22 May 2010

Everything in film

1. 7.00am Comedy

   Laughter in the age of ridicule

   Ian Jack: Satire's limits will always be expanding to tackle new subjects – no matter how wicked or tragic

2. 12.23am Cannes film festival
   

   Cannes festival diary: Smart mutts and bare torsos

   A British film bound for Italy, but not Britain, a pooch with talent and, quelle surprise, an exhibitionist French actor
3. 12.08am Film
   

   Forget The Losers, just buy some popcorn and wait for something you really want to see

   … and anyway, asks John Patterson, where's that 'biker gang invades Cambodia' plot I wanted?

4. 12.06am DVD and video reviews
   

   DVD & Blu-ray out this week

   City Of The Living Dead | Precious | Wizards | Up In The Air | 1234 | Chop Shop | Did You Hear About The Morgans?

5. 12.06am Film
   

   Film festival picks of the week

   Animate The World | Birdemic/The Room | Take Over Tyneside | Rainbow Film Festival

6. 12.06am Film
   

   Films out this week

   Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time | Bad Lieutenant | Heartless | StreetDance 3D | Cop Out | Pimp | Kites | Paradise

7. 12.03am Film
   

   Casey Affleck: Killer instincts

   His older brother is a romcom heart-throb. But Casey Affleck would rather play the violent psychopath in Michael Winterbottom's new film. Interview by Emma Brockes

8. 12.01am Family finances
   

   Entertainment: Ticket sales boom in the face of recession

   Film, theatre and festivals have seen record receipts during the UK recession

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