Denzel Washington, Julie Andrews and a new epic from Chinese cinema
Denzel Washington
Oscar winning actor and star of Malcolm X, Philadelphia and Training Day听Denzel Washington tells Francine Stock about the mix of heroism and bloody revenge in his new film Man on Fire.
Hero
Film lecturer Sharon Lin Tay discusses the work of Zhang Yimou, the Chinese director of Raise the Red Lantern听and The Film Programme hears from the director himself about his new films Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
Julie Andrews on Biopics
听 The life of composer Cole Porter is brought to the screen in听the new musical听De-Lovely. Lawyer Dan Trench explains the rules听of fictionalising real people and Julie Andrews reveals her reaction to seeing her own husband Blake Edwards portrayed on screen in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
Whisky Galore
Film critic听Hannah McGill reassesses Alexander Mackendrick's Ealing comedy Whisky Galore.听
Ealing Studios DVD Collection听has just been released听and includes the听films Whisky Galore, The Maggie, Champagne Charlie and It Always听Rains on a Sunday.
