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The Movie Café: 24/05/2012

24/05/2012

BBC Radio Scotland - The Movie Café, 24/05/2012

Siobhan Synnott and Alistair Harkness discuss Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom.

Film critics Siobhan Synnott and Alistair Harkness review Wes Anderson's new film Moonrise Kingdom, which is set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965.

Moonrise Kingdom - Film critics, Siobhan Synnott and Alistair Harkness review Wes Andersons's new film; set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. Bruce Willis plays the local sheriff, Edward Norton is a Khaki Scout troop leader and Bill Murray and Frances McDormand portray the young girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop.(and the cast also includes Tilda Swinton and Jason Schwartzman.)


Cannes 2012 - Live on the line from Cannes, our reporter Gail Tolley offers an insight into this year's highlights.

DVD Pick of The Week: Rejected by the BBFC on its original release for being "against nature," Island of Lost Souls is a true classic of horror cinema from the early 1930s -which deserves a place alongside Dracula, Frankenstein, Freaks, The Invisible Man, Vampyr, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Kim Newman supplied a new essay for the Blu ray and will explain the historical significance of this ground-breaking film.

Free Men: Film critics, Siobhan Synnott and Alistair Harkness discuss this critically acclaimed wartime espionage drama focused on little-noted intersections between Arabic emigres and the French Resistance.

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