FilmFour

[cyfraw]

Thursday 6th March View listings for the following day
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Thursday 6th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


Ikiru (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Akira Kurosawa took a break from his samurai jidaigeki films to craft this moving piece of contemporary drama. Takashi Shimura stars as Kanji Watanabe, a middle-aged, widowed bureaucrat who discovers that he has terminal cancer. Lacking emotional support from his children, Watanabe at first struggles to cope with the news, but he quickly realises that it's no use trying to drown his sorrows in Tokyo's nightlife. Instead he takes inspiration from one of his colleagues, Toyo Odagiri, a younger woman who is initially suspicious of his sudden attention. But, accepting his friendship is platonic, she reveals to him why she's so happy and positive, and in so doing gives Watanabe the sense of purpose he needs to make the most of his final months of life. Film4 premiere.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki, Miki Odagiri, Bokuzen Hidari
(Black and White, Premiere, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 1952, PG, 4 Star)

13:50


The Moonraker (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
This romantic thriller is essentially the Scarlet Pimpernel relocated in place and time across the Channel to the English Civil War. George Baker plays the eponymous Cavalier hero, fighting off the Roundhead foe as he single-handedly saves the country's aristocracy, smuggling them to safety in France. But when Charles II decides to take the trip, Cromwell's cronies are waiting in the wings. Marius Goring and John Le Mesurier beef up the supporting cast, while Sylvia Syms provides the romantic interest in a dashing yarn of love, courage and betrayal.
Director: David MacDonald
Starring: George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Peter Arne, Marius Goring, Richard Leech, Clive Morton
(Subtitles, 1958, PG, 3 Star)

15:30


The Bravados (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Henry King's brooding western stars Gregory Peck as a stranger who arrives in a small town to witness the execution of the four bank robbers he believes raped and murdered his wife. When the criminals break out of prison, taking Emma Steimmetz hostage, he tracks them down, determined to kill them one by one. But then he discovers a truth that makes him reconsider both his purpose and his beliefs.
Director: Henry King
Starring: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Kathleen Gallant
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1958, PG, 3 Star)

17:25


The Ladykillers (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Alexander Mackendrick's classic Ealing comedy stars Alec Guinness as the sinister, eccentric leader of a gang of crooks whose perfect crime meets its nemesis at the unwitting hands of Guinness's elderly landlady, played by Bafta-award-winner Katie Johnson.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner
(Subtitles, 1955, U, 4 Star)

19:15


Fantastic Mr. Fox (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
A witty stop-motion animated version of the Roald Dahl children's classic from offbeat comedy writer-director Wes Anderson. Now that Mr Fox has become the proud father of a cub, he declares to his wife that he will finally grow up and stop his chicken-pilfering ways. But when some wicked farmers move in to Mr Fox's neck of the woods, it starts to look as though temptation will prove too hard to resist for our hero... Also featuring the voices of Bill Murray, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson and Jarvis Cocker. This screening is introduced by the director and is scheduled to tie-in with the release of Anderson's new film Grand Budapest Hotel on Friday 7 March. Film4 viewers can also catch Anderson's Rushmore on Friday night.
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wallace Wolodarsky, Eric Chase Anderson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2009, PG, 4 Star)



21:00


Die Hard 4.0 (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Bruce Willis returns once again as John McClane, the wisecracking, old-school New York cop whose impressive CV includes rescuing hostages captured in a swanky LA plaza and saving passengers on a hijacked plane circling Washington. In this violent thriller, he's up against a group of terrorists threatening to hack into the US computer infrastructure. When they crash the stock market, sending the economy into meltdown and causing panic on Wall Street, McClane turns to young hacker Matt Farrell. Farrell's wanted by the FBI, but he's also potentially the only man who can help figure out the cyber criminals' next move. When the terrorists respond by kidnapping McClane's daughter Lucy, it's time for the anxious father to load up his ammo clips and go get the bad guys - just as the country's descending into chaos. Directed by Len Wiseman. In English, with some French and Italian with English subtitles.
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, Maggie Q, Cliff Curtis, Jonathan Sadowski
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, 15, 4 Star)

23:30


Shallow Grave (Film) Film icon 5 star rating 18 certificate
Danny Boyle's award-winning directorial debut tells the tale of three flatmates, one corpse and a suitcase full of money. David, Alex and Juliet are looking for someone to share their trendy Edinburgh flat, and Hugo seems ideal. But shortly after he moves in, they find him dead in bed beside a large suitcase full of cash. Should they inform the police or dispose of the body and keep the loot? They choose the latter, but there are other parties after the money who have little to do with the forces of law and order... So begins a dark and sometimes hilarious journey through death, dismemberment and dementia.
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox, Ken Stott, Keith Allen
(Subtitles, 1994, 18, 5 Star)

01:15


Confessions (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
In this complex, compelling thriller Tetsuya Nakashima takes a typically bravura approach to filmmaking to tell the story of a schoolteacher who believes some of her pupils are responsible for the murder of her four-year-old daughter. Teacher Moriguchi opens the film with an address to her unruly class, explaining that she is retiring from her profession. Her speech has absolutely no impact on her chaos-creating charges, until she reveals that she has already taken quite vicious, if slow-acting, revenge on the students she thinks responsible for drowning her child. Nakamisha's thriller then traces the repercussions of Moriguchi's actions, both as they unfold and via the recollections, from some point in the future, of those involved.
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Starring: Takako Matsu, Yoshino Kimura, Masaki Okada, Yukito Nishii, Kaoru Fujiwara, Ai Hashimoto
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Subtitled, In Japanese with English Subtitles, 2010, 15, 4 Star)

 

[cyfraw]

Friday 7th March View listings for the following day
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Friday 7th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


Gaslight (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Thorold Dickinson's classic thriller stars Anton Walbrook as Paul Mallen, who moves into a London townhouse with his new bride Bella. Her family has a history of mental instability so, when objects go missing without reason and when she claims the gaslight dims of its own accord, he suggests she is beginning to lose her mind. But ex-policeman BG Rough, who now works as an ostler, recognises Mallen as the nephew of a woman brutally murdered in the very house in which he and his wife now live and, what's more, a house that still harbours a fortune in rubies that the killer never found. Could Mallen be somehow connected to the crime and is the parlour maid Nancy, a conspirator in her master's plans?
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell, Cathleen Cordell, Robert Newton, Minnie Rayner
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1940, PG, 4 Star)

12:40


Air Force (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Howard Hawks' wartime propaganda film tells the story of the Mary Ann, an American B-17 bomber commanded by Captain 'Irish' Quincannon and co-pilot Lt Bill Williams. A motley crew from all walks of American life, their first taste of action comes as they arrive at Pearl Harbor just as the Japanese attack. Surviving the experience, the crew begin to form a bond as they take the fight to the Japanese in Manila, and on to the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake, Harry Carey Jr., George Tobias
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1943, PG, 4 Star)

15:05


Heavens Above! (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Peter Sellers stars in this charming comedy from director John Boulting. An innocent but socially progressive vicar is appointed by mistake to a wealthy, moribund parish. But his forward-thinking ideas about Christianity soon begin to upset the conservative parishioners. With Ian Carmichael, Eric Sykes, Irene Handl, Malcolm Muggeridge and Ludovic Kennedy.
(Black and White, Premiere, Subtitles, 1963, PG)

17:25


The Desperadoes (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Charles Vidor's western stars Randolph Scott as Steve Upton, the sheriff of a small Utah town, and Glenn Ford as Cheyenne Rogers, his friend and a reformed outlaw. But the bank is robbed when Rogers is in town and he's arrested. Convinced of his pal's innocence, Upton springs him from jail and the pair set out to find the guilty parties, who may be closer to home than they thought.
Director: Charles Vidor
Starring: Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Edgar Buchanan, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
(Subtitles, 1943, U, 3 Star)

19:10


Bedazzled (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Faustian comedy about the mishaps that occur when the devil grants seven wishes to a lovesick divorcee in return for his soul. The Princess of Darkness approaches an office worker harbouring a crush on a colleague with an offer to help in his failing advances. But as the young man is transformed into a plethora of characters, including a rock star and the US president, not one of his personas is able to get the girl.
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor, Miriam Shor, Orlando Jones
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2000, 12, 3 Star)



21:00


Bad Teacher (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Cameron Diaz stars in Jake Kasdan's comedy as reluctant and irresponsible teacher Elizabeth Halsey. When she's dumped by her rich fiancé, she sets her sights on wealthy supply teacher Scott Delacorte, but when he gets close to Elizabeth's nemesis, Amy Squirrel, she decides to win her man by getting certain surgical enhancements. Elizabeth's intended path to true love doesn't come cheap, but then she finds out about a teaching competition with a big money prize... The film plays to Diaz's strengths and provides plenty of laughs, wisely casting Timberlake against type, and also starring Phyllis Smith and Jason Segal, who's as reliably funny as ever, as the laid-back PE teacher carrying a torch for the un-enhanced Elizabeth. To mark its debut on Film4, Bad Teacher kicks off a brace of double-bills featuring Cameron Diaz. Tonight's companion piece is There's Something About Mary, and there will be a second double-bill tomorrow night.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Phyllis Smith, John Michael Higgins
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2011, 15, 3 Star)

22:55


There's Something About Mary (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Hilarious slapstick comedy about a man so tormented by memories of a missed high school date with a beautiful girl that he hires a detective to trace her several years later. He is convinced that he missed out on his only chance for love, but when the detective locates her, he himself is smitten and soon proves to be a ruthless and unscrupulous rival in love.
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Lee Evans
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1998, 15, 4 Star)

01:15


Rushmore (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Wes Anderson's quirky comedy-drama, scripted by Anderson and Owen Wilson, stars Jason Schwartzman as Max Fischer, a scholarship student at the exclusive Rushmore Academy who compensates for his feelings of inadequacy by organising a host of school societies. But when he falls for his teacher, Rosemary Cross, things get messy, and are further complicated when he finds out that she is having an affair with a rich parent, Herman Blume, who happens to be Max's hero and mentor. So begins a battle of wills between Max and Herman... This screening is introduced by the director. This screening is introduced by the director and is scheduled to tie-in with the release of Anderson's new film Grand Budapest Hotel on Friday 7 March.
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox, Mason Gamble
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1998, 15, 4 Star)

 

[cyfraw]

Saturday 8th March
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Saturday 8th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


Laughter in Paradise (Film) Film icon U certificate
British comedy. Ernest Thesiger plays the wealthy eccentric Endicot, who dies leaving £50,000 to each of his four surviving relatives. But there are strings attached: the inheritors must carry out various tasks, unsuited to their natures, in order to inherit. With Fay Compton, George Cole, Guy Middleton and Alastair Sim. The screenplay was written by Michael Pertwee and Jack Davies.
Starring: Fay Compton, George Cole, Guy Middleton, Alastair Sim
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1951, U)

13:00


Inkheart (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany and Andy Serkis star in Iain Softley's CGI fantasy adventure about a man with an extraordinary talent, and the consequences of using it. Mo Folchart is a 'silvertongue': someone who can bring characters from the pages of novels into physical being in the real world. But it's a gift he does his best to hide, because each time he brings a fictional character to life, the vacuum created within the written work must be filled by a real person, which is how his wife Resa vanished, after he manifested three ne'er-do-wells from a story. At first he refuses to help one of them, Dustfinger. But then Dustfinger teams up with Capricorn, who plans to force Mo to use his talents to provide him with gargantuan wealth and power. So Mo and his daughter Meggie must set out to thwart the villains and rescue their loved ones from literary purgatory.
Director: Iain Softley
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sienna Guillory, Eliza Bennett, Richard Strange, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, PG, 3 Star)

15:05


August Rush (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Kirsten Sheridan's family drama stars Freddie Highmore as Evan Taylor, a musical prodigy searching for his parents. When pregnant cellist Lyla Novacek was hit by a car, her controlling father and manager told her she'd lost the baby; in reality she gave birth prematurely and her father sent the infant to an orphanage. Eleven years later, when Evan finds out that his parents are alive, he sets out to find them, taking inspiration from the music around him. The heart of the film is Evan's almost mystical ability to 'feel' music, a challenging concept that is rendered believable thanks to inventive work from the composer of the main score, Mark Mancina.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Robin Williams, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Terrence Howard, William Sadler
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, PG, 4 Star)

17:15


The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Zac Efron takes the title role in this supernatural romantic fantasy from director Burr Steers. Life is looking good for teenager Charlie St Cloud: in spite of his relatively humble origins, his competitive yachting career is progressing nicely and he has just gained acceptance to an Ivy League university. But all this good stuff is destroyed in an instant when his brother Sam is killed in a car crash. Charlie turns his back on the world and takes a job in the cemetery where Sam is buried. It's here that the supernatural element kicks in, as Charlie can see and interact with the spirits of the dead, which means he can continue to spend time with his beloved sibling. But Charlie's world isn't entirely ethereal and, when he falls for his former classmate - and sailing equal - Tess Carroll, he finds himself forced to choose between his love for her and that for Sam, between the living and the dead.
Director: Burr Steers
Starring: Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew, Augustus Prew, Donal Logue, Kim Basinger
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2010, 12, 3 Star)

19:05


St. Trinian's (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Directors Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson's overhaul of the comedy franchise about the rebellious pupils of a girls' boarding school stars Talulah Riley, Rupert Everett and Gemma Arterton. Annabelle Fritton, daughter of dodgy art dealer Carnaby, enrols at the shabby country boarding school, St Trinian's, run by her aunt Camilla. Head Girl Kelly introduces Annabelle to the school's various factions. And when Annabelle discovers the crazy, raucous 'curriculum', she realises that this is a school like no other. However, once she's past a cruel initiation prank, she settles down and enjoys being part of the chaos. But then disaster strikes: the school lacks the funds to continue. The institution's finest brains come up with a rescue plan... which involves the theft of a world-famous artwork. Also starring in the madness are Colin Firth, as a beleaguered school inspector, and Russell Brand, as Flash Harry, who helps the girls in their myriad nefarious deeds.
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker, Gemma Arterton, Jonathan Bailey, Mischa Barton
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, 12, 3 Star)



21:00


Knight and Day (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
James Mangold's action-comedy is a jet-setting caper that opens with June Havens crossing paths with Roy Miller at an airport. He's a CIA assassin whose colleagues think has turned rogue agent and are now out to put him permanently out of the game. He realises that, now she's met him, June's life is also in danger from those chasing him, so he kidnaps her to keep her safe. Forced to flee with him, the duo dash around the globe - with locations sweeping from the South Pacific to Seville - and must survive chase after chase in the fight to clear his name and return June to her 'regular' life in Wichita, Kansas. Also starring Peter Sarsgaard and Viola Davis. The second of Film4's Cameron Diaz double-bills, the first was yesterday evening, kicks off with Knight and Day, and is followed by Vanilla Sky.
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Jordi Mollà, Viola Davis, Paul Dano
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2010, 12, 3 Star)

23:10


Vanilla Sky (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
In Cameron Crowe's re-make of Open Your Eyes, Cruise plays a playboy who finds true love with Sofia Serrano but vengeful ex-girlfriend Julie Gianni lures him into a suicidal car ride which only he survives, disfigured. Nursed back to health, strange events force him to question his existence in this brilliant, moody thriller.
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor
(Subtitles, 2001, 15, 4 Star)

01:50


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
(PG)

 

[cyfraw]

Sunday 9th March
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Sunday 9th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


The Bravados (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Henry King's brooding western stars Gregory Peck as a stranger who arrives in a small town to witness the execution of the four bank robbers he believes raped and murdered his wife. When the criminals break out of prison, taking Emma Steimmetz hostage, he tracks them down, determined to kill them one by one. But then he discovers a truth that makes him reconsider both his purpose and his beliefs.
Director: Henry King
Starring: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Kathleen Gallant
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1958, PG, 3 Star)

13:00


Chalet Girl (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
Felicity Jones and Ed Westwick star in this bright and breezy British romcom. There was a time when working-class Kim reigned supreme as a skateboarding champion; but that was before her mother's death changed everything for her and her dad Bill. Now she's decided to give up her fast-food job and chance her arm with a new career as a chalet girl in an Alpine ski resort, where she hopes to win a life-changing sum of money in a snowboarding competition. As well learning how to transfer her skateboarding skills to the slopes, she'll also have to acquire the knack of deflecting unwanted attention from the resort's predominantly posh, testosterone-fuelled young male clientele. But among the predictable serial gropers there's one lad who catches her eye: the rather narcissistic Jonny. Can Kim gain the confidence to hold her own among the relocated Chelsea set?
Director: Tom Williams
Starring: Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields, Tamsin Egerton, Bill Bailey
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2011, 12)

14:50


Silent Running (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Bruce Dern stars in this ecological sci-fi drama as Freeman Lowell, the lone human crew member on the Valley Forge, a vast spacecraft carrying the remnants of post-apocalypse Earth's plant life. But when he's ordered to destroy his precious cargo, and his robot crewmates are ready to comply, Lowell must take drastic action. It's unsurprising that the film is visually impressive, given that it was the directorial debut of special effects maestro Douglas Trumbull, but Silent Running's greatest strength is perhaps its poignant pathos, and its environmental message is as relevant now as it was when the film was released.
Director: Douglas Trumbull
Starring: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Steve Brown, Mark Persons
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1971, PG, 3 Star)

16:40


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
(PG)

18:40


Chocolat (Film) Film icon 5 star rating 12 certificate
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with scepticism and some loathing. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcomed.
Director: Lasse Hallström
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Judi Dench
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2000, 12, 5 Star)



21:00


Along Came a Spider (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
World-weary criminal profiler Alex Cross is challenged to a nasty game when a senator's daughter is kidnapped whilst under Secret Service protection. Cross is still bruised from his last assignment and the loss of his partner, but he needs his wits about him ... as this new case is not as it seems.
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem, Anton Yelchin
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2001, 15, 3 Star)

23:00


The Hills Have Eyes II (Film) Film icon 18 certificate
Martin Weisz's sequel to Wes Craven's remake of his 1977 original is just as satisfyingly horrific and gory. A group of National Guardsmen and Guardswomen out on exercise, led by Napoleon and Amber, find themselves lost in the desert and soon become the prey of the deformed mutants who live in the hills.
Director: Martin Weisz
Starring: Cécile Breccia, Michael Bailey Smith, Archie Kao, Jay Acovone, Jeff Kober, Philip Pavel
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, 18, 2 Star)

00:45


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
(PG)

 

[cyfraw]

Monday 10th March View listings for the following day
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Monday 10th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


Crooks Anonymous (Film) Film icon U certificate
Leslie Phillips and Julie Christie star in this comedy from director Ken Annakin. When petty thief Dandy Forsdyke is coerced into going straight by his stripper girlfriend, he joins an unofficial organisation for reforming criminals called Crooks Anonymous. After resisting the urge to steal, he's declared 'cured', but the group is proffered great temptation when circumstances conspire to leave Dandy alone with £250,000.
Starring: Stanley Baxter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, James Robertson Justice, Julie Christie
(Black and White, 1962, U)

12:45


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
(PG)

14:55


Funny Face (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Classic, stylish musical starring Fred Astaire as a fashion photographer who turns a Greenwich Village bookshop assistant into a top model, and falls in love with her in Paris.
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng, Dovima
(Widescreen, 1957, U, 4 Star)

17:00


An Elephant Called Slowly (Film) Film icon U certificate
Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers star in this family wildlife drama about African elephants from director James Hill. The gentle narrative focuses on Ginny and Bill's attempts to look after three young elephants, which turn up on the Kenyan property the couple are house-sitting for friends. But, as with many wildlife features of the period, narrative aside, one of the main draws for the film's younger target audience is the captivating shots of exotic fauna in its natural setting. James Hill directed Born Free, another African wildlife adventure starring McKenna and Travers, and would follow up...Slowly with that much-loved equine drama Black Beauty. First screening on Film4.
(Premiere, 1970, U)

18:55


Dear John (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Two weeks' military leave is all it takes for US Army Staff Sergeant John Tyree and college student Savannah Curtis to fall in love in this Lasse Hallstrom-directed adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel. Having depended on letters to keep their romance alive, their relationship falters when John unexpectedly decides to re-enlist in the army following the September 11 attacks in New York. Then it arrives - the Dear John letter informing him that Savannah is engaged to someone else. With no hope of being together, John rededicates himself to the military, surviving injury and only seeing Savannah when family events force him to return home. Months later, John receives another letter from Savannah with their sign-off of old, 'I'll see you soon, then'. Could there be hope for the couple yet?
Director: Lasse Hallström
Starring: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas, D.J. Cotrona, Cullen Moss
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, 12, 3 Star)



21:00


Never Let Me Go (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
Mark Romanek directs the cream of young British acting talent in this adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Booker Prize-nominated dystopian fable. With a screenplay by Alex Garland, the film follows teens Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy as they leave the confines of their uniquely regimented boarding school and take their first steps into the wider world. As the trio form a convincing love triangle and test the boundaries of their post-school existence, the realisation that they have been raised for a specific and deadly purpose hits home with subtle but inescapable force. The story wears its sci-fi trappings lightly, and it's the closeness of the film's world to reality that makes the powerlessness of the protagonists all the more heartbreaking. The three leads give fine performances, particularly a pre-Spiderman Garfield, who imbues naive Tommy with a tragic blend of frustration and hopefulness. First play on Film4.
Director: Mark Romanek
Starring: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins, Kate Bowes Renna
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, 12, 4 Star)

23:00


Blue Valentine (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams star in Derek Cianfrance's drama that lays bare the final throws of a dying relationship. Cindy holds down a career in nursing, with all its attendant pressures, while her husband Dean has taken on the role of looking after their young daughter Frankie, as well as picking up house-moving or painting jobs when they crop up. When they met, he was an enthusiastic believer in romantic love, she - in addition to being won over by his devotion to her - was keen to avoid the manipulative and chauvinistic influences of her father and her then boyfriend. But now they've been together six years and an everyday event is set to have dramatic consequences, which initially upsets their daughter but quickly lights the touchpaper that finally explodes their marriage.
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka, John Doman, Mike Vogel, Marshall Johnson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2010, 15, 4 Star)

01:10


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
(PG)

 

[cyfraw]

Tuesday 11th March
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Tuesday 11th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


The Desperadoes (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Charles Vidor's western stars Randolph Scott as Steve Upton, the sheriff of a small Utah town, and Glenn Ford as Cheyenne Rogers, his friend and a reformed outlaw. But the bank is robbed when Rogers is in town and he's arrested. Convinced of his pal's innocence, Upton springs him from jail and the pair set out to find the guilty parties, who may be closer to home than they thought.
Director: Charles Vidor
Starring: Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Edgar Buchanan, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
(1943, U, 3 Star)

12:45


Edge of Darkness (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Wartime drama following the fortunes of a group of Norwegian townspeople gradually galvanising their resistance to the occupying Nazis. Starring Errol Flynn as Gunnar Brogge, the leader of the Trollness underground, and Anne Sheridan as Karen Stensgard, his love interest, with Walter Huston as her father, Dr Martin Stensgard, the village doctor.
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston, Nancy Coleman, Helmut Dantine, Judith Anderson
(Black and White, 1943, U, 4 Star)

15:05


The Ladykillers (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Alexander Mackendrick's classic Ealing comedy stars Alec Guinness as the sinister, eccentric leader of a gang of crooks whose perfect crime meets its nemesis at the unwitting hands of Guinness's elderly landlady, played by Bafta-award-winner Katie Johnson.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner
(1955, U, 4 Star)

16:55


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
(PG)

18:55


Mad Money (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Callie Khouri's comedy crime caper stars Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes as three women employed as janitors at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. Bridget has only taken the job because her high-earning husband Don has been downsized and somebody has to earn the money to keep up their lifestyle. It breaks her heart to see the old banknotes being sent for shredding - surely nobody will miss a few? Enlisting two of her colleagues, they find a 'foolproof' way of helping themselves to just a little. And when they go undiscovered, it's tempting for a little to become a lot - but only if no one suspects three such lowly female workers.
Director: Callie Khouri
Starring: Diane Keaton, Ted Danson, Katie Holmes, Adam Rothenberg, Queen Latifah, Peyton 'Alex' Smith
(Widescreen, 2008, 12, 3 Star)



21:00


Predators (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Adrien Brody, Alice Braga and Topher Grace star in this well-received addition to the Predator sci-fi action-adventure franchise, this time with Hungarian director Nimrod Antal at the helm. The action opens with Royce waking in a parachute that's drifting down towards a jungle. On landing he discovers he's one of a small group of people, all of whom have been similarly mysteriously delivered to their current location. With the exception of Edwin, a doctor, their only common trait is that all are expert killers, whether from the military or the wrong side of the law.
Director: Nimród Antal
Starring: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Laurence Fishburne
(Widescreen, 2010, 15, 3 Star)

23:10


The Burning Plain (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
The writer of Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel, Guillermo Arriaga, makes his feature directorial debut with this romantic crime drama starring Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger and Jennifer Lawrence. Told with Arriaga's trademark disregard for linear time, the film weaves together the lives of three women in a dark tale that speaks of guilt, loss and revenge. Oregon resident Sylvia is a successful restaurateur who conceals her emotional frailties behind a series of one-night stands and icy personal relationships with those around her.
Director: Guillermo Arriaga
Starring: Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, Jennifer Lawrence, José María Yazpik, Joaquim de Almeida, Tessa Ia
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2008, 15, 3 Star)

01:10


To be Announced (Film) Film icon PG certificate
More information will be available closer to broadcast.
(PG)

 

[cyfraw]

Wednesday 12th March View listings for the following day
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Wednesday 12th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


Heavens Above! (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Peter Sellers stars in this charming comedy from director John Boulting. An innocent but socially progressive vicar is appointed by mistake to a wealthy, moribund parish. But his forward-thinking ideas about Christianity soon begin to upset the conservative parishioners. With Ian Carmichael, Eric Sykes, Irene Handl, Malcolm Muggeridge and Ludovic Kennedy.
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1963, PG)

13:20


Gaslight (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Thorold Dickinson's classic thriller stars Anton Walbrook as Paul Mallen, who moves into a London townhouse with his new bride Bella. Her family has a history of mental instability so, when objects go missing without reason and when she claims the gaslight dims of its own accord, he suggests she is beginning to lose her mind. But ex-policeman BG Rough, who now works as an ostler, recognises Mallen as the nephew of a woman brutally murdered in the very house in which he and his wife now live and, what's more, a house that still harbours a fortune in rubies that the killer never found. Could Mallen be somehow connected to the crime and is the parlour maid Nancy, a conspirator in her master's plans?
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell, Cathleen Cordell, Robert Newton, Minnie Rayner
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1940, PG, 4 Star)

15:00


Bless This House (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Movie spin-off from the popular 1970s TV series, starring Sid James as Sid Abbott, the middle-class, middle-aged father who doesn't understand the youth of the day; in particular his own children, Mike and Sally, who both seem keener to attend demos than get a job. Plus, he's also having problems with his new neighbour Ronald Baines. So when Baines's daughter Kate falls for Mike, comic confusions ensue.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson, Peter Butterworth, Terry Scott, June Whitfield
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1972, PG, 3 Star)

16:50


Funny Face (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Classic, stylish musical starring Fred Astaire as a fashion photographer who turns a Greenwich Village bookshop assistant into a top model, and falls in love with her in Paris.
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng, Dovima
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1957, U, 4 Star)

18:55


Clueless (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Amy Heckerling's high school take on Jane Austen's novel Emma. Alicia Silverstone plays Cher Horowitz who, thanks to her rich lawyer daddy, has it all. She and her school friend Dionne decide to take new girl Tai under their wing and make sure she finds a date. They succeed, only to find that they've created a monster... Edited for content.
Director: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Stacey Dash, Donald Faison, Dan Hedaya
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1995, 12, 3 Star)



21:00


Die Hard 4.0 (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Bruce Willis returns once again as John McClane, the wisecracking, old-school New York cop whose impressive CV includes rescuing hostages captured in a swanky LA plaza and saving passengers on a hijacked plane circling Washington. In this violent thriller, he's up against a group of terrorists threatening to hack into the US computer infrastructure. When they crash the stock market, sending the economy into meltdown and causing panic on Wall Street, McClane turns to young hacker Matt Farrell. Farrell's wanted by the FBI, but he's also potentially the only man who can help figure out the cyber criminals' next move. When the terrorists respond by kidnapping McClane's daughter Lucy, it's time for the anxious father to load up his ammo clips and go get the bad guys - just as the country's descending into chaos. Directed by Len Wiseman. In English, with some French and Italian with English subtitles.
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, Maggie Q, Cliff Curtis, Jonathan Sadowski
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2007, 15, 4 Star)

23:30


The Deep Blue Sea (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale star in Terence Davies's moving adaptation of Terence Rattigan's 1952 play about emotional dissatisfaction. Hester Collyer is married to the perfectly nice but dull Sir William. He's a judge by profession but timid by nature and is easily domineered by his mother, but Hester's main concern is the lack of passion within their marriage. So, when she meets Freddie Page, a dashing ex-RAF pilot, she's easily won over. But Page's self-regard and his affection for alcohol mean Hester's unlikely to find what she's looking for in this illicit relationship either, leaving her in the predicament suggested by the film's title.
Director: Terence Davies
Starring: Ann Mitchell, Jolyon Coy, Karl Johnson, Rachel Weisz, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Hiddleston
(Black and White, Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2011, 12, 3 Star)

01:25


Good Luck Chuck (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
In Mark Helfrich's comedy, Charlie has a gift which becomes a curse. Every woman who sleeps with him immediately meets her perfect Mr Right after their encounter - which means a lot of women make a beeline for him, making for an enjoyable, if lonely, life for Chuck. Then he meets Cam Wexler, the perfect girl for him. But if he sleeps with her, he'll lose her. It's up to Charlie and his best friend Stu to come up with a plan.
Director: Mark Helfrich
Starring: Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler, Annie Wood, Chelan Simmons, Jodie Stewart
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, 15, 3 Star)

 

[cyfraw]

Thursday 13th March
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Thursday 13th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


O'Horten (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Train engineer Horten has been forced to retire after 40 years of travelling a very stable rail, and the platform does not feel like a safe place anymore. His orderly, solitary existence is about to give way to a future of unlikely adventures and puzzling dilemmas: will Horten ever travel by plane? Will he finally sell his prized boat? How does Horten end up in a pair of women's red high-heeled shoes?
Director: Bent Hamer
Starring: Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Henny Moan, Bjørn Floberg, Kai Remlow
(2007, 12, 3 Star)

12:50


Dragoon Wells Massacre (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
This intriguing western from Harold D Schuster stars Dennis O'Keefe as cavalry officer Matt Riordan, assigned to lead marshall Bill Haney and his prisoner Link Ferris through Apache territory. But when they reach Dragoon Wells, they're ambushed and Riordan must lead a disparate band of survivors to safety while trying to prevent Ferris's escape.
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Starring: Dennis O'Keefe, Barry Sullivan, Mona Freeman, Katy Jurado, Sebastian Cabot, Max Showalter
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1957, 12)

14:35


Air Force (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Howard Hawks' wartime propaganda film tells the story of the Mary Ann, an American B-17 bomber commanded by Captain 'Irish' Quincannon and co-pilot Lt Bill Williams. A motley crew from all walks of American life, their first taste of action comes as they arrive at Pearl Harbor just as the Japanese attack. Surviving the experience, the crew begin to form a bond as they take the fight to the Japanese in Manila, and on to the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake, Harry Carey Jr., George Tobias
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1943, PG, 4 Star)

17:00


Bad Day at Black Rock (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
John Sturges's suspenseful western stars Spencer Tracy as John J Macreedy, a one-armed stranger whose arrival in a small desert town, while looking for a Japanese farmer, arouses hostility and violence among the locals.
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson
(Subtitles, 1955, PG, 4 Star)

18:40


Chocolat (Film) Film icon 5 star rating 12 certificate
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with scepticism and some loathing. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcomed.
Director: Lasse Hallström
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Judi Dench
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2000, 12, 5 Star)



21:00


Bad Teacher (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Cameron Diaz stars in Jake Kasdan's comedy as reluctant and irresponsible teacher Elizabeth Halsey. When she's dumped by her rich fiancé, she sets her sights on wealthy supply teacher Scott Delacorte, but when he gets close to Elizabeth's nemesis, Amy Squirrel, she decides to win her man by getting certain surgical enhancements. Elizabeth's intended path to true love doesn't come cheap, but then she finds out about a teaching competition with a big money prize... The film plays to Diaz's strengths and provides plenty of laughs, wisely casting Timberlake against type, and also starring Phyllis Smith and Jason Segal, who's as reliably funny as ever, as the laid-back PE teacher carrying a torch for the un-enhanced Elizabeth.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Phyllis Smith, John Michael Higgins
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2011, 15, 3 Star)

22:50


Bullhead (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
Michael R Roskam's Oscar-nominated Belgian crime thriller starring Matthias Schoenaerts. It was always going to end up this way for Jacky Vanmarsenille - pumped up on drugs and deeply embroiled in the murky side of the Belgian cattle industry. An appalling, shockingly violent incident in young Jacky's life ensured his life-long dependency on steroids, which also guaranteed his muscle-bound physique and a hair-trigger predisposition to rage.
Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2011, 15)

01:15


Breathless (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
South Korea's Yang Ik-Joon makes his directorial debut with this crime drama which delves into the psychology of gang violence, and in which he stars alongside Kot-bi Kim and Man-shik Jeong. Sang-hoon has risen to the dubious heights of debt collector for a criminal gang. Perhaps driven by the brutality visited upon him by his father, Sang-hoon is a tense ball of restless aggression; punches and slaps emanate from him as easily as the stream of expletives with which he peppers his conversation. Then he meets a schoolgirl whose life has been equally damaged by physical abuse and suddenly there's a glimmer of a possibility that his life, and hers, could change for the better. There are moments of pitch black humour here and there within the drama, but for the most part it's a bruisingly brutal watch from the very start.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In Korean with English Subtitles, Widescreen, Black and White, 1960, PG, 4 Star)

 

[cyfraw]

Friday 14th March View listings for the following day
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Friday 14th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Nominated for five Oscars, Michael Curtiz's lush historical drama stars Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I, with Errol Flynn as one of her favourites, the Earl of Essex. She is infatuated with him but is also aware he has designs on her throne. Essex, while not immune to her charms, has a roving eye which encourages Lady Penelope Gray, only for her hopes to be dashed. Donald Crisp plays Francis Bacon, friend to both the Queen and the Earl while among those plotting Essex's downfall are Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Robert Cecil.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale Jr., Vincent Price
(Subtitles, 1939, U, 3 Star)


13:05


The Spoilers (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Jesse Hibbs takes directorial duties for this fifth retelling of fortune-seeking and treachery on the Alaskan frontier. First made in 1914, and with previous versions featuring Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne, this remake of the western was the first to be shot in colour and stars Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler and Rory Calhoun. Roy Glennister owns the area's largest gold mine, Cherry Malotte makes a killing from charging extortionate prices at her saloon, while Alexander McNamara has plans to swindle both out of their lucrative enterprises. But Glennister catches wind of what's up and events are set in train that lead inexorably to the tale's climactic fist fight.
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Starring: Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun, Ray Danton
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1955, PG, 3 Star)


14:45


Went The Day Well? (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
Classic Second World War Ealing propaganda thriller, based on a story by Graham Greene, and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. The storyline evokes with a convincing passion the determination of a nation that had to be defended against an invader. The setting is a small English village that is so cut off that the arrival of a car is an event. When lorryloads of Royal Engineers led by Major Ortler turn up, the villagers have no reason to suspect that they are really disguised German paratroopers, and that the squire, Oliver Wilsford, is a Fifth Columinst. The villagers eagerly billet the soldiers but slowly their suspicions are aroused. However, the Germans move first and the village is held captive. Suspense mounts as the villagers attempt to outwit the enemy.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
Starring: Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor, Marie Lohr, Basil Sydney, David Farrar
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1944, 12, 2 Star)


16:35


Only the Valiant (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Gregory Peck stars in this Gordon Douglas western as Richard Lance, an army captain charged with defending a small garrison against an Apache attack, in order to give the main fort a chance to build up forces that will defeat the advance. Already under a cloud of suspicion for surviving a mission in which his friend was killed, he picks the dregs of the regiment, including those who have little love for him, for the task. Also featuring Hollywood stalwarts Lon Chaney Jr, Ward Bond and Neville Brand.
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond, Gig Young, Lon Chaney Jr., Neville Brand
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1951, 12, 3 Star)


18:45


Inkheart (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany and Andy Serkis star in Iain Softley's CGI fantasy adventure about a man with an extraordinary talent, and the consequences of using it. Mo Folchart is a 'silvertongue': someone who can bring characters from the pages of novels into physical being in the real world. But it's a gift he does his best to hide, because each time he brings a fictional character to life, the vacuum created within the written work must be filled by a real person, which is how his wife Resa vanished, after he manifested three ne'er-do-wells from a story. At first he refuses to help one of them, Dustfinger. But then Dustfinger teams up with Capricorn, who plans to force Mo to use his talents to provide him with gargantuan wealth and power. So Mo and his daughter Meggie must set out to thwart the villains and rescue their loved ones from literary purgatory.
Director: Iain Softley
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sienna Guillory, Eliza Bennett, Richard Strange, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, PG, 3 Star)




21:00


Don't Say a Word (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Psychiatrist Nathan Conrad has only got a few hours to delve inside the troubled mind of mute Elisabeth Burrows, or his kidnapped daughter will die.
Director: Gary Fleder
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Guy Torry, Jennifer Esposito
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 15, 3 Star)


23:15


The Eagle (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell star in Kevin Macdonald's historical adventure, based on Rosemary Sutcliff's 1954 novel The Eagle of the Ninth. One of the most unthinkable things that could happen to a Roman legion was the loss of its revered eagle standard. But that was the sorry fate of the Ninth's emblem when it was marched into the mists of Caledonia, only to vanish along with every soldier in the legion. Marcus Aquila feels the sorrow and shame more than most, as his father was at the head of those troops, and therefore took the brunt of the public blame.
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong, Denis O'Hare, Paul Ritter
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2011, 12, 3 Star)


01:25


Dog Soldiers (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Neil Marshall's dashing debut feature is a delicious mix of gory horror and outrageous humour. Sean Pertwee stars as an army sergeant leading a disgruntled group on a routine exercise in the Highlands. The exercise becomes less routine when a carcass lands on their campfire, followed by the discovery of a dying captain, surrounded by his dead squadron. The mortally wounded man explains that giant werewolves are on the prowl and, on cue, the troop is attacked. Taking refuge in a deserted farmhouse with a zoologist who knows the creatures' history, the soldiers must use every weapon at their disposal to survive.
Director: Neil Marshall
Starring: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham, Thomas Lockyer, Darren Morfitt
(Subtitles, 2002, 15, 3 Star)

 

[cyfraw]

Saturday 15th March View listings for the following day
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Saturday 15th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


An Elephant Called Slowly (Film) Film icon U certificate
Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers star in this family wildlife drama about African elephants from director James Hill. The gentle narrative focuses on Ginny and Bill's attempts to look after three young elephants, which turn up on the Kenyan property the couple are house-sitting for friends. But, as with many wildlife features of the period, narrative aside, one of the main draws for the film's younger target audience is the captivating shots of exotic fauna in its natural setting. James Hill directed Born Free, another African wildlife adventure starring McKenna and Travers, and would follow up...Slowly with that much-loved equine drama Black Beauty.
(Subtitles, 1970, U)


13:00


Big Business (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Jim Abrahams' twin-switch comedy stars Bette Midler as Sadie Ratcliff and Sadie Shelton, and Lily Tomlin as Rose Ratcliff and Rose Shelton. The two Sadies and Roses are identical twins accidentally separated at birth. Sadie Shelton is now the ruthless CEO of the Moromax conglomerate which owns Hollowmade, a small furniture company run by the Ratcliffs. When Moromax decide to sell Hollowmade, and the town where it's located, to an Italian strip-mining company, the feisty Rose Shelton and her flaky sister Sadie head for the stockholders' meeting in New York and check into the same hotel as the Shelton sisters. Cue a comedy of errors, compounded by confused Italian mining officials and a golf pro who's in love with Rose. Edited for content.
Director: Jim Abrahams
Starring: Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann, Michele Placido, Daniel Gerroll
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1988, PG, 3 Star)


14:55


Dear John (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Two weeks' military leave is all it takes for US Army Staff Sergeant John Tyree and college student Savannah Curtis to fall in love in this Lasse Hallstrom-directed adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel. Having depended on correspondence to keep their romance alive, their relationship falters when John unexpectedly decides to re-enlist in the army following the September 11 attacks in New York. Then it arrives - the Dear John letter informing him that Savannah is engaged to someone else. With no hope of being together, John rededicates himself to the military, surviving injury and only seeing Savannah when family events force him to return home. Months later, John receives another letter from Savannah with their sign-off of old, 'I'll see you soon, then'. Could there be hope for the couple yet? Edited for content.
Director: Lasse Hallström
Starring: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas, D.J. Cotrona, Cullen Moss
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, 12, 3 Star)


17:00


Chalet Girl (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
Felicity Jones and Ed Westwick star in this bright and breezy British romcom. There was a time when working-class Kim reigned supreme as a skateboarding champion; but that was before her mother's death changed everything for her and her dad Bill. Now she's decided to give up her fast-food job and chance her arm with a new career as a chalet girl in an Alpine ski resort, where she hopes to win a life-changing sum of money in a snowboarding competition. As well learning how to transfer her skateboarding skills to the slopes, she'll also have to acquire the knack of deflecting unwanted attention from the resort's predominantly posh, testosterone-fuelled young male clientele. But among the predictable serial gropers there's one lad who catches her eye: the rather narcissistic Jonny.
Director: Tom Williams
Starring: Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields, Tamsin Egerton, Bill Bailey
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2011, 12)


19:00


(500) Days of Summer (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
Director Marc Webbs' feature debut is a romantic comedy, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, which unconventionally focuses on the heartache of unrequited love. Tom Hansen is making a living writing soppy messages for greetings cards. It wasn't meant to be this way - he had hoped to train as an architect, but that didn't go to plan. However, things start to look up when his boss hires a new secretary, the ethereally beautiful Summer Finn. Tom is a believer in true love and, on meeting Summer for the first time, is certain he has found 'the one'. Unfortunately, Summer couldn't be more cynical when it comes to romance. She and Tom gradually find they have more and more in common, but she repeatedly repels his amorous advances.
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2009, 12, 4 Star)




21:00


Easy A (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Director Will Gluck's intelligent and hilarious high school comedy stars Emma Stone in an outstanding lead performance. Olive Penderghast is something of an 'also ran' in her year at school, so when she spies the opportunity to make herself look a little more interesting and mature she jumps at it and falsely claims to a friend that she's lost her virginity to a college boy. However, what was supposed to be a confidential white lie becomes public, and soon she has the cachet of unprecedented notoriety around the entire school. But it's what happens next that's really interesting. Enjoying the glare of attention, she not only sets out to build on her newfound rep as a scarlet woman, she also subverts the moment to help some of the school's more picked-upon students.
Director: Will Gluck
Starring: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden-Church, Patricia Clarkson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2010, 15, 4 Star)


22:50


Silent House (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Elizabeth Olsen stars in this psychological horror from co-directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau. Sarah has gone to help her father, John, and her uncle, Peter, to empty and renovate their old lakeside house in preparation to sell it. Before she enters the large property, which has been boarded up to protect against vandals, everything seems normal, aside from an encounter with a woman who claims to have been a childhood friend, but whom Sarah cannot remember.
Director: Chris Kentis, Laura Lau
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross, Adam Barnett, Haley Murphy
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2011, 15, 3 Star)


00:30


Hot Rod (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Akiva Schaffer's slapstick comedy stars Andy Samberg as Rod Kimble, a daredevil motorcycle stunt rider in the mould of Evel Knievel. Well, not quite - most of his stunts end in disaster and he lives at home with his stepdad Frank Powell and mum Marie. But, when his overbearing stepfather needs $50,000 for a heart operation, Rod swears to raise the cash somehow. Initial efforts, including a stint as a children's entertainer and as a daredevil show at the local swimming pool, end in abject failure. But Rod, unbowed, goes for the big one: he aims to jump 15 school buses. Samberg is an alumnus of Saturday Night Live, and the show's wacky humour translates well to this picaresque comedy that never flags. Film4's New Faces season draws to a close with this comedy starring Andy Samberg. The season is scheduled to tie in with the release of the Film4 production Starred Up, starring Jack O'Connell, on 21st March.
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Starring: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny R. McBride, Isla Fisher, Sissy Spacek
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2007, 12, 3 Star)


02:15


Lake Placid (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
Horror comedy about the hunt for a huge man-eating reptile living in a lake in Maine. Following the death of a local diver, a New York palaeontologist is sent out to help the local fisheries warden investigate the case. Also on the trail of the creature is the local sheriff, who is keen to kill it, and an eccentric millionaire who wishes to capture and study it.
Director: Steve Miner
Starring: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, David Lewis
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1999, 15, 2 Star)

 

[cyfraw]

Sunday 16th March View listings for the following day
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Sunday 16th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


Bless This House (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Movie spin-off from the popular 1970s TV series, starring Sid James as Sid Abbott, the middle-class, middle-aged father who doesn't understand the youth of the day; in particular his own children, Mike and Sally, who both seem keener to attend demos than get a job. Plus, he's also having problems with his new neighbour Ronald Baines. So when Baines's daughter Kate falls for Mike, comic confusions ensue.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson, Peter Butterworth, Terry Scott, June Whitfield
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1972, PG, 3 Star)


13:00


Charlotte's Web (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Gary Winick's family fantasy, based on EB White's children's classic, stars Dakota Fanning as Fern, a farmer's daughter who is determined to save runt piglet Wilbur from her father's axe. Her uncle agrees to house him in his barn, but she doesn't realise he's being kept just until Christmas. However, Charlotte the spider recognises the danger and, using her extensive vocabulary, hatches a plan to save Wilbur's skin. Other animals' voices are provided by Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Robert Redford and Oprah Winfrey.
Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, U, 3 Star)


14:50


Carry on Dick (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Sid James and Barbara Windsor go out in style in their last Carry On film, based on the legend of Dick Turpin. James plays the notorious highwayman Big Dick Turpin, who disguises himself as the Reverend Flasher to avoid detection. Windsor plays Harriet, a buxom member of his gang, with Kenneth Williams as Captain Fancey, who is charged with capturing Turpin, and Bernard Bresslaw as Sir Roger Daley, head of the Bow Street Runners. Regulars Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims and Kenneth Connor are all present and correct, as are the usual doubles entendres in this Gerald Thomas comedy.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1974, PG, 3 Star)


16:40


The Wedding Planner (Film) Film icon PG certificate
In Adam Shankman's delightful romantic comedy, Jennifer Lopez plays Mary Fiore, California's top wedding planner. But she's too busy organising other people's happiness to sort out her own. Until, that is, she has a chance meeting with Steve Edison, aka Mr Right. Unfortunately he's the groom of her latest client, Fran Donnolly. And, as the big day looms, so their feelings start to interfere with the plans. Edited for content.
Director: Adam Shankman
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson, Justin Chambers, Judy Greer, Alex Rocco
(Subtitles, 2001, PG, 2 Star)


18:45


Mad Money (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Callie Khouri's comedy crime caper stars Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes as three janitors employed by the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. Bridget has only taken the job because her high-earning husband Don has been downsized and somebody has to earn the money to keep up their lifestyle. It breaks her heart to see the old banknotes being sent for shredding - surely nobody will miss a few? Enlisting two of her colleagues, they find a 'foolproof' way of helping themselves to just a little. And when the theft goes undiscovered, it's tempting for a little to become a lot - but only if no one suspects the three lowly workers... Edited for content.
Director: Callie Khouri
Starring: Diane Keaton, Ted Danson, Katie Holmes, Adam Rothenberg, Queen Latifah, Peyton 'Alex' Smith
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2008, 12, 3 Star)




21:00


Conviction (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Sam Rockwell, Hilary Swank and Melissa Leo star in Tony Goldwyn's fact-based drama. When Kenny Waters is jailed for murder, his elder sister Betty Anne is incredulous. She knows that he has an unruly streak to his character and that his temper occasionally flares violently, but she's certain he's not capable of the brutal murder of an old woman. Nancy Taylor, the officer in charge of the case, sees things very differently and, despite there being only the slimmest of circumstantial evidence and hearsay to link Kenny to the murder, he is charged and subsequently found guilty. However, over the course of the following decade, advances in forensics and Betty Anne's transformation, through hard study, into a campaigning lawyer combine to offer Kenny hope. As long as the police kept all the evidence and records relating to his case... With Minnie Driver and Juliette Lewis. Film4 premiere.
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Thomas D. Mahard, Owen Campbell, Conor Donovan, Laurie Brown
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2010, 15, 4 Star)


23:05


Sexy Beast (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 18 certificate
Thriller in which a retired gangster's psychotic ex-colleague tries to persuade him to work on one last job. Now living in Spain with his wife and friends, the former criminal is far from keen to renew his law-breaking ways, but the intimidating visitor is adamant that his friend should come out of retirement for a bank job. The lives of all those involved hang in the balance as the two strong men conduct a battle of wills.
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox, Cavan Kendall, Julianne White
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2000, 18, 4 Star)


00:50


Private Fears in Public Places (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
Six strangers living in Paris harbour romantic longings. An estate agent thinks a colleague is trying to tell him something, while his sister seeks love through personal ads and a devoutly religious co-worker cares for an embittered bed-ridden old man.
Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: Sabine Azéma, Isabelle Carré, Laura Morante, Pierre Arditi, André Dussollier, Lambert Wilson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2006, 12, 4 Star)

 

[cyfraw]

Monday 17th March View listings for the following day
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Monday 17th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


Bad Day at Black Rock (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
John Sturges's suspenseful western stars Spencer Tracy as John J Macreedy, a one-armed stranger whose arrival in a small desert town, while looking for a Japanese farmer, arouses hostility and violence among the locals.
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson
(Subtitles, 1955, PG, 4 Star)


12:40


Gift Horse (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Compton Bennett's war drama follows the fortunes of the ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew, from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied Sainte-Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
Director: Compton Bennett
Starring: Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Sonny Tufts, Bernard Lee, Dora Bryan
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1952, U, 3 Star)


14:40


Gideon of Scotland Yard (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Legendary director John Ford crosses the Atlantic for this film in which the eponymous Inspector Gideon faces outrage and danger in his quest to bring London's criminals to justice. A comic tone offsets the drama, with an occasional sense of menace hinting at Ford's mastery of the medium.
Director: John Ford
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster, Cyril Cusack, Andrea Aureli, James Hayter, Ronald Howard
(Subtitles, Black and White, 1958, PG, 3 Star)


16:30


Bhowani Junction (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Ava Gardner stars in George Cukor's epic period drama as Victoria Jones, the Anglo-Indian assistant to Colonel Rodney Savage, who is charged with keeping things under control during the British handover to India. As riots simmer and terrorists seize trains, so their growing relationship is threatened by her anguished search for her identity, symbolising the cultural and political divides of the time.
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers, Abraham Sofaer, Francis Matthews, Marne Maitland
(Subtitles, 1956, PG, 2 Star)


18:40


27 Dresses (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Anne Fletcher's romcom stars Katherine Heigl as Jane, an amateur wedding planner for her friends, who hopes to be the blushing bride herself to her advertising executive boss George. Her ambition is dashed when her fun-loving, gorgeous sister Tess sweeps him off his feet, leaving Jane to plan yet another wedding. But maybe there's hope for her in the shape of Kevin, a journalist who is intrigued by Jane's perpetual bridesmaid role and wants to write a story about her, if only they didn't mix like oil and water... Edited for content.
Director: Anne Fletcher
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Charli Barcena, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Peyton List, Judy Greer
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, 15, 3 Star)




21:00


Predators (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Adrien Brody, Alice Braga and Topher Grace star in this well-received addition to the Predator sci-fi action-adventure franchise, this time with Hungarian director Nimrod Antal at the helm. The action opens with Royce waking in a parachute that's drifting down towards a jungle. On landing he discovers he's one of a small group of people, all of whom have been similarly mysteriously delivered to their current location. With the exception of Edwin, a doctor, their only common trait is that all are expert killers, whether from the military or the wrong side of the law.
Director: Nimród Antal
Starring: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Laurence Fishburne
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2010, 15, 3 Star)


23:10


An Officer and a Gentleman (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Richard Gere plays Zack Mayo, a would-be navy pilot whose uptight attitude at training camp makes him the butt of drill sergeant Emil Foley's attentions. Similarly, Mayo's relationship with Paula Pokrifi is equally compromised because of his indifference, until the unexpected and tragic suicide of his best friend Sid Worsley becomes the catalyst for both his professional and personal maturity. Taylor Hackford's drama follows its key protagonists through the 13 weeks of training and the emotions that shape all their lives in a film that is at heart an intense love story in a military setting.
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Robert Loggia, Lisa Blount, Lisa Eilbacher
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1982, 15, 3 Star)


01:35


A Life Less Ordinary (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
The acclaimed team behind Shallow Grave and Trainspotting - led by director Danny Boyle - headed for America and delivered this hugely entertaining movie - in equal parts screwball comedy, road movie and romance. Ewan McGregor is a Scottish cleaner who gets sacked from his job and kidnaps his boss's daughter. But will the angels, played by Holly Hunter and Delroy Lindo, persuade the errant couple to fall in love?
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Dan Hedaya, Ian McNeice
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1997, 15, 3 Star)

 

[cyfraw]

Tuesday 18th March View listings for the following day
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Tuesday 18th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


Air Force (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Howard Hawks' wartime propaganda film tells the story of the Mary Ann, an American B-17 bomber commanded by Captain 'Irish' Quincannon and co-pilot Lt Bill Williams. A motley crew from all walks of American life, their first taste of action comes as they arrive at Pearl Harbor just as the Japanese attack. Surviving the experience, the crew begin to form a bond as they take the fight to the Japanese in Manila, and on to the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake, Harry Carey Jr., George Tobias
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1943, PG, 4 Star)


13:25


The House on 92nd Street (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Henry Hathaway's thriller, based on real-life FBI files and made with the blessing of J Edgar Hoover, stars William Eythe as Bill Dietrich, a German-American student approached by the Nazis to be a spy. Instead, he becomes an FBI double agent and infiltrates a New York spy ring, based on the 92nd Street of the title, who are stealing information on the A-bomb project. As the group's radio operator, he passes on useless information but can he keep his cover long enough to expose the group's shadowy leader?
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart, Leo G. Carroll, Lydia St. Clair
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1945, U, 4 Star)


15:10


Moonfleet (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Stewart Granger stars in Fritz Lang's adaptation of J Meade Falkner's classic novel as the aristocratic smuggler Jeremy Fox. When he ends up looking after John Mohune, the offspring of a previous affair, Fox tries to provent the young lad from discovering his trade. But it's not long before the pair are involved in adventures concerning a treasure map, a valuable diamond and the attentions of the evil Lord Ashwood, as well as the amorous interest of Lady Ashwood.
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Whiteley, Liliane Montevecchi
(Subtitles, 1955, PG, 3 Star)


16:55


Sink the Bismarck! (Film) Film icon 4 star rating U certificate
Lewis Gilbert's Second World War film stars Kenneth More as Captain John Shepherd, charged with masterminding the British attack on Germany's largest battleship, The Bismarck. As the ship, captained by Captain Lindemann, breaks out from its anchorage in Norway to join the rest of the German fleet at Brest, Shepherd, from his control room in London's Admiralty building, sends out the British ships to take on her might. The mix of war footage, newsreels and superb models conveys the climatic sea battles, while More, nursing the loss of his wife in an air raid, gives a strong performance as the unflappable Shepherd.
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith, Karel Stepanek, Maurice Denham
(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1960, U, 4 Star)


18:55


Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Jim Carrey stars in Brad Silberling's sinister family adventure, which nicely evokes the mildly malevolent Gothic atmosphere of the first three of Lemony Snicket's epic series of novels detailing the dastardly deeds visited upon a trio of children. Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are doted upon by their loving parents. But that doesn't last. Barely before the titles are out, a terrible inferno has engulfed the family home, leaving them orphans. Now they must use all their ingenuity to survive the attentions of evil Count Olaf, their closest living relative, who will commit whatever crime it takes to get his hands on the youngsters' inheritance. However, no one but the young Baudelaires can see what Olaf is up to. Luckily, they have ingenuity aplenty: Violet is a knowledge-obsessed bookworm, Klaus an inventor of genius and Sunny... well Sunny's very, very good at biting. But will that be enough to thwart Olaf's plans involving poisonous snakes, killer leeches and heavy objects?
Director: Brad Silberling
Starring: Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Kara Hoffman, Shelby Hoffman, Jude Law
(Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, PG, 3 Star)




21:00


Enemy at the Gates (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 15 certificate
Fact-based war drama set during the 1942-3 battle of Stalingrad. A Russian marksman is given the task of killing a German major, whose own expert shooting skills make him a formidable enemy. Supported by a propaganda officer, the Russian soldier takes up the challenge with resilient determination. But a personal battle develops between the two allies when they both fall for an attractive Jewish comrade.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Joseph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 15, 4 Star)


23:35


Another 48 Hrs (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 18 certificate
Comedy thriller reuniting the crimebusting duo of cop and criminal from 48 Hrs as they come up against a drug dealer known only as the Iceman. The detective, in disgrace after an operation that went wrong, is given 48 hours to come up with enough evidence to bring the criminal kingpin to justice. He can think of no-one better to assist him in his mission than his convict colleague - the Iceman's next target.
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Kevin Tighe, Ed O'Ross, David Anthony Marshall
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1990, 18, 3 Star)


01:25


Bullhead (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
Michael R Roskam's Oscar-nominated Belgian crime thriller starring Matthias Schoenaerts. It was always going to end up this way for Jacky Vanmarsenille - pumped up on drugs and deeply embroiled in the murky side of the Belgian cattle industry. An appalling, shockingly violent incident in young Jacky's life ensured his life-long dependency on steroids, which also guaranteed his muscle-bound physique and a hair-trigger predisposition to rage. And his birth into a family of cattle farmers who've long blithely ignored growth-hormone regulations inevitably meant he'd have more than a little contact with gangsters and dodgy vets. But the murder of a policeman who was investigating the hormone trade could spark a chain of events that will drag Jacky under for good. Schoenaerts, in his feature debut, gives a stellar performance as the steroid-fuelled, contradictory bundle of violence and empathy, whose story is told alternately in linear narrative and flashback.
Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2011, 15)

 

[cyfraw]

Wednesday 19th March
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Wednesday 19th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


Dragoon Wells Massacre (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
This intriguing western from Harold D Schuster stars Dennis O'Keefe as cavalry officer Matt Riordan, assigned to lead marshall Bill Haney and his prisoner Link Ferris through Apache territory. But when they reach Dragoon Wells, they're ambushed and Riordan must lead a disparate band of survivors to safety while trying to prevent Ferris's escape.
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Starring: Dennis O'Keefe, Barry Sullivan, Mona Freeman, Katy Jurado, Sebastian Cabot, Max Showalter
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1957, 12)


12:45


Across the Wide Missouri (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Wellman's visually stunning Western follows a tough trapper who marries the daughter of a powerful Native American chief to gain access to forbidden hunting territory. Little did he know that he would encounter love and death as a result of this decision.
Director: William A. Wellman
Starring: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Holt
(Subtitles, 1951, U, 3 Star)


14:20


Escape to Victory (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine star in John Huston's sporting wartime drama as POWs in Germany. Caine plays John Colby, who was once England's football captain, while Stallone plays Robert Hatch, whose only thought is escape. When the camp commandant, ex-German international Van Steiner suggests a match between the POWs and the Germans, it soon escalates into a propaganda exercise, with Colby leading a team of international players out into France's national stadium to face the German national side. Meanwhile, Hatch and the French Resistance have planned an audacious escape for the whole team during the match. But not all of the players want to leave before the final whistle... Among those playing for the Allies are Pele, Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, legendary Polish midfielder Kazimierz Deyna and Mike Summerbee.
Director: John Huston
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Pelé, Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Paul Van Himst
(Subtitles, 1981, PG, 2 Star)


16:40


Carry on Dick (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Sid James and Barbara Windsor go out in style in their last Carry On film, based on the legend of Dick Turpin. James plays the notorious highwayman Big Dick Turpin, who disguises himself as the Reverend Flasher to avoid detection. Windsor plays Harriet, a buxom member of his gang, with Kenneth Williams as Captain Fancey, who is charged with capturing Turpin, and Bernard Bresslaw as Sir Roger Daley, head of the Bow Street Runners. Regulars Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims and Kenneth Connor are all present and correct, as are the usual doubles entendres in this Gerald Thomas comedy.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1974, PG, 3 Star)


18:30


Chocolat (Film) Film icon 5 star rating 12 certificate
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with scepticism and some loathing. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcomed.
Director: Lasse Hallström
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Judi Dench
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2000, 12, 5 Star)




21:00


Robin Hood (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
Returning to England after the failure of the Third Crusade, lowly bowman Robin Longstride must lead his men against the King's traitorous henchman Sir Godfrey in a decisive battle with French forces.
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2010, 12, 4 Star)


23:40


Changing Lanes (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Roger Michell's fast-moving thriller stars Ben Affleck as self-absorbed lawyer Gavin Banek, who's racing to a meeting while Doyle Gipson, an estranged husband, is on his way to a child custody hearing. When their cars collide in a minor accident, tempers escalate and Banek dashes off a cheque and leaves, unaware that he's taken a document crucial to Gipson's hearing. But Gipson has an equally vital document belonging to Banek; and so begins an increasingly vindictive battle of wills and wits as the repurcussions of a small incident spiral out of control.
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Staunton, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Tina Sloan
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2002, 15, 3 Star)


01:35


Xala (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene's multi-themed satire, based on his own novel, offers a withering view on his country's political class, explores tensions between tradition and modernity, and reveals where the true balance of power lies in the battle of the sexes. El Hadj Abdoukader Beye is a businessman who is suddenly and lucratively elevated to the board of the Chamber of Commerce. About to marry his third wife, he invites his new colleagues to his opulent wedding reception. It should be a happy occasion but Beye seems to be marrying more for status than love; and his other wives and his feminist eldest daughter all disapprove of the union. On his wedding night, he is struck impotent by a xala before his young bride. And, as El Hadj desperately searches for a cure, his business and his political ambitions start to unravel: it's clear the xala is intended to ruin more than just his sex life. But who has blighted him?
Director: Ousmane Sembene
Starring: Fatim Diagne, Makhouredia Gueye, Thierno Leye, Dieynaba Niang, Myriam Niang, Iliamane Sagna
(Subtitles, 1975, 12, 3 Star)

 

[cyfraw]

Thursday 20th March
Go to current day
Film4 Listings for Thursday 20th March

Listings: all day morning afternoon evening late night

11:00


In the Mood for Love (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Wong Kar-Wai's Cannes award-winning film, set in 1960s Hong Kong, deals with adultery, focusing not on the guilty couple, but instead on the injured spouses. Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung become attached through their shared misery but never dare speak about their mutual attraction because of their partners' betrayals. Achingly emotional, beautifully played and exquisitely shot, Kar-Wai takes a simple tale but gives it a resonance that proves him a master film-maker.
Director: Kar-wai Wong
Starring: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Kelly Lai Chen
(In Cantonese and Mandarin (Plus Some French and Spanish) with English Subtitles, 2000, PG, 4 Star)


12:55


The Spoilers (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Jesse Hibbs takes directorial duties for this fifth retelling of fortune-seeking and treachery on the Alaskan frontier. First made in 1914, and with previous versions featuring Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne, this remake of the western was the first to be shot in colour and stars Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler and Rory Calhoun. Roy Glennister owns the area's largest gold mine, Cherry Malotte makes a killing from charging extortionate prices at her saloon, while Alexander McNamara has plans to swindle both out of their lucrative enterprises. But Glennister catches wind of what's up and events are set in train that lead inexorably to the tale's climactic fist fight.
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Starring: Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun, Ray Danton
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1955, PG, 3 Star)


14:35


That Touch of Mink (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Cary Grant and Doris Day star in Delbert Mann's delightful, frothy comedy-romance. Cathy Timberlake falls for businessman Roger Adams when his car covers her in mud. But, while she wants a ring, he's just looking for a fling. Misunderstandings galore abound but the spark between the two leads is unmistakable.
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows, Alan Hewitt, John Astin
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 1962, U, 3 Star)


16:35


Major Dundee (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Sam Peckinpah's western stars Charlton Heston as the eponymous Union army officer. It's the end of the Civil War and he's guarding Confederate prisoners, Union deserters and ordinary hard-bitten criminals in a remote fort. But when Apaches attack the fort and make off with three children, Dundee must set up a posse including Confederates, led by Captain Tyreen, who face the choice of joining up or being shot. The feud between Dundee and Tyreen is heated up by a sultry Mexican widow, and when the Apaches are finally caught, there's more than one battle in store. Edited for content.
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson Jr., Senta Berger
(Subtitles, 1965, PG, 4 Star)


19:00


(500) Days of Summer (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 12 certificate
Director Marc Webbs' feature debut is a romantic comedy, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, which unconventionally focuses on the heartache of unrequited love. Tom Hansen is making a living writing soppy messages for greetings cards. It wasn't meant to be this way - he had hoped to train as an architect, but that didn't go to plan. However, things start to look up when his boss hires a new secretary, the ethereally beautiful Summer Finn. Tom is a believer in true love and, on meeting Summer for the first time, is certain he has found 'the one'. Unfortunately, Summer couldn't be more cynical when it comes to romance. She and Tom gradually find they have more and more in common, but she repeatedly repels his amorous advances. And so Tom recounts in flashback, and in no particular order, the highs and lows of the 500 days during which he attempted to persuade her to ditch her scepticism and embrace love - with him. Edited for content.
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2009, 12, 4 Star)




21:00


Escape From Alcatraz (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Clint Eastwood stars in Dirty Harry director Don Siegel's prison break classic, which is based on a real-life attempt to do what was supposed to be impossible: escape from Alcatraz, the notorious island penitentiary off the Californian coast. Frank Morris has been transferred to Alcatraz after persistently attempting to escape from mainland jails. Officials believe that, on The Rock, he'll cause them no further grief while serving his life sentence. But, constantly harassed by the prison warden and fellow convicts, Morris has other ideas. He shares his plans with three other prisoners - Clarence and John Anglin and Charley Butts - and together they gradually set about making their strike for freedom... The director ditches the standard prison-break flick's obsession with action for a more considered, suspenseful focus on the why and how of their bid. Prison Weekend: a short season of films 'behind bars' to tie in with the release of Film4's prison drama Starred Up on Friday 21 March.
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1979, 15, 3 Star)


23:15


Bronson (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 18 certificate
Tom Hardy stars in Nicolas Winding Refn's disturbing, stylised biopic, which recounts the ignoble, incarcerated life of the man who has been dubbed Britain's longest-serving and most violent prisoner: Charles Bronson. Though from a good background, Michael Peterson quickly developed a gourmand's taste for violence and illegality. He changed his name to Charles Bronson at the behest of a bare-knuckle boxing promoter, and was imprisoned for seven years in 1974 for his part in an armed robbery. Since then he's had a total of four months of liberty; the rest of his time has been behind bars, mostly in solitary confinement; ever-extending his sentence through persistent brutal attacks on prison guards, hostage-taking, and attempts to kill and maim.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Tom Hardy, Matt King, Kelly Adams, Katy Barker, Edward Bennett-Coles, June Bladon
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 2009, 18, 3 Star)


01:05


The Keep (Film) Film icon 4 star rating 18 certificate
Before Manhunter, Heat and The Insider, Michael Mann made this fascinatingly original horror movie, casting Nazis as the 'good guys'. A group of soldiers hole up in ancient fortress in the Carpathian Mountains, an ideal defensive spot. But they unwittingly unleash an ancient evil, whose plans make Hitler's regime look relatively benign.
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Gabriel Byrne, Ian McKellen
(Subtitles, 1983, 18, 4 Star)

 

[gertl]

Film4 TV Guide Friday, 28th March 2014


11:00am
Meet Me in St Louis
Sentimental musical about a close-knit family who learn the father of the household has been promoted to a better job in New York, But they struggle to come to terms with the prospect of leaving their friends behind, and are horrified to realise they may all miss the World's Fair to boot - while teenage daughter Esther faces the abrupt termination of her romance with the boy next door. Judy Garland, Tom Drake and Margaret O'Brien star in this sparkling MGM offering, boasting memorable musical numbers including The Trolley Song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and The Boy Next Door. Directed by Vincente Minnelli, who was so determined to get a properly anguished performance from youngster Margaret O'Brien that he told her a family pet had been killed, ensuring floods of tears on cue


1:15pm
Halls of Montezuma
Exciting World War Two action adventure boasting plenty of pace, about a US Marine unit's experiences while fighting in the Pacific. They're ordered to capture Japanese troops so they can be interrogated for information about a new weapon base - but the mission proves far more difficult than expected. Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Robert Wagner and Karl Malden star


3:30pm
Bullwhip
Intriguing Western adventure, starring Guy Madison as a cowboy about to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit. Salvation from the gallows comes in the shape of female fur trader Rhonda Fleming who offers him a deal - she'll arrange his freedom if he marries her, insuring an inheritance, then never sees her again. However, once he's free, the second part of the deal proves harder than expected. Loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, and also starring James Griffith and Don Beddoe


5:05pm
Carry On Behind
Comedy about an archaeological dig, carried out by a pair of professors, which is disrupted by the saucy shenanigans and naughtiness of a motley bunch of holiday-makers in the neighbouring caravan park. This lesser entry in the long-running series sadly lacks the presence of actor Sid James and scriptwriter Talbot Rothwell. Starring Kenneth Williams, Elke Sommer, Joan Sims, Windsor Davies, Kenneth Connor and Bernard Bresslaw


6:55pm
The Addams Family
Creepy couple Morticia and Gomez find their unconventional life threatened by a man claiming to be a long-lost relative. When they welcome him with open arms, they fall prey to a plot that could cost them their ancestral home and the family fortune. Black comedy based on the 1960s TV series, starring Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman and Carel Struycken


8:50pm
Starred Up Interview Special
Jack O'Connell discusses his role in the drama about father and son incarcerated in the same prison


9:00pm
Fast Five
Criminal Dominic Toretto is broken out of prison by his partners in crime and together they flee to South America. They begin assembling a gang of crooks to carry out a heist in Rio, but the FBI's top manhunter is in the country and hot on their trail. Action adventure, the fifth in the The Fast and the Furious series, starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster


11:35pm
Days of Thunder
A strong sense of deja vu runs through director Tony Scott's noisy motor racing drama about an arrogant driver out to seize the reigning champion's crown, before a serious crash jeopardises his chances of ever racing again. Star Tom Cruise may be at the wheel of a racing car instead of an F-14, but essentially it's Top Gun with wheels. Lazy big-budget thrills, with Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, John C Reilly and Cruise's future wife Nicole Kidman

 

[gertl]

Film4 TV Guide Saturday, 29th March 2014


1:40am
Dou Fo Sin
Uncompromising Hong Kong cop Inspector Ma fights to bring down a trio of drug smuggling Vietnamese brothers, while a fellow officer goes undercover in their organisation. While one of the criminals is arrested, the others swear vengeance and plan to kill the mole before he can testify, but they reckons without Ma's interference. Action thriller, starring Donnie Yen and Louis Koo. In Mandarian, Cantonese and English


3:25am
Starred Up Interview Special
Jack O'Connell discusses his role in the drama about father and son incarcerated in the same prison


3:35am
Under the Skin Interview Special
A look at the new movie from director Jonathan Glazer

3:45am
Close
Close
É


11:00am
Town on Trial
A woman living in a quiet suburban town is found strangled to death. Scotland Yard sends an inspector to investigate the case, but he finds there are no shortage of locals with a motive for killing her, while his anger at the hypocritical attitudes he encounters threatens to distract him from the evidence. Murder mystery, starring John Mills, Charles Coburn, Derek Farr and Barbara Bates


1:00pm
The Truman Show
An average man is shocked to discover his uneventful life is really a sham, with his every move being secretly filmed and broadcast to the nation as part of a 24-hour TV soap. Acclaimed media satire, with Jim Carrey giving a sensitive performance that proves he's more than capable of going beyond slapstick comedy. Natascha McElhone, Laura Linney and Noah Emmerich co-star, while Ed Harris plays Christof, the god-like brains behind the operation


2:55pm
Swiss Family Robinson
Exciting Disney adventure based on the classic story by Johann Wyss, of an 18th-century family shipwrecked on an island off the coast of New Guinea, where they begin building a new home, but find their efforts jeopardised by the unwanted attention of nearby pirates. Starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Tommy Kirk and Janet Munro. Directed by former documentary film-maker Ken Annakin


5:35pm
Ice Age
Acclaimed cartoon adventure, in which a mismatched trio of prehistoric animals join forces to return a human infant to its tribe. However, as their quest gets under way, they fail to anticipate the many perils and pitfalls they will face on their mission. Mammoth fun for kids of all ages, offering humour, thrills and plenty of colour. With the voices of John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Goran Visnjic and Jack Black. Watch out for the hilarious and luckless squirrel Scrat, whose attempts to store his treasured acorn bring some slapstick comedy to proceedings.


7:10pm
Legend
Ridley Scott's stylised fantasy set in a magical land of elves and wizardry. Tom Cruise is good-looking but bland as a peasant boy who takes his innocent sweetheart to see the few remaining unicorns. However, their romantic adventure is cut short by the advances of an evil demon (Tim Curry, doing his panto villain routine from beneath spectacular make-up) who plots to use the girl to wreak devastation upon the world. Mia Sara co-stars as the pretty princess


9:00pm
Hanna
A former CIA agent raises his daughter alone in the wilderness of Finland, teaching her to be the world's deadliest assassin. When she turns 16, she is sent out to carry out her one intended mission, but as she travels the world in search of her target, she is pursued by a CIA operative with a link to her mysterious past. Action thriller, with Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana


11:10pm
Wanted
A frustrated everyman learns his father was a member of a secret society of superpowered assassins dedicated to eliminating people who are destined to commit greater acts of evil in the future. Having inherited his father's special abilities, he is recruited into the organisation and must take on a former member who has betrayed them. Action adventure, starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman.

 

[gertl]

Film4 TV Guide Sunday, 30th March 2014


2:15am
The Last Exorcism
A disillusioned preacher travels America performing exorcisms, but does not really believe in the demons he claims to be casting out. He invites a documentary crew to record what he intends to be his last exorcism, only to find that this time supernatural forces really are at work. Horror, starring Patrick Fabian and Ashley Bell


4:00am
Close
É

11:00amArizona Raiders
Arizona Raiders
Two Confederate soldiers jailed in the aftermath of the American Civil War are offered a way out of prison. Their former comrades-in-arms are now a gang of bandits terrorising Arizona, and the two prisoners are sent to infiltrate the group and bring them to justice. Western, starring Audie Murphy, Buster Crabbe, Ben Cooper and Gloria Talbott


1:00pm
Big
Tom Hanks stars in this hugely successful family fantasy comedy, as a boy ridiculed for his size who makes a wish on a fairground machine to become bigger - only to wake up as a 30-year-old man. Bewildered, the youngster trapped in an adult's body makes his way to New York, where he rises high in the ranks of toy manufacturing - and learns a few lessons about love along the way. Penny Marshall's uproarious film also stars Elizabeth Perkins and Robert Loggia, and features the memorable giant piano-dancing scene


3:00pm
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
A loopy scientist perfects a device for enlarging any object - but unfortunately, his two-year-old son accidentally gets the treatment and goes on the rampage through the streets of Las Vegas. Disney comedy sequel, desperately trying to milk more mileage out of the first film's one-joke premise. Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri and Lloyd Bridges star. Incredibly, another sequel was to follow in 1997


4:45pm
Holy Man
TV evangelist Eddie Murphy is hired to boost the ratings of a downmarket shopping channel - but as viewing figures soar and the preacher's fame grows, he begins to realise he's betraying his principles. So-so satirical comedy that simply suffers from too much Murphy. Jeff Goldblum stars as a soul-less TV executive prompted to re-evaluate his life, accompanied by Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia and Jon Cryer


6:55pm
Three Men and a Baby
The lives of three flat-sharing bachelors are turned upside down when they discover a baby left on their doorstep. Unfortunately, while trying to get to grips with the necessary parenting skills, they find themselves menaced by criminals searching for missing drugs. Comedy, directed by Leonard Nimoy, starring Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg and Nancy Travis


9:00pm
Hitman
Timothy Olyphant stars in this adaptation of the video game as a nameless genetically engineered assassin at the beck and call of a mysterious organisation. When he fails in his latest mission, the cold-blooded killer becomes the target himself, as security forces worldwide become aware of his existence and a rival hitman is assigned to tie up loose ends. Action thriller, also starring Dougray Scott and Olga Kurylenko.

10:45pm
Rising Sun
Los Angeles cop Wesley Snipes reluctantly teams up with mysterious detective Sean Connery to investigate the murder of a prostitute in the offices of an American-based Japanese company. Adequate thriller adapted from a novel by Michael Crichton, full of improbable twists and turns. It really should have been more impressive, given the top-notch cast. Harvey Keitel, Tia Carrere, Tatjana Patitz and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa also appear

 

[gertl]

Film4 TV Guide Monday, 31st March 2014


1:20am
Battle Royale
Battle Royale
As teenage crime spirals out of control, the Japanese government adopt a hardline approach, sending classes of youngsters to an isolated island where they will be forced to kill or be killed in ever more horrifying ways. Controversial but very intelligent and stylish violent thriller, starring Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda and Taro Yamamoto


8:00am
Snapshot: Living With Parkinson's
BSL Zone
Snapshot: Living With Parkinson's
This week 'Snapshot' follows the journey of two deaf sufferers of Parkinson's disease as they battle to use sign-language despite their deteriorating motor skills.(SL)


11:00am
Father Goose
A hard-drinking beachcomber languishing on a small South Sea island is dragooned by the Australian Navy into looking out for Japanese spy-planes during the Second World War. When his path crosses with a hapless teacher and her schoolgirl pupils marooned on a nearby shore, he pilots them to the safety of his own home. Predictably, the prim schoolmistress and her drunkard host make for poor company. Comedy drama, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard


1:15pm
Damn the Defiant!
The commander of a British warship fighting in the Napoleonic campaign faces bitter opposition from his right-hand man, a cruel and sadistic officer hated by the crew. In a battle of wills between the pair, the captain's second-in-command tries to provoke his leader's wrath by tormenting his son, an officer on the vessel. Drama, starring Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde and Anthony Quayle


3:15pm
The Admirable Crichton
Lord Loam and his butler Crichton both find their views put to the test when the entire household is shipwrecked on a desert island. The aristocrat is proud of his tendency to treat his staff as equals - to a point - while the manservant believes that people should know their place. However, once cut off from civilisation it is the resourceful Crichton who rises to the top of the pecking order - to the horror of his supposedly open-minded master. Sentimental comedy based on JM Barrie's play, starring an urbane Kenneth More alongside Cecil Parker, Diane Cilento and Peter Graves


5:05pm
The Enemy Below
The captain of an American destroyer in the South Atlantic is still recovering from the sinking of his previous vessel. He tries to outwit a cunning German U-boat commander, but comes to respect the courage of his enemy. However, his crew fears he is not up to the challenge of defeating his opponent. Second World War thriller, starring Robert Mitchum, Curt Jürgens, Theodore Bikel and David Hedison


7:05pm
Big Momma's House
Actor and funnyman Martin Lawrence is obviously keen to become a Hollywood heavyweight - but this probably wasn't what he had in mind. He plays a dedicated FBI agent who will stop at nothing to catch a dangerous escaped convict, even if it means donning a fat suit and drag to pose as the obese old woman who lives across the road from the felon's girlfriend. Hit-and-miss comedy, which recently spawned a pointless sequel, with Nia Long, Paul Giamatti, Jascha Washington, Terrence Dashon Howard and Ella Mitchell


9:00pm
Die Hard 2
Bruce Willis, reprising his role as tough cop John McClane, arrives at an airport to pick up his wife and finds himself plunged into a bloody life-or-death struggle with a terrorist gang campaigning for the release of a convicted drug baron. Thrilling action sequel, also starring Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler, Franco Nero and William Atherton. Fans of the series will be pleased to hear Willis will return in a fourth instalment, to be titled Live Free or Die Hard, set for release next summer


11:20pm
Man on Fire
A former US government operative battling with alcoholism agrees to take a job as bodyguard to the daughter of a wealthy businessman - but when the young girl is abducted, he vows to exact an explosive revenge on the kidnappers. All-action thriller set in the blistering heat of Mexico City, starring Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell and the endearing Dakota Fanning

 

[gertl]

Film4 TV Guide Tuesday, 1st April 2014


2:10am
Persepolis
This adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical novel is a compelling animated drama, following the life of Marji, a girl in Tehran who has to deal with the consequences of her country's Islamic revolution. As a teenager, she struggles with the constrictions placed on her by political influence. Her grandmother and her mother sympathise with her frustrations and encourage her to seek a life outside of Iran... A powerful and moving story, with the voices of Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve.


11:00am
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
An RAF bomber is shot down during a raid on Stuttgart, forcing its crewmen to bail out over Nazi-occupied Holland. Trying to evade capture, they are assisted by a group of Dutch resistance fighters, who help them make it safely to the North Sea coast. Powell and Pressburger's Second World War drama, starring Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman and Hugh Williams


1:05pm
Master of Ballantrae
A Scottish nobleman who fought alongside Bonnie Prince Charlie is driven into exile when the rebellion is defeated. After years overseas spent battling pirates, he returns home to discover the woman he loves thought he was dead and has since married his treacherous brother. Swashbuckling adventure, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, starring Errol Flynn, Anthony Steel, Roger Livesey and Beatrice Campbell


2:50pm
Dakota Incident
Travelling misfits including a bank robber, a politician and a dancing girl, come under threat from Cheyenne Indians when their stagecoach is ambushed in the Dakota desert. When the coach is set on fire, they seek shelter in a gully, and a drawn-out conflict develops. Western, starring Dale Robertson, Linda Darnell, John Lund and Ward Bond


4:40pm
Tea with Mussolini
A group of eccentric and outspoken women living in Florence during the tense pre-war years of the 1930s experience the ups and downs of parenthood when they decide to adopt a local lad disowned by his father. However, as international hostilities break out, their happy existence comes under threat. Lush drama, bolstered by a host of colourful and well-sketched characters, perfectly played by Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Cher and Lily Tomlin


7:00pm
Crocodile Dundee
Comedy adventure which became a surprise hit. Paul Hogan co-wrote the screenplay and stars as the larger-than-life hero of the Australian Outback who's invited to New York by a reporter keen to discover the man behind the legend. A series of hilarious gags ensues as the die-hard Aussie uses all his survival skills to adjust to life in the urban jungle. Also starring Hogan's real-life wife Linda Kozlowski, with John Meillon and Mark Blum.


9:00pm
The Lookout
A police operation is set up to catch a gang of bank robbers red-handed, but the thieves are able to make their escape when a mysterious sniper opens fire on the police. The commissioner organises a manhunt to bring the gunman to justice. Crime drama, starring Daniel Auteuil and Mathieu Kassovitz. In French

10:45pm
Law Abiding Citizen
Thriller starring Gerard Butler as a desperate man exacting revenge on those who killed his family. Jamie Foxx, Regina Hall and Leslie Bibb also star.


12:50am
Sarah's Key
An American journalist living in Paris tries to trace the fate of the Jewish family who lived in her house during the Second World War before they were rounded up in the Vel d'Hiv mass arrests. Her research reveals some troubling facts about the actions of her husband's relatives during the occupation. Drama, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Mélusine Mayance. In French, English, German and Italian


3:15am
Close
Close
É