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The Movie Café: 10/11/2011

10/11/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - The Movie Café, 10/11/2011

Bruce Robinson, director of new Johnny Depp film The Rum Diary, joins Janice for a chat.

Bruce Robinson, director of new Johnny Depp film The Rum Diary, joins Janice for a chat, plus she discovers the highlights of the 2011 French Film Festival.

The 19th French Film Festival UK, held in Edinburgh is a celebration of Francophone cinema from France, Quebec, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Janice chats to Festival Director Richard Mowe and finds out what we can expect from this year's event.


Do you remember watching your first grown up film? Did you watch a 15 certificate a little before you hit the ripe old age? Did it thrill you, scare you or inspire you? Rob Crossan looks back at his own memories and we ask the listeners to tweet us with their best stories about their first grown up movies.


Janice 'ear-to-the-ground' Forsyth gives us a round up of the latest news and gossip from the film world.


Bruce Robinson director of the new Johnny Depp film, Rum Diary joins Janice for a chat about his latest project, a movie about an American journalist Paul Kemp who takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.


Our DVD Pick of the Week - BRIDESMAIDS is the story of a maid of honour's life unraveling as she leads her best friend and a group of colourful bridesmaids on a wild ride down the road to matrimony. PLUS we listen again to the brilliant interview with BRIDESMAIDS director Paul Feig.


Film critic Brian Pendriegh's debut novel 'The Man in the Seventh Row' is subtitled 'The Film Lovers Novel'. It's been a long time coming as he reveals to Janice that writing this book is something he's been thinking about doing since he was a youngster at school.

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