Oscar-nominated drama Moonlight, Hidden Figures, the story of African-American women mathematicians in NASA, Denzel Washington directing and starring in period adaptation Fences, and Michael Keaton starring as the man who brought the world McDonalds and the Big Mac in The Founder.

DJ and film lover Edith Bowman hosts and is joined by critics Danny Leigh and Tim Robey to talk all things Oscar-related, predicting the winners and losers for Sunday's Academy Awards. The team also review Mark Wahlberg's new film Patriots Day and thriller A Cure for Wellness starring Dane DeHaan.

2017x07 Logan, Elle, Viceroy's House

  • 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z40m

Charlie Brooker takes the reins to review X-Men blockbuster Logan starring Hugh Jackman, psycho sexual revenge thriller Elle starring Isabelle Huppert and director Gurinder Chadha's period drama Viceroy's House. Charlie is joined by critic Danny Leigh.

Season Premiere

2018-02-28T00:00:00Z

2018x01 Oscars, Ladybird

Season Premiere

2018x01 Oscars, Ladybird

  • 2018-02-28T00:00:00Z40m

The new series looks ahead to the Oscars. Host Clara Amfo is joined by critics Ellen E Jones and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh to consider the Academy's top picks. Plus best director nominee Greta Gerwig chats about her acclaimed new film Lady Bird, and her hopes for Oscars night.

Antonia Quirke, Ellen E Jones and Chris Hewitt review psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here starring Joaquin Phoenix, and Susan Sarandon talks about Hollywood, stardom and her new documentary on 1940s actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr.

The team take a look at Peter Rabbit, the new big-screen version of the Beatrix Potter classic starring James Corden as the titular bunny, Mary Magdalene, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, and Cannes Palme D'Or winner, the art world satire The Square. The programme also revels in the wit and wonder of Nora Ephron.

Al Murray is joined by Ellen E Jones and Chris Hewitt to review much-anticipated fantasy blockbuster A Wrinkle in Time, starring Oprah Winfrey; psychological thriller Unsane, from director Stephen Soderbergh; and John Boyega chats about his big new monster movie, Pacific Rim: Uprising. Plus a look at the popularity of live immersive film experiences, going behind the scenes on the latest based on the sci-fi classic Blade Runner.

Zoe Ball is joined by critic Ellen E Jones and writer Deborah France-White to review Steven Spielberg's latest sci-fi blockbuster Ready Player One, the new stop-motion comedy from Wes Anderson Isle of Dogs and British boxing drama Journeyman starring Paddy Considine. There is also a look at the new batch of horror films that are winning over sceptical critics.

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