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Listings for Film Four on Sunday, February 8 2009

06:00 Film4 Preview Find out what's on Film4 this month, with over 100 great films screening, from the best of British to Hollywood's finest films.

13:00 Close Encounters of... ...the Third Kind. (1977) Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses UFO activity and becomes obsessed with finding out the truth in Steven Spielberg's classic movie.

15:40 The Tall Stranger Film (1957) Joel McCrea plays a Union officer wounded in battle and left for dead. Rescued by a wagon train, he's nursed back to health and offers to guide them west but meets suspicion.

17:20 Viva Max! Film (1969) General Maximilian Rodrigues de Santos (Peter Ustinov) assembles a ragtag 'army' and seizes back the Alamo, much to the dismay of the American government in this comedy.

19:10 Cheaper By The Dozen 2 Film (2005) Guilty Pleasures. Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.

21:00 The Waterboy Film (1998) Adam Sandler stars as the waterboy for a university American football team who discovers he has hidden talents as a star player in Frank Coraci's comedy.

22:45 Final Destination 2 Film (2003) Death is back to reap the souls of a group of people who escaped a freeway pile-up. Can Ali Carter and Michael Landes save those marked for death? Violence/strong language.

00:30 Sideways Film (2004) Alexander Payne's comedy sees Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church on a wine-and-women stag-tour of California's vineyards. Strong language/sexual scenes.
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Film4 Listings for Monday 9th February

13:00
Carrington V.C. (Film)
Anthony Asquith's vivid and subtle courtroom drama stars David Niven as the eponymous officer desperate for money owed him by the army, and badgered by his neurotic wife Valerie. When WRAC officer Alison Graham goes to Niven's quarters to warn him about a plot to set him up, Carrington finds himself charged with misappropriating army funds, being absent without leave and improperly entertaining a WRAC in his room.
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Noelle Middleton, Allan Cuthbertson, Victor Maddern, Raymond Francis
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1954, PG, 3 Star)


15:05
Blanche Fury (Film)
Victorian melodrama starring Valerie Hobson as Blanche Fuller, a young woman whose arrival as governess on a family estate is the catalyst for betrayal, the revelation of old family secrets and murder. Stewart Granger plays Philip Thorn, the scheming illegitimate son who sees Blanche as his way to reclaim what he believes to be rightfully his. Co-starring Walter Fitzgerald and Michael Gough.
Director: Marc Allegret
Starring: Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger, Michael Gough, Walter Fitzgerald, Susanne Gibbs, Maurice Denham
(Subtitles, 1948, 15, 3 Star)


16:55
That Riviera Touch (Film)
Film comedy starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise as Eric Simpson and Ernest Clerk, caught up in a comic caper set in the south of France. After being inadvertently implicated in a mix-up involving the Royal Family, the accident-prone duo decide to escape to the French Riviera, only to become caught up in a crime sting involving a jewel thief, a band of smugglers, a femme fatale and a surfeit of collapsing corpses.
Director: Cliff Owen
Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Paul Stassino, Peter Jeffrey, Suzanne Lloyd, Armand Mestral
(Subtitles, 1966, PG, 3 Star)


18:50
David Fincher on Benjamin Button (Entertainment)
Director David Fincher talks about the creative decisions and technical challenges that were part of the making of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, his latest collaboration with Brad Pitt.
(Repeat)


18:55
Never Been Kissed (Film)
Romantic comedy where a former high-school nerd (now a reporter), gets a second chance when she goes under cover to research her story on cool teens.
Director: Raja Gosnell
Starring: Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, Leelee Sobieski, Jeremy Jordan
(Widescreen, 1999, PG, 2 Star)




21:00
Little Nicky (Film)
Satan, after considering retirement, decides to hang on for another 10,000 years, angering his older sons and heirs Adrian and Cassius. They decamp to New York, sealing Hell shut, but, without a regular supply of souls, Satan could literally evaporate into thin air. His only hope lies in his nerdy youngest son Nicky, but even with the help of Valerie and a talking dog, he's going to have problems persuading his bigger brothers to return to Hell and save Dad in Steven Brill's laugh-out-loud comedy.
Director: Steven Brill
Starring: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr., Rodney Dangerfield
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2000, 15, 2 Star)


22:40
Secretary (Film)
Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a shy woman recently discharged from a mental institution into the care of her dysfunctional family. Searching for work, she takes a lowly clerical job with dour, demanding attorney E. Edward Grey. He's critical of her mistakes, and one day, verbal abuse crosses to physical, as he spanks her. But she seems to thrive on his treatment and a reciprocal relationship begins until Grey, finding she enjoys the humiliation, fires her. Bereft, and with her boyfriend Peter unable to fulfil her desires, she plans to win back Grey's affections. Steven Shainberg's film could have been crudely exploitative but thanks to the delicacy of his treatment, the subtlety of the two central performances, plus a leavening of humour, this is a story of unconventional love but love for all that.
Director: Steven Shainberg
Starring: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie, Patrick Bauchau
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2002, 18, 3 Star)


00:50
The Crazies (Film)
George Romero's sci-fi horror film sees a military plane crash near a small town, infecting the water supply with a deadly virus that causes insanity and death. The army moves in to control the situation, only for the civilians to treat them as invaders and infect them as well. With Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan and Harold Wayne Jones.
Starring: Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lloyd Hollar, Lynn Lowry, Richard Liberty
(Subtitles, 1973, 18, 3 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Tuesday 10th February



13:00
The Spy in Black (Film)
Michael Powell's classic espionage thriller stars Conrad Veidt as Captain Hardt, a First World War German submarine commander-turned-spy sent to the Orkneys, where he is foiled by a double agent Jill Blacklock.
Director: Michael Powell
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Sebastian Shaw, Valerie Hobson, Marius Goring, June Duprez, Athole Stewart
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1939, U, 4 Star)


14:40
Bus Stop (Film)
Marilyn Monroe turns in one of her best performances as Cherie, a saloon singer who becomes the object of cowboy Beauregard Decker's affections, the only problem being that she doesn't know he plans to marry her in Joshua Logan's drama. The role was Monroe's first after she had retrained at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio and set up her own production company. It is certainly her most complete and considered piece of work. Monroe chose her own costumes, determined her own make-up, worked hard on her accent and won a face-off with Josh Logan over juvenile lead Hope Lange's hair which the star insisted must be darkened.
Director: Joshua Logan
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field, Eileen Heckart, Robert Bray
(Subtitles, 1956, U, 4 Star)


16:30
Gentleman's Agreement (Film)
Elia Kazan's Oscar-winning indictment of American anti-Semitism with Gregory Peck as Philip Schuyler Green, a magazine writer who, posing as a Jew, encounters the bitter prejudice of the times.
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, June Havoc
(Black and White, 1947, 12, 4 Star)


18:50
Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (Film)
The determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while there's a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets wealthy American Will Darcy, and sparks immediately fly. But is it love or hate?
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 3 Star)


21:00
The Magdalene Sisters (Film)
Peter Mullan's award-winning film tells the story of four of the inmates of one of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries, brutal nun-run institutions housing single mothers, orphans and "promiscuous" girls. Run with a rod of iron by Sister Bridget, the inmates' only solace is their friendship.
Director: Peter Mullan
Starring: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2002, 15, 4 Star)




23:15
Bullitt (Film)
Steve McQueen stars in one of the classic cop movies as Frank Bullitt, a San Francisco cop determined to find out who killed a witness in his care, despite the interference of slimy politician Walter Chalmers. And, of course, it's the movie that set the benchmark for car chases...
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland
(Subtitles, 1968, 15, 4 Star)


01:30
The Luzhin Defence (Film)
Period drama set in the 1920s, based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. An eccentric and unworldly chess grandmaster arrives at Lake Como to play the match of his life and instead finds the love of his life. A rebellious socialite finds herself drawn to the erratic genius, offering him a glimpse of life away from his obsessive pursuit of chess. But he is ill equipped to deal with the outside world.
Director: Marleen Gorris
Starring: John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson, Christopher Thompson, Fabio Sartor
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2000, 12, 3 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Wednesday 11th February


13:00
Trouble in The Glen (Film)
u Herbert Wilcox's film stars Forrest Tucker as Jim Lansing, an ex-WWII American pilot who returns to Scotland after falling in love with it during his overseas posting. But he finds absentee landlord Sanin Cejador y Mengues has installed himself as Laird and his high-handed actions have angered the locals. Trying to broker a peace, Tucker finds himself caught up in a new conflict, softened only by the affectionate attentions of Cejador y Mengues's daughter, Marissa. The film followed on America's appetite for all things Celtic with the success of The Quiet Man two years earlier, made by the same studio, Republic.
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Forrest Tucker, Victor McLaglen, John McCallum, Eddie Byrne
(Subtitles, 1954, U, 2 Star)


14:50
Hanover Street (Film)
Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down and Christopher Plummer star in this tale of a love triangle set during WW2. Ford plays David Halloran, an American pilot based in Britain who, during an air raid, finds himself in the arms of nurse Margaret Sellinger. Although she's married, the pair start an affair. Then Halloran is given a mission; to fly secret agent Paul Sellinger, Margaret's husband, on a mission into the heart of Occupied France. Neither knows of the other's love for Margaret until, downed and on the run, Paul learns of the affair and must choose between his wife and his mission. Peter Hyams' romantic adventure switches between emotion and action, and features, in one of his last feature film roles, master comedian Max Wall. Edited for content.
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen, Richard Masur, Michael Sacks
(Subtitles, 1979, PG, 3 Star)


16:55
Carrington V.C. (Film)
Anthony Asquith's vivid and subtle courtroom drama stars David Niven as the eponymous officer desperate for money owed him by the army, and badgered by his neurotic wife Valerie. When WRAC officer Alison Graham goes to Niven's quarters to warn him about a plot to set him up, Carrington finds himself charged with misappropriating army funds, being absent without leave and improperly entertaining a WRAC in his room.
Director: Anthony Asquith
Starring: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Noelle Middleton, Allan Cuthbertson, Victor Maddern, Raymond Francis
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1954, PG, 3 Star)


19:00
David Fincher on Benjamin Button (Entertainment)
Director David Fincher talks about the creative decisions and technical challenges that were part of the making of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, his latest collaboration with Brad Pitt.
(Repeat)


19:10
Carry on Doctor (Film)
pG Sid James plays Charlie Roper, the rogue patient smoking under the bed sheets and smuggling in whisky; Jim Dale the handsome but accident-prone Dr Jim Kilmore infatuated by beautiful Nurse Clarke; and Kenneth Williams hospital head Dr Kenneth Tinkle, the unlikely romantic target of the strict and starched Matron in this classic comedy directed, as always, by Gerald Thomas.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Hattie Jacques
(Subtitles, 1968, PG, 3 Star)




21:00
Monster-in-Law (Film)
Charlotte 'Charlie' Cantilini lives on Venice Beach, works as a temp and is lucky enough to be engaged to the handsome Dr Kevin Fields. But Fields has the mother from hell, Viola, a disgraced chat show host just out of rehab who will do anything short of murder to stop her son marrying Charlie. Fonda is wonderfully OTT as the acid-tongued, relationship-destroying harridan but Lopez's character gives as good as she gets in Robert Luketic's romantic comedy.
Director: Robert Luketic
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott, Monet Mazur
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2005, 12, 3 Star)


22:55
The 51st State (Film)
Samuel L Jackson plays Elmo McElroy, a pharmaceutical genius who has used his knowledge to make a fortune in illegal drugs, particularly with Formula 51, which is more potent than heroin, crack or anything else. But instead of selling it to his drug lord employer The Lizard, he flies to Liverpool where Felix is acting as broker for gangster Leopold Durant. Durant is prepared to offer $20m for the formula: money Elmo would love to spend, if he can stay alive long enough in Ronny Yu's fast-moving crime thriller.
Director: Ronny Yu
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf, Rhys Ifans, Sean Pertwee
(Subtitles, 2001, 18, 3 Star)


00:40
Old Joy (Film)
Director/writer Kelly Reichardt's film is a deceptively gentle drama about a friendship renewed. Kurt and Mark, two friends who have lost touch, decide to re-kindle their relationship with a weekend trek through Oregon's mountains. They talk, with Mark concerned about imminent fatherhood while Kurt is more meditative, but will their bond be re-forged by the end of the journey?
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Daniel London, Will Oldham, Tanya Smith, Robin Rosenberg, Keri Moran, Autumn Campbell
(Widescreen, 2006, 15, 3 Star)


02:10
Disco Pigs (Film)
Pig and Runt are born within moments of each other and grow up as next door neighbours and tough, inseparable friends in a small Irish community. But when his behaviour begins to cause concern her parents send her away to school. Bereft, Pig sets out to bring her back, only to find she's made new friends in Kirtsen Sheridan's moving debut drama.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Starring: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Brian F. O'Byrne, Eleanor Methven, Geraldine O'Rawe, Darren Healy
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 18, 3 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Thursday 12th February


13:00
The Tall Stranger (Film)
Joel McCrea plays Ned Bannon, a Union officer wounded in battle and left for dead. Rescued by a wagon train, he's nursed back to health and offers to guide the wagons west, but the Confederates among the passengers ostracise him. He finds solace with Ellen and acceptance when he thwarts an ambush engineered by land baron Hardy, his half brother. Directed by Thomas Carr, a veteran of western films and TV series.
Director: Thomas Carr
Starring: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley, Michael Ansara, Whit Bissell, James Dobson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1957, 15, 3 Star)


14:40
Brief Encounter (Film)
One of the timeless classics of British cinema, David Lean's Oscar-nominated, heart-breaking film stars Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard as Laura Jesson and Dr Alec Harvey, two married people whose chance encounter in a railway station's café sees them tempted to adultery before realising their marriages are more important than fleeting happiness.
Director: David Lean
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1945, PG, 5 Star)


16:25
Contraband (Film)
During World War II, a Danish merchant captain and his girlfriend, a beautiful agent, snare a gang of spies with the help of a group of waiters. This was Deborah Kerr's first feature film, but all her scenes ended up on the cutting-room floor.
Director: Michael Powell
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie, Joss Ambler, Raymond Lovell, Esmond Knight
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1940, U, 4 Star)


18:15
Oliver Twist (Film)
Roman Polanski's film of Charles Dickens' classic novel stars Barney Clark as Oliver, Ben Kingsley as Fagin, Jamie Forman as Bill Sykes and Leanne Rowe as Nancy. Oscar and BAFTA-winner Ronald Harwood's screenplay strips away some of the minor roles to allow the main characters to take centre stage, with a superb performance by Kingsley in one of film's most demanding roles.
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman, Leanne Rowe, Lewis Chase, Harry Eden
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2005, PG, 3 Star)


20:50
David Fincher on Benjamin Button (Entertainment)
Director David Fincher talks about the creative decisions and technical challenges that were part of the making of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, his latest collaboration with Brad Pitt.
(Repeat)




21:00
The Waterboy (Film)
Adam Sandler stars in Frank Coraci's comedy as Bobby Boucher, the waterboy of a top Louisiana university American football team. Fired, he gets hired by coach Klein of the Mud Dogs, a team on a 40-game winning streak. But when Bobby reveals a hidden talent for football, he's offered the chance to lead the team to glory and a chance to get one over the team who sacked him at the championship game. Kathy Bates features in scene stealing mode as Bobby's possessive, manipulative mother.
Director: Frank Coraci
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Henry Winkler, Jerry Reed, Larry Gilliard Jr.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1998, 12, 2 Star)


22:50
From Dusk Till Dawn (Film)
Robert Rodriguez directs this cult horror from Quentin Tarantino's script. Brothers Richard and Seth Gecko hijack the Rev Fuller's mobile home to get to a midnight party at the Titty Twister, Mexico's most famous brothel. But at dusk the brothel turns out to be a far cry from what the brothers thought it was, and blood flows before dawn.
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis, Ernest Liu, Salma Hayek
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1996, 18, 3 Star)


00:55
Cries and Whispers (Film)
Ingmar Bergman's film, one of the few foreign films to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, stars Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Thulman as the sisters of Harriet Andersson, who is dying of cancer. Both having had their own brushes with death, as they keep vigil, they explore and explain their emotions and feelings in a moving exploration of secrets, desires and slights.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin, Liv Ullmann, Anders Ek, Inga Gill
(In Swedish With Subtitles, 1972, PG, 4 Star)

 

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13:00
DOCTOR IN DISTRESS
(1963) Dr Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) returns to St Swithins an experienced doctor but still with a roving eye that settles on Delia Mallory (Samantha Eggar).

15:05
GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT
(1947) Elia Kazan's Oscar-winning indictment of American anti-Semitism, with Gregory Peck as a writer who poses as a Jew to expose the bitter prejudice of the times.

17:25
THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO
(1966) International Rescue face all manner of peril when they provide security for Zero X, the first manned flight to Mars. Includes a cameo appearance by Cliff Richard and the Shadows.

19:15
THE HONEYMOONERS
(2005) John Schultz's comedy stars Cedric the Entertainer and Mike Epps as blue collar workers who dream of making a killing through get-rich-quick schemes.

21:00
FORREST GUMP
(1994) Oscar winner Tom Hanks stars as the simple Gump, present at the world's great events, from Watergate to Vietnam, without ever quite realising it... Contains offensive language.

23:40
FINAL DESTINATION 2
(2003) Death is back to reap the souls of a group of people who escaped a freeway pile-up. Can Ali Carter and Michael Landes save those marked for death? Violence/strong language.

01:25
INSIDE DEEP THROAT
Documentary looking behind the scenes of one of cinema's most explicit films, initially prosecuted, now a highly controversial cultural phenomenon. Very strong language/sexual scenes.

 

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Film4 Listings for Saturday 14th February


13:00
Thunderbirds Are GO (Film)
Feature-length version of Gerry Anderson's classic supermarionated adventure series. When the first manned mission to Mars is sabotaged by a sinister character known as the Hood, International Rescue are called in to protect the astronauts set to undertake the second mission.
Director: David Lane
Starring: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Alexander Davion, Peter Dyneley, Christine Finn, David Graham
(Subtitles, 1966, U, 3 Star)


14:50
Howards End (Film)
Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson are the central figures in James Ivory's adaptation of E M Forster's novel of love, treachery and revenge. Bonham Carter falls for Paul Wilcox but is rebuffed. Her sister Thompson becomes friends with his mother who promises her the family house, Howards End. But after her death, the will disappears and it appears the inheritance will disappear. Until the widower, Anthony Hopkins, becomes attracted to Thompson.
Director: James Ivory
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph Bennett, Emma Thompson, Prunella Scales, Adrian Ross-Magenty
(Subtitles, 1992, PG, 4 Star)


17:35
Carry on Doctor (Film)
pG Sid James plays Charlie Roper, the rogue patient smoking under the bed sheets and smuggling in whisky; Jim Dale the handsome but accident-prone Dr Jim Kilmore infatuated by beautiful Nurse Clarke; and Kenneth Williams hospital head Dr Kenneth Tinkle, the unlikely romantic target of the strict and starched Matron in this classic comedy directed, as always, by Gerald Thomas.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Hattie Jacques
(Subtitles, 1968, PG, 3 Star)


19:25
P'Tang Yang Kipperbang (Film)
Based on Jack Rosenthal's childhood memories, Michael Apted's film, set in the summer of 1948, stars John Albasiny as 14-year-old Alan, who has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in the cricket, life couldn't be better.
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: John Albasiny, Abigail Cruttenden, Maurice Dee, Alison Steadman, Mark Brailsford, Christopher Karallis
(Subtitles, Made For TV, 1982, PG, 4 Star)


21:00
Brick Lane (Film)
Sarah Gavron's film, based on Monica Ali's novel, stars Tannishtha Chatterjee as Nazneen, married at 17 to Chanu - who is 20 years her senior - and living in a council flat in London's East End. Reconciled to her lot but still dreaming of her family back home in Bangladesh, her life changes when, to earn more money, she starts doing clothing piecework at home. The clothing is delivered by Karim, who is her age, handsome and charming, and the two begin an affair. But all three lives are changed by the events of 9/11, with one of the men becoming radicalised, and the other a proponent for understanding, while Nazneen is caught in the middle, needing to accept adult responsibilities.
Director: Sarah Gavron
Starring: Tanishta Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Naeema Begum, Lana Rahman, Lalita Ahmed
(Subtitles, 2007, 15, 3 Star)




23:00
Creep (Film)
The creepy chronicle of party loving Kate, who falls asleep on a London Underground station - and wakes up to find her worst nightmare has come true. Soon she's fleeing through miles of subterranean tunnels, chased by a terrifying part-human creature.
Director: Christopher Smith
Starring: Franka Potente, Vas Blackwood, Ken Hudson Campbell, Jeremy Sheffield, Paul Rattray, Kelly Scott
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 18, 3 Star)


00:40
Beautiful Thing (Film)
Hettie MacDonald's debut features Glen Berry as Jamie, a youngster bunking off school, hardly noticed by his mother. He seeks refuge with his classmate Ste, who lives in the same block. And one night, they end up sleeping in the same bed... This FilmFour-funded film gently, unsensationally celebrates their emerging sexual identities.
Director: Hettie MacDonald
Starring: Linda Henry, Meera Syal, Glen Berry, Martin Walsh, Steven M. Martin, Scott Neal
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1996, 15, 4 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Monday 16th February


13:00
The Grass is Greener (Film)
Stanley Donen's film is a romantic comedy that plays on America's view of the British aristocracy. Cary Grant plays Earl Vincent Rhyall, Deborah Kerr his wife Lady Hilary. In order to maintain their crumbling stately home, they reluctantly open it to coach parties of American tourists, one of whom, Charles Delacro, falls for the lady of the manor who, feeling neglected, begins to return his advances. In order to win her back, the Earl has to call on the services of his old flame, Hattie Durant and his very laconic, very English butler Sellers.
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Moray Watson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1960, U, 2 Star)


15:10
Blithe Spirit (Film)
Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings and Margaret Rutherford star in this sparkling comedy directed by David Lean and based on the stage hit by Noel Coward. Harrison plays Charles Condomine, a writer who's haunted by his first wife Elvira and harangued by his second Ruth. To get rid of Elvira's spirit, they call in medium Madame Arcati. At first, her intervention seems to bring Charles relief but he's soon beset by more spiritual problems than he can handle...
Director: David Lean
Starring: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Carey
(Subtitles, 1945, 15, 4 Star)


17:00
David Fincher on Benjamin Button (Entertainment)
Director David Fincher talks about the creative decisions and technical challenges that were part of the making of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, his latest collaboration with Brad Pitt.
(Repeat)


17:10
The Spy in Black (Film)
Michael Powell's classic espionage thriller stars Conrad Veidt as Captain Hardt, a First World War German submarine commander-turned-spy sent to the Orkneys, where he is foiled by a double agent Jill Blacklock.
Director: Michael Powell
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Sebastian Shaw, Valerie Hobson, Marius Goring, June Duprez, Athole Stewart
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1939, U, 4 Star)


18:50
Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (Film)
The determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while there's a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets wealthy American Will Darcy, and sparks immediately fly. But is it love or hate?
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 3 Star)




21:00
This is England (Film)
Shane Meadows' BAFTA-winning film is set in early 80s Grimsby, where 13-year-old Shaun has to endure bullying at school both for his dress sense and, more spitefully, the loss of his father in the Falklands War. Then he chances upon a gang of skinheads, led by the affable Woody who, although they all appear menacing, accept him into the group, offering him an identity. But then Combo reappears on the scene after a spell inside, bringing with him poisonous National Front politics, leaving Shaun with divided loyalties and hard decisions to make.
Director: Shane Meadows
Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Joseph Gilgun
(Editor's Choice, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, 15, 4 Star)


23:00
The Hide (Film)
Marek Losey's chilling two-hander stars Alex McQueen as Roy Tunt, a birdwatcher in a hide on the Suffolk mudflats awaiting a sighting of the rare sociable plover. Into the hide crashes Dave John, muddy, blood-stained, edgy. As the two men talk, they discover they have a lot in common and begin to form a friendship until a newsflash on Roy's radio giving news of a police manhunt sets them both on a path to tragedy.
Director: Marek Losey
Starring: Alex MacQueen, Phil Campbell
(Premiere, 2008, U)


00:45
Miranda (Film)
John Simm plays lonely librarian Frank who falls for Miranda the moment she steps through the library doors. But she is connected to the mysterious Christian, who has designs on Frank's establishment, while she's playing a dangerous long game with millionaire Nailor. Marc Munden's debut erotic thriller is a very British movie but with the overtones of Blue Velvet and Fatal Attraction neatly absorbed.
Director: Marc Munden
Starring: Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan, John Hurt, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Cavan Clerkin
(2002, 15, 2 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Tuesday 17th February



13:00
Trouble in The Glen (Film)
Herbert Wilcox's film stars Forrest Tucker as Jim Lansing, an ex-WWII American pilot who returns to Scotland after falling in love with it during his overseas posting. But he finds absentee landlord Sanin Cejador y Mengues has installed himself as Laird and his high-handed actions have angered the locals. Trying to broker a peace, Tucker finds himself caught up in a new conflict, softened only by the affectionate attentions of Cejador y Mengues's daughter, Marissa. The film followed on America's appetite for all things Celtic with the success of The Quiet Man two years earlier, made by the same studio, Republic.
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Forrest Tucker, Victor McLaglen, John McCallum, Eddie Byrne
(Subtitles, 1954, U, 2 Star)


14:45
Hanover Street (Film)
Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down and Christopher Plummer star in this tale of a love triangle set during WW2. Ford plays David Halloran, an American pilot based in Britain who, during an air raid, finds himself in the arms of nurse Margaret Sellinger. Although she's married, the pair start an affair. Then Halloran is given a mission; to fly secret agent Paul Sellinger, Margaret's husband, on a mission into the heart of Occupied France. Neither knows of the other's love for Margaret until, downed and on the run, Paul learns of the affair and must choose between his wife and his mission. Peter Hyams' romantic adventure switches between emotion and action, and features, in one of his last feature film roles, master comedian Max Wall. Edited for content.
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen, Richard Masur, Michael Sacks
(Subtitles, 1979, PG, 3 Star)


16:55
Contraband (Film)
During World War II, a Danish merchant captain and his girlfriend, a beautiful agent, snare a gang of spies with the help of a group of waiters. This was Deborah Kerr's first feature film, but all her scenes ended up on the cutting-room floor.
Director: Michael Powell
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie, Joss Ambler, Raymond Lovell, Esmond Knight
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1940, U, 4 Star)


18:45
The Land Girls (Film)
Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel play Stella, Ag and Pru, three very different girls in the Land Army, the volunteer force that replaced agricultural workers called up for service in the Second World War. Sent to a Dorset farm, they all fall for the farmer's son Joe Lawrence and the scene is set for romance, heartbreak and tragedy. David Leland's genuinely moving film evokes not just the spirit of the times but also the beautiful Dorset countryside in winter.
Director: David Leland
Starring: Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Steven Mackintosh, Tom Georgeson, Maureen O'Brien
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1998, 15, 2 Star)


21:00
And When Did You Last See Your Father? (Film)
Anand Tucker's moving film, based on Blake Morrison's biography, stars Colin Firth as Blake. Visiting his dying father Arthur, he remembers both the good and bad times growing up in the shadow of a man who was both a loved country GP and a rakish man who embarrassed both his son and his wife Kim.
Director: Anand Tucker
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Gina McKee, Sarah Lancashire, Elaine Cassidy
(Premiere, 2007, 12, 3 Star)




22:45
Nil By Mouth (Film)
Gary Oldman's directorial debut is a coruscating slice of south London life, based on aspects of his early life. Ray Winstone plays Ray, married to Valerie. Ray tries to be a good man but when alcohol fires the demons from his own savage upbringing, he lashes out, usually at Valerie, who, after one beating, miscarries. Her mother Janet knows the truth but only offers sympathy while Val's brother Billy is a drug addict alternately tolerated and reviled by Ray. But what could be a simplistic portrait of a dysfunctional family is leavened by flashes of humour, familial love and even respect making it all the more powerful and believable.
Director: Gary Oldman
Starring: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse, Edna Doré, Chrissie Cotterill
(Widescreen, 1997, 18, 4 Star)


01:15
The Long Day Closes (Film)
Award-winning director Terence Davies' autobiographical story of 11-year-old Bud growing up in 50s Liverpool. Surrounded by the love of his family and his discovery of cinema, his perfect contentment is eclipsed only by the struggle to adapt to life at a new school. With Majorie Yates, Anthony Watson and Nicholas Lamont.
Director: Terence Davies
Starring: Marjorie Yates, Leigh McCormack, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont, Ayse Owens, Tina Malone
(Subtitles, 1992, PG, 4 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Wednesday 18th February


13:00
The Moonraker (Film)
Based on a play by Arthur Watkins, this cavalier romantic thriller is essentially the Scarlet Pimpernel set across the Channel during the English Civil War. George Baker plays the eponymous hero, beating off the Roundhead foe as he single-handedly saves the country's aristocracy, smuggling them to safety in France. But when Charles II decides to take the trip, Cromwell's cronies are waiting in the wings. Marius Goring and John Le Mesurier beef up the supporting cast, while stunning Sylvia Syms provides the romantic interest in a dashing yarn of love, courage and betrayal.
Director: David MacDonald
Starring: George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Peter Arne, Marius Goring, Richard Leech, Clive Morton
(Subtitles, 1958, PG, 3 Star)


14:40
Brief Encounter (Film)
One of the timeless classics of British cinema, David Lean's Oscar-nominated, heart-breaking film stars Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard as Laura Jesson and Dr Alec Harvey, two married people whose chance encounter in a railway station's café sees them tempted to adultery before realising their marriages are more important than fleeting happiness.
Director: David Lean
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1945, PG, 5 Star)


16:20
One of Our Aircraft is Missing (Film)
Bailing out over Holland, the crew of a British bomber dodge Nazi patrols to make their way home with the help of the Dutch resistance. Superior propaganda piece with an Oscar-nominated script from maverick filmmakers Powell and Pressberger.
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Starring: Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Bernard Miles, Hugh Burden, Emrys Jones
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1942, U, 4 Star)


18:25
Oliver Twist (Film)
Roman Polanski's film of Charles Dickens' classic novel stars Barney Clark as Oliver, Ben Kingsley as Fagin, Jamie Forman as Bill Sykes and Leanne Rowe as Nancy. Oscar and BAFTA-winner Ronald Harwood's screenplay strips away some of the minor roles to allow the main characters to take centre stage, with a superb performance by Kingsley in one of film's most demanding roles.
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman, Leanne Rowe, Lewis Chase, Harry Eden
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2005, PG, 3 Star)


21:00
A Life Less Ordinary (Film)
The acclaimed team behind Shallow Grave and Trainspotting - led by director Danny Boyle - headed for America and delivered this hugely entertaining movie - in equal parts screwball comedy, road movie and romance. Ewan McGregor is a Scottish cleaner who gets sacked from his job and kidnaps his boss's daughter. But will the angels, played by Holly Hunter and Delroy Lindo, persuade the errant couple to fall in love?
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Dan Hedaya, Ian McNeice
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, 15, 3 Star)




23:00
Comrades (Film)
Bill Douglas' acclaimed film tells the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six farm workers prosecuted and transported for daring to form a trade union in the 19th century to fight for better conditions. Robin Soans plays George Loveless, the leader of the group, with Imelda Staunton as his wife Betsy. Keith Allen plays James Hammett, another of the martyrs, with Michael Horden as Mr Pitt and Vanessa Redgrave as Mrs Carlyle.
Director: Bill Douglas
Starring: Keith Allen, Dave Atkins, Stephen Bateman, Katy Behean, Mark Brown, Michael Clark
(1986, 18, 4 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Thursday 19th February


13:00
Blithe Spirit (Film)
Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings and Margaret Rutherford star in this sparkling comedy directed by David Lean and based on the stage hit by Noel Coward. Harrison plays Charles Condomine, a writer who's haunted by his first wife Elvira and harangued by his second Ruth. To get rid of Elvira's spirit, they call in medium Madame Arcati. At first, her intervention seems to bring Charles relief but he's soon beset by more spiritual problems than he can handle...
Director: David Lean
Starring: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Carey
(Subtitles, 1945, 15, 4 Star)


14:50
Doctor in Distress (Film)
Under the steady hand of Ralph Thomas, who directed the other Doctor... films, Dr Simon Sparrow returns to St Swithins an experienced doctor but still with a roving eye that settles on Delia Mallory. Once again, Sir Lancelot Spratt is also in residence - but this time as a patient - and one who's fallen for physiotherapist Iris. Will Sparrow's tips help him win her hand? The usual misunderstandings and jokes are all in place in this superior addition to the British comedy canon.
Director: Ralph L. Thomas
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Samantha Eggar, James Robertson-Justice, Mylène Demongeot, Donald Houston, Barbara Murray
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1963, PG, 3 Star)


16:50
The Battle of The River Plate (Film)
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's wartime drama is based on the true story of the hunt for and destruction of the German pocket battleship, Graf Spee, during World War II. Two light British cruisers, Exeter and Ajax, with New Zealand cruiser Achilles, surprise her in the South Atlantic and, despite being heavily outgunned, engage the enemy, inflicting enough damage to send the battleship into neutral Montevideo harbour. Given just hours to make the necessary repairs, the Graf Spee puts out to sea but, falsely believing a British task force rather than battered cruisers await him, captain Hans Langsdorff scuttles her in what was to become one of the war's decisive sea battles. With Anthony Quayle as Commodore Harwood, leader of the Allied attack, and John Gregson as captain Bell of Exeter.
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Ian Hunter, Jack Gwillim, Bernard Lee, Lionel Murton
(Subtitles, 1956, U, 3 Star)


19:10
The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain (Film)
English cartographers Reginald Anson and George Garrad arrive in a Welsh village to determine the status of the local vantage point, but declare it 16 feet too short to be a mountain. Holding an emergency meeting, two traditionally warring villagers - the minister Rev Robert Jones and publican Morgan the Goat - unite and devise a plan: the locals must add 20 feet to the hill/mountain, bucketload by bucketload, while the two Englishmen are otherwise detained, sending for Betty of Cardiff to act as the alluring distraction in Christopher Monger's charming comedy. Edited for language.
Director: Christopher Monger
Starring: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney, Ian McNeice, Ian Hart, Kenneth Griffith
(Subtitles, 1995, PG, 3 Star)


21:00
Venus (Film)
Roger Michell's romantic drama stars Oscar-nominated Peter O'Toole as Maurice, a respected but ageing actor who spends his time between jobs meeting up with his friends Ian and Donald for tea and gossip in the local café. But his life changes when Ian's family land him with his grand niece Jessie, ostensibly as Ian's carer but in fact to distance her from a family crisis of her making. Maurice falls for her and takes her under his wing but what begins as a mismatched, disturbing relationship ends up a touchingly warm friendship between two people who, decades apart in age, recognise they are kindred spirits.
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Beatrice Savoretti, Philip Fox, Lolita Chakrabarti, Carolina Giammetta
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 15, 4 Star)




22:55
The Acid House (Film)
Directed by Paul McGuigan, this three-story film is based on three of Irvine Welsh's short stories. In The Granton Star Cause Boab, one of life's losers, meets God in a pub. But this God is a vengeful god... In A Soft Touch, Johnny finds himself wedded to a very pregnant Catriona even though half the town's male population could be the father. After she gives birth, she goes back to her old ways but is it a case of once a soft touch, always a soft touch? In The Acid House, Hibs casual Coco Bryce drops a bad tab and his spirit ends up in a newborn baby who's suddenly swearing and boozing while Coco becomes the child, drooling and incoherent.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Garry Sweeney, Jenny McCrindle, Simon Weir, Iain Andrew
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, 18, 3 Star)


01:05
Brassed Off (Film)
This award-winning FilmFour production marked the directorial debut of writer/director Mark Herman. Brassed Off is the passionate, moving story of a small mining community struggling to survive when its chief industry is closed down to devastating effect, leaving the colliery brass band as its only point of pride.
Director: Mark Herman
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter, Philip Jackson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1996, 15, 4 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Friday 20th February


13:00
Kipps (Film)
Carol Reed's film version of H.G. Wells' warm comedy novel, starring Michael Redgrave as Arthur Kipps, a draper's assistant who inherits money in 1906 and attempts to become a member of society in a small seaside town.
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Philip Frost, Michael Redgrave, Diana Wynyard, Diana Calderwood, Phyllis Calvert, Arthur Riscoe
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1941, U, 3 Star)


15:10
Porridge (Film)
Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale and Fulton Mackay star in this superior spin-off feature from the much-loved TV sitcom. Cell-mates Fletch and Godber find themselves on the wrong side of the bars when they're inadvertently bundled out of Slade Prison during someone else's escape. Somehow they've got to break back in before warder Mackay notices their absence.
Director: Dick Clement
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde, Peter Vaughan, Julian Holloway
(Subtitles, Audio Described, Repeat, 1979, PG, 3 Star)


17:00
Thunderbird 6 (Film)
After the success of both the TV series and the first feature film Thunderbirds Are GO, International Rescue's next effort, directed by David Lane, received a bigger budget. Dastardly baddies take over a revolutionary airship with Lady Penelope on board and manage to fake a distress call from her that sees IR set up for an ambush. The plot is thwarted but the airship ends up impaled on a tower over a missile site. It's too dangerous for Thunderbirds 1 and 2 to help but Brains comes up with a low-tech idea to save the day: Thunderbird 6.
Director: David Lane
Starring: Keith Alexander, Sylvia Anderson, John Carsone, Peter Dyneley, Gary Files, Christine Finn
(Subtitles, 1968, U, 3 Star)


18:45
The Pink Panther (Film)
Peter Sellers stars as the bumbling French detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau, out to prevent suave thief David Niven from stealing the 'Pink Panther' diamond, and sparking off a string of no less than eight Panther sequels.
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Brenda de Banzie, Colin Gordon
(1964, PG, 4 Star)


21:00
Brick Lane (Film)
Sarah Gavron's film, based on Monica Ali's novel, stars Tannishtha Chatterjee as Nazneen, married at 17 to Chanu - who is 20 years her senior - and living in a council flat in London's East End. Reconciled to her lot but still dreaming of her family back home in Bangladesh, her life changes when, to earn more money, she starts doing clothing piecework at home. The clothing is delivered by Karim, who is her age, handsome and charming, and the two begin an affair. But all three lives are changed by the events of 9/11, with one of the men becoming radicalised, and the other a proponent for understanding, while Nazneen is caught in the middle, needing to accept adult responsibilities.
Director: Sarah Gavron
Starring: Tanishta Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Naeema Begum, Lana Rahman, Lalita Ahmed
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, 15, 3 Star)




23:00
The Hide (Film)
Marek Losey's chilling two-hander stars Alex McQueen as Roy Tunt, a birdwatcher in a hide on the Suffolk mudflats awaiting a sighting of the rare sociable plover. Into the hide crashes Dave John, muddy, blood-stained, edgy. As the two men talk, they discover they have a lot in common and begin to form a friendship until a newsflash on Roy's radio giving news of a police manhunt sets them both on a path to tragedy.
Director: Marek Losey
Starring: Alex MacQueen, Phil Campbell
(2008, U)


00:45
Creep (Film)
The creepy chronicle of party loving Kate, who falls asleep on a London Underground station - and wakes up to find her worst nightmare has come true. Soon she's fleeing through miles of subterranean tunnels, chased by a terrifying part-human creature.
Director: Christopher Smith
Starring: Franka Potente, Vas Blackwood, Ken Hudson Campbell, Jeremy Sheffield, Paul Rattray, Kelly Scott
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 18, 3 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Saturday 21st February


13:00
Thunderbird 6 (Film)
After the success of both the TV series and the first feature film Thunderbirds Are GO, International Rescue's next effort, directed by David Lane, received a bigger budget. Dastardly baddies take over a revolutionary airship with Lady Penelope on board and manage to fake a distress call from her that sees IR set up for an ambush. The plot is thwarted but the airship ends up impaled on a tower over a missile site. It's too dangerous for Thunderbirds 1 and 2 to help but Brains comes up with a low-tech idea to save the day: Thunderbird 6.
Director: David Lane
Starring: Keith Alexander, Sylvia Anderson, John Carsone, Peter Dyneley, Gary Files, Christine Finn
(Subtitles, 1968, U, 3 Star)


14:55
The Pink Panther (Film)
Peter Sellers stars as the bumbling French detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau, out to prevent suave thief David Niven from stealing the 'Pink Panther' diamond, and sparking off a string of no less than eight Panther sequels.
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Brenda de Banzie, Colin Gordon
(1964, PG, 4 Star)


17:15
Ladies In Lavender (Film)
In 1930s Cornwall, a shipwrecked Polish youth with a musical gift befriends two spinsters.
Director: Charles Dance
Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Natascha McElhone, Daniel Brühl, Miriam Margolyes, David Warner
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 12, 4 Star)


19:15
Stormbreaker (Film)
Alex Pettyfer stars as Alex Rider, a 14-year-old schoolboy seconded to British intelligence after his uncle and guardian Ian Rider is murdered by Darrius Sayle. Trained by Alan Blunt and Smithers, he takes on Sayle not just for revenge but to stop him unleashing the deadly Stormbreaker virus on the world. Geoffrey Sax's family action film is based on Anthony Horowitz's successful teenage spy novels.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Alicia Silverstone, Mickey Rourke, Damian Lewis
(Widescreen, 2006, PG, 3 Star)


21:00
This is England (Film)
Shane Meadows' BAFTA-winning film is set in early 80s Grimsby, where 13-year-old Shaun has to endure bullying at school both for his dress sense and, more spitefully, the loss of his father in the Falklands War. Then he chances upon a gang of skinheads, led by the affable Woody who, although they all appear menacing, accept him into the group, offering him an identity. But then Combo reappears on the scene after a spell inside, bringing with him poisonous National Front politics, leaving Shaun with divided loyalties and hard decisions to make.
Director: Shane Meadows
Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Joseph Gilgun
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, 15, 4 Star)




23:00
Wilderness (Film)
Michael J Bassett's horror is set on a deserted island used for outward bound courses for the most violent of Britains's young offenders. The latest batch, including Callum, find that there's a group of women offenders on the island as well, including Louise. But before any fraternisation can take place, the adult supervisors, including Jed, are killed off by a mysterious assailant and his pack of vicious hunting dogs. Then the youngsters start meeting grisly deaths...
Director: Michael J. Bassett
Starring: Richie Campell, Lenora Crichlow, Adam Deacon, Stephen Don
(Premiere, Widescreen, 2006, 15, 3 Star)


00:50
Hallam Foe (Film)
David Mackenzie's quirky romantic drama stars Jamie Bell as the eponymous Hallam Foe. After the suicide of his mother and the hasty marriage of his father Julius to Verity, he escapes to Edinburgh where, taking a job as a kitchen porter, he becomes obsessed with Kate Breck, the hotel personnel manager who is a dead ringer for his mother. He starts spying on her during his nightly forays across Edinburgh's rooftops, not only discovering her affair with a married man but also, when he reaches his 18th birthday, finding himself on an emotional roller coaster that leads to a form of reconciliation with his family.
Director: David Mackenzie
Starring: Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Ciarán Hinds, Jamie Sives, Maurice Roëves, Ewen Bremner
(2007, 18, 4 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Sunday 22nd February


13:00
The First Wives Club (Film)
Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton star as Brenda Cushman, Elise Elliot and Annie Paradis, three women united at the funeral of a college friend. And they discover they have another thing in common: they've all been dumped by their husbands, Morty, Bill and Aaron, for a younger model. Vowing revenge, they decide to hit them where it hurts most: the pocket. Using the various skills of socialite Gunilla Garson Goldberg, Annie's lesbian daughter Chris and Mob boss Carmine Morelli, they begin to pick them off one by one in Hugh Wilson's sharp comedy. Edited for language.
Director: Hugh Wilson
Starring: Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith, Dan Hedaya, Sarah Jessica Parker
(Widescreen, 1996, PG, 3 Star)


15:05
The Grass is Greener (Film)
Stanley Donen's film is a romantic comedy that plays on America's view of the British aristocracy. Cary Grant plays Earl Vincent Rhyall, Deborah Kerr his wife Lady Hilary. In order to maintain their crumbling stately home, they reluctantly open it to coach parties of American tourists, one of whom, Charles Delacro, falls for the lady of the manor who, feeling neglected, begins to return his advances. In order to win her back, the Earl has to call on the services of his old flame, Hattie Durant and his very laconic, very English butler Sellers.
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Moray Watson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1960, U, 2 Star)


17:20
Belles on Their Toes (Film)
Following the death of her husband, industrial engineer Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth decides to carry on their engineering business and fulfil all of their contracts. Her fondest hope is to be able to send all of her children through college, a difficult task considering she has 12 offspring. Despite the bias against women in the engineering field, she is able to continue when her friend, Sam Harper, begins sending fledging engineers to her for training. Henry Levin's comedy reunites the majority of the team who made the original Cheaper by the Dozen.
Director: Henry Levin
Starring: Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Edward Arnold, Hoagy Carmichael
(Subtitles, 1952, U, 3 Star)


19:10
Cheaper By The Dozen 2 (Film)
Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as Tom and Kate Baker, parents to 12 kids, in Adam Shankman's sequel to the comedy hit. The kids are now older, and getting ready to leave home, so Tom arranges a final family holiday in rural Wisconsin. Unfortunately, also at the campsite are his rival Jimmy Murtaugh, his trophy wife Sarina and their eight offspring. But despite the two men trying to outdo each other, the two sets of kids become friends, with Sarah Baker and Eliot Murtaugh touching as the two teenagers experiencing first love.
Director: Adam Shankman
Starring: Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo, Carmen Electra
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, PG, 3 Star)


21:00
Kiss The Girls (Film)
Disturbing thriller about the hunt for a killer - known only as Casanova - who has kidnapped a number of women and murdered two of them. When a detective's niece goes missing, he is drawn into a complex and highly personal investigation. The local police are unappreciative of his efforts, but his niece manages to escape with valuable information about the killer.
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, 18, 3 Star)




23:15
Get Over It (Film)
Loosely based on A Midsummer Night's Dream, Get Over It centres on Berke Landers, a high school student down on his luck. After losing his girlfriend, he resolves to get her back by any means possible. Quitting his beloved basketball team and auditioning for the school play to be closer to his ex, Berke soon finds out that the path to true love doesn't run smoothly. As soon as he stops moping over his break-up, he begins to fall in love with his best friend's sister, and finds that romance is everywhere.
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqó, Shane West, Colin Hanks
(Subtitles, 2001, 12, 3 Star)


00:55
The Motorcycle Diaries (Film)
Walter Salles' award-winning film revived a legend and launched the actor playing him into stardom. In 1950s Argentina, Ernesto Che Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado buy a clapped-out motorbike with the intention of touring South America and hitting Venezuela in time for Alberto's 30th birthday. At first, the journey is pure escapism: in one town, their pose as eminent scientists ends with them having to flee a lynch mob. But as they travel through Chile and Peru, the poverty and inequalities they encounter begin to stir radical thoughts. Ravishingly shot and with two charismatic leads, the film rightly triumphed at the Oscars, Cannes and the Baftas. In colour and black and white.
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mercedes Morán, Jean-Pierre Noher, Lucas Oro, Marina Glezer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Spanish with English Subtitles, 2004, 15, 4 Star)

 

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Film4 Listings for Monday 23rd February


13:00
City That Never Sleeps (Film)
Career cop Johnny Kelly tries to escape the mean streets of Chicago with his stripper girlfriend 'Angel Face', but the city, and corrupt lawyer Biddel, have other plans.
Director: John H. Auer
Starring: Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold, Chill Wills, Marie Windsor
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1953, U, 3 Star)


14:45
The Destructors (Film)
An agent in the pay of an Oriental power vying for world supremacy plans to steal a super laser gun that can destroy any target it is aimed at. The Americans try to foil the plan by placing their own spy in the action to beat the master criminal to the weapon.
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Starring: Richard Egan, Patricia Owens, John Ericson, Michael Ansara, Joan Blackman, David Brian
(Widescreen, 1967, PG, 2 Star)


16:40
Moonraker (Film)
Based on a play by Arthur Watkins, this cavalier romantic thriller is essentially the Scarlet Pimpernel set across the Channel during the English Civil War. George Baker plays the eponymous hero, beating off the Roundhead foe as he single-handedly saves the country's aristocracy, smuggling them to safety in France. But when Charles II decides to take the trip, Cromwell's cronies are waiting in the wings. Marius Goring and John Le Mesurier beef up the supporting cast, while stunning Sylvia Syms provides the romantic interest in a dashing yarn of love, courage and betrayal.
Director: David MacDonald
Starring: George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Peter Arne, Clive Morton, Gary Raymond
(Subtitles, 1958, U, 3 Star)


18:25
I Am Sam (Film)
Oscar-nominated Sean Penn plays Sam Dawson, a cleaner with the mental age of seven. He gets a homeless woman pregnant but she abandons their daughter Lucy. He brings her up but as she grows, her needs outstrip his abilities and Social Services try to separate them. To win her back, Penn manages to persuade hard-nosed lawyer Rita Harrison to take on his case in Jessie Nelson's touching drama. Edited for language.
Director: Jessie Nelson
Starring: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 12, 4 Star)


21:00
Along Came A Spider (Film)
World-weary criminal profiler Alex Cross is challenged to a nasty game when a senator's daughter is kidnapped whilst under Secret Service protection. Cross is still bruised from his last assignment and the loss of his partner, but he needs his wits about him ... as this new case is not as it seems.
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem, Anton Yelchin
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 15, 3 Star)




23:05
Indecent Proposal (Film)
Happily married couple Diana and David Murphy find themselves at risk of financial destitution when the recession hits them. Deciding to take a huge risk, they head for Las Vegas hoping to win on the tables. The gamble proves disastrous, but enigmatic millionaire John Gage offers the couple a chance to save themselves from financial ruin. His proposal: that Diana spends a night with him for a cool one million dollars. It's an offer that forces the couple to question their own moral standards and confront the truth about their relationship. Director Adrian Lyne prompted audiences to ask questions of themselves: what comes first, love or money?
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel, Oliver Platt, Billy Bob Thornton
(1993, 15, 2 Star)


01:20
The Entity (Film)
Sidney J Furie's horror/thriller, allegedly based on a true story, stars Barbara Hershey as Carla Moran, a divorced mother who becomes the victim of a violent poltergeist which she claims assaulted and even raped her. Dismissed as a repressive hysteric by psychologists, when two parapsychology investigators succeed in photographing her attacker, the next, dangerous step is to isolate and trap it.
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe, Margaret Blye, Jacqueline Brookes
(Widescreen, 1981, 18, 3 Star)

 

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24-02-2009​

13:00
THE GUINEA PIG
(1948) Richard Attenborough stars in Roy Boulting's drama as a working class schoolboy who is sent to a public school as an educational experiment. With Robert Flemyng and Sheila Sim.

14:55
SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON
(1964) Bryan Forbes' thriller stars Kim Stanley as a fake medium who, with her husband Richard Attenborough, kidnaps a child to both prove that her powers are genuine and extort the ransom.

17:10
PORRIDGE
(1979) Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale and Fulton Mackay star in this spin-off from the TV sitcom as Fletcher and Godber accidentally escape from Slade Prison.

19:00
LADIES IN LAVENDER
(2004) Charles Dance wrote and directed this moving romantic drama starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith as sisters whose quiet life in Cornwall is interrupted by the arrival of a musician.

21:00
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
(2002) Ben Affleck stars as CIA agent Jack Ryan, on the trail of neo-Nazis who have a nuclear warhead they plan to use to tip America and Russia into war.

23:20
THE PLAYER
(1992) In Robert Altman's classic film, Tim Robbins plays an ambitious studio exec who accidentally murders a writer in this ruthlessly funny satire on Hollywood. Strong language.

01:45
YES
(2004) Joan Allen stars in Sally Potter's drama as the bored wife of a British politician who begins a dangerous, torrid affair with a Lebanese exile. Strong language.

 

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25-02-2009​

13:00
WORLD FOR RANSOM
(1954) Robert Aldrich directs this spy-thriller starring Dan Duryea as a private eye on the trail of a kidnapped nuclear scientist who'll be sold to the highest enemy bidder.

14:40
AMERICAN GUERILLA IN THE...
...Philippines (1950) Fritz Lang's film stars Tyrone Power as the leader of a group of US servicemen left stranded in the Philippines who leads the resistance to the Japanese invaders.

16:50
THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE
(1956) Peter Finch and Anthony Quayle star in Powell and Pressburger's WWII drama based on the true story of the hunt for the German pocket battleship, Graf Spee.

19:10
DANCING AT LUGHNASA
(1997) Meryl Streep stars in this tale of five sisters in rural 1930s Ireland whose lives are disrupted by their brother's return from Africa.

21:00
TRANSAMERICA
(2005) Felicity Huffman stars as a male-to-female transsexual who's about to have the final operation when she discovers she must meet her delinquent son (Kevin Segers). Strong language.

23:00
WILDERNESS
(2006) British Connections. A group of young offenders, on an outward bound course on a supposedly deserted island, become the target of a killer out for revenge for his son's death.

00:50
INDECENT PROPOSAL
(1993) Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson question their own morals and confront the strength of their relationship when Robert Redford offers to save them from financial ruin. Strong language.

 

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26-02-2009​

13:00
THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS
(1953) Career cop Johnny Kelly (Gig Young) tries to escape the mean streets of Chicago with his stripper girlfriend 'Angel Face' (Mala Powers).

14:45
KIPPS
(1941) Carol Reed's drama, based on H G Wells' novel, stars Michael Redgrave as a draper's assistant who inherits money and attempts to become a member of society in a small seaside town.

16:55
BELLES ON THEIR TOES
(1952) Following the death of her husband, an industrial engineer, Lillian Gilbreth (Myrna Loy) decides to carry on with their engineering business in the face of male opposition.

18:40
BATMAN AND ROBIN
(1997) George Clooney is the caped crusader with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Chris O'Donnell and Alicia Silverstone in Joel Schumacher's all-action movie.

21:00
THE MAGDALENE SISTERS
(2002) Geraldine McEwan and Nora-Jane Noone star in Peter Mullan's moving, sometimes distressing story of the brutal Irish institutions run to house 'unruly' girls. Strong language.

23:15
MOVIE RUSH
A look at the latest film releases.

23:20
BULLY
(2001) Brad Renfro and Bijou Phillips are two of a gang of teenagers who conspire to murder bully Nick Stahl in Larry Clark's film. Adults only: strong language/sexual scenes/violence.

01:30
GET OVER IT
(2001) Ben Foster is the high school student down on his luck who decides to try to win his ex-girlfriend back by any means possible. With Kirsten Dunst and Carmen Electra. Strong language.

 

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27-02-2009​

13:00
MONKEY BUSINESS
(1952) Cary Grant stars in this comedy as a scientist who drinks the elixir of youth and starts acting the fool, as does his strait-laced wife (Ginger Rogers) once she too imbibes.

15:00
I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE
(1949) Comedy with Cary Grant as a French army officer who marries American WAC Ann Sheridan in post-war Germany but finds he must become a war bride to accompany her to the States.

17:05
ABOVE US THE WAVES
(1955) In a fact-based story, John Mills leads a group of mini-submarines on a daring World War II raid to sink the German battleship Tirpitz, holed up in an impregnable Norwegian fjord.

19:00
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB
(1996) Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton play three wives, ditched by their husbands for newer models, who vow revenge by hitting the men in their pockets.

21:00
KISS THE GIRLS
(1997) Forensic psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) is trying to catch a killer of young girls, helped by Dr Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd), who has escaped the killer's dungeon.

23:15
THE FILTH AND THE FURY
(1998) Julien Temple's suitably irreverent documentary provides the last word on the punk rock phenomenon that was The Sex Pistols.

01:25
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
(1970) Russ Meyer's camp classic charts the lurid exploits of an all-girl band who enjoy the excesses of Hollywood to the full. Sexual scenes/violence.