this afternoon (sunday 10th), 1.24-1.30pm, on bbc radio 4
the world this weekend (presented by edward stourton) concludes with …
“Zone of interest is a British film shot almost entirely within the walls of the home of the camp commandant at Auschwitz.
The power of the film lies in the contrast because the cosy flower-filled family life enjoyed by the Hosses, and the horror of the death camp next door.”
including interview with …
• sound engineer johnnie burn
(more…)this evening (wednesday 6th), 9.51-9.55pm, on bbc world service radio (repeated 10.40pm on the world tonight on bbc radio 4)
newshour (presented by james menendez) includes
“In a few days time, the Holocuast drama The Zone of Interest may make history by becoming the first UK film ever to win best international feature at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.””
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter tom brook
• director jonathan glazer
(more…)this evening (saturday 10th), 11.55pm-2.00am, on bbc 1 tv (repeated from december 2011, january 2013, november 2013, september 2014, september 2015, june 2016, february 2017, march 2018, january 2019, december 2019, and january 2023, on bbc 2 tv and bbc 4 tv)
defiance (2008), starring daniel craig
“The four Jewish Bielski brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavour to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.”
(if you missed it, available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013j3cr)
this morning (saturday 3rd), 8.56-9.00am, on bbc radio 4
today (presented by amol rajan and justin webb) concludes with …
“The film The Zone of Interest arrives in UK cinemas this weekend, directed by Jonathan Glazer, based on the novel by Martin Amis. The film’s received five Oscar nominations.”
including interview with …
• sound designer johnnie burn
(more…)this afternoon (saturday 27th), 12.30-3.15pm, on bbc 2 (repeate repeated thursday 1st on bbc 4 tv, and repeated from saturday 25th january 2020 saturday 26th january 2019 and saturday 27th january 2018)
the diary of anne frank (1959), starring millie perkins, joseph schildkraut, and shelley winters (writtenby albert hackett and frances goodrich)
“Oscar-winning adaptation of the famous true story.”
(if you missed it, available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03ttcq8/the-diary-of-anne-frank)
this evening (thursday 25th), 10.50pm-1.40am, on bbc 2 tv (repeated from september 2023)
judgment at nuremberg (1961) (directed by stanley kramer, with spencer tracy, burt lancaster, richard widmark, maximillian schell, werner klemperer, marlene dietrich, judy garland, william shatner, and montgomery clift)
“Two years after the end of the second world war, Chief Judge Dan Haywood arrives in Nuremberg to head the tribunal hearing against four eminent German judges accused of crimes against humanity.
Stanley Kramer’s acclaimed fictional masterpiece tackles some of the most sensitive questions about the Nazi holocaust and how far individual responsibility lay for the horrors enacted by the regime.”
(more…)yesterday evening (monday 15th), 7.17-7.33pm, on bbc radio 4
front row (presented by tom sutcliffe) leads with …
“British director Jonathan Glazer tells Tom Sutcliffe about The Zone of Interest, his award-winning new film about Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Höss, and his family’s involvement in the Holocaust.”
including interview with …
• director jonathan glazer
(more…)this afternoon (thursday 7th), 2.51-2.55pm (repeated 9.55pm, and repeated 8.48am saturday on today on bbc radio 4), on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by james menendez) includes …
“Occupied City, Steve McQueen’s documentary on the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam during the Second World War, during which three-quarters of the Jewish population were slaughtered.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter tom brook
• narrator melanie hyams
• director steve mcqueen
• bianca stigter, author, atlas of an occupied city, amsterdam 1940-1945
(more…)this evening (thursday 31st), 9.20-9.29pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by tim franks) includes …
“The makers of Tatami, which premieres at the Venice Film Festival this weekend, reckon they’ve got a claim to be called unique, because it’s a co-production between an Iranian and an Israeli.
It’s a film about a female judo fighter from Iran who has a shot at winning gold at the World Championships, but the Iranian authorities order her not to compete against her next opponent, who’s from Israel.”
including interview with …
• director guy nattiv
• director zar amir ebrahimi
(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-israeli-iranian-film-to-premiere-at-venice-festival/ and https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-movie-filmed-covertly-by-israeli-iranian-filmmakers-makes-venice-debut/)
(more…)tonight (monday 7th), 11.15pm-12.55am (repeated from march 2023, june and february 2022, and january 2021), on bbc 2 tv
entebbe (film, 2018)
“In 1976, members of the Baader Meinhoff terrorist organisation join forces with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to hijack an Air France plane from Athens to Paris.
Diverting the plane to Entebbe in Uganda, they hope to hold their passengers hostage in exchange for prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Israel is committed to a policy of non-negotiation with terrorists, but behind the scenes they plan a daring raid.”
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