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The Movie Café: 26/04/2012

26/04/2012

BBC Radio Scotland - The Movie Café, 26/04/2012

Janice Forsyth on all things film, including Albert Nobbs and Damsels in Distress.

Janice Forsyth reviews Glenn Close's latest project Albert Nobbs, a genderbending period piece about life in 19th century Dublin, plus Damsels in Distress and Sundance London.

Sundance the largest independent film festival in the US comes to London this month. Film critic Wendy Lloyd gives an insight into the importance to this to the UK film industry and explains why music plays such a big part in this event.

Interview with French film Director and Screenwriter genius Dominik Moll (Harry, Lemming) in which he talks about his latest and highly acclaimed work The Monk.

John Cassavetes has been called a legend, a visionary, and the father of independent film. We present two of his best works, Faces and Shadows as our DVD pick of the week.

Critics Eddie Harrison and Wendy Lloyd join Janice to discuss film Director Whit Stillman's first film in 15 years, a comedy about a trio of beautiful girls as they set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university.

Mark Cousins discusses an event his 8 1/2 Foundation posse are staging - making a little 8 1/2 min film on 27th April, with 100 kids, at the Macrobert Centre in Stirling. The film will be called Dear Georges Melies, Thank you for Making the Movies Magical. It's inspired by Scorsese's Hugo, of course. We will recreate some of Melies magic tricks, like one child playing 7 musical instruments at once, and 100 children climbing into a small box.

Award-winning actress Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making. Actress Bronagh Gallagher spoke to the Movie Café about her role in the movie and film critics Eddie Harrison and Wendy Lloyd joins Janice live in the studio to discuss its merits.

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