UK TV Film Recommendations

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BBC2:
23:40
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Film)
Off-beat comedy following a famous oceanographer and his mismatched crew in their search for a mythical jaguar shark. As their adventure progresses, the surreal extremes of both the ocean and the team's personalities slowly become apparent.
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2004, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:35


SkyArts1:
14:50
Madame Tutli-Putli (Arts)
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski's haunting and imaginative stop-motion animation. A troubled lady's train journey turns into a macabre and surreal metaphysical journey.
(Dolby Stereo, Widescreen, 2009)
15:10

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BBC2:
12:35
Wagon Master (Film)
Poetic story of a pioneering Mormon community. Forced out of Crystal City, a group of Mormons head westward in search of the promised land. The journey is treacherous, and two footloose horse traders are persuaded to 'give the Lord a hand' and guide them across the desert. On the trail, the wagon train encounters travelling entertainers, fugitive gunfighters and Indians.
Director: John Ford
Starring: Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Alan Mowbray
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1950, U, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
14:00

Film4:
21:00
Amadeus (Film)
Milos Forman's Oscer-winning film, based on Peter Shaffer's play tells the story of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart through the eyes of his bitter rival Antonio Salieri. The film opens with Salieri in a madhouse, confessing to Mozart's murder. However, as his story unfolds, it becomes apparent that his jealousy of Mozart's genius and his fear at the young composer's threat to his role as court composer are tempered by an admiration for Mozart's genius - a genius Salieri knows he will never achieve. With glorious Oscar-winning cinemaphotography, this witty, sumptuous film also stars Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow and Roy Dotrice.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1984, PG) (Get more information on this movie)
00:25

TCM:
13:00 (and 20:00 on TCM2)
Sleeper (Film)
Riotous comedy with Woody Allen who goes to hospital for a minor operation in 1973 and wakes up in 2173 wanted by the government.
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, Don Keefer, John McLiam
(1973, PG, 3 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
15:00

TCM:
23:00
The Night of the Hunter (Film)
Tense thriller starring Robert Mitchum as a religious fanatic who murders widows for their money. When he gets arrested for GTA, he learns of a $10,000 pay day!
Director: Charles Laughton
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves
(Black and White, 1955, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:50

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Channel 4:
22:00
In Bruges (Film)
Martin McDonagh's Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning Film4 debut film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as Ray and Ken, two professional Irish hitmen. After a botched job, they're sent by their boss Harry Waters to hide out in Bruges. Ken loves the city and its history; Ray hates it, until he hooks up with beautiful drugs dealer Chloe and a mouthy dwarf actor, Jimmy. Unfortunately, just as life seems to be improving for the two hitmen, psychopathic Harry phones to deliver stark instructions: the nature of the botched hit has offended his sense of morality and he's decided to break up the partnership, ordering one of the duo to kill the other. This tests the bond linking the three men, and leads to a violent denouement in the ancient city's cobbled streets. Network TV premiere.
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Jordan Prentice, Jérémie Rénier
(Editor's Choice, Premiere, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2008, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:05
Stand by Me (Film)
A writer recalls how, as a 12-year-old, he and three friends set out into deepest Oregon to try to find the body of a missing teenager. A rites-of-passage tale directed by Rob Reiner and based on Stephen King's story.
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1986, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:40

BBC4:
23:10
(I don't know when the other two parts are on)
BBC4:
When the Levees Broke (Documentary)
Part one of director Spike Lee's intimate portrait of New Orleans in the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. Shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow and disorganised response of the emergency and recovery effort, Lee interviewed nearly 100 people, including Governor Kathleen Blanco, Mayor Ray Nagin, residents Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, activist Al Sharpton and and musician Wynton Marsalis as he tells the stories of those who endured this harrowing ordeal.
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen, Subtitles)
00:15
When the Levees Broke (Documentary)
Part two of director Spike Lee's intimate portrait of New Orleans in the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. Shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow and disorganised response of the emergency and recovery effort, Lee interviewed nearly 100 people, including Governor Kathleen Blanco, Mayor Ray Nagin, residents Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, activist Al Sharpton and and musician Wynton Marsalis as he tells the stories of those who endured this harrowing ordeal.
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen, Subtitles)
01:25

TCM:
21:00
Fargo (Film)
A poor car salesman in a small snowy town hires two thugs to kidnap his own wife to collect the ransom. William H. Macy stars in this Oscar winning thriller from the Coen brothers.
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Kristin Rudrüd, Harve Presnell
(1996, 18, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
23:00

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Film4:

14:50
Sunset Boulevard (Film)
Billy Wilder's classic acerbic look at 1950s Hollywood was nominated for 11 Oscars and is probably the first film to have the opening narration spoken by a corpse. Joe Gillis is a penniless screenwriter who pitches up by accident at the mansion of silent star Norma Desmond, who is still dreaming of a comeback. She inveigles him to stay and work on her script but, with time, he becomes her gigolo, under the watchful eye of butler Max Von Mayerling.
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1950, PG, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
17:00

BBC1:
23:05
In the Bedroom (Film)
The story of a middle-class high school graduate who, despite his parents' reservations, embarks upon a love affair with an attractive older woman in the summer before he heads off to college. Unfortunately, this incurs the jealous anger of her estranged husband, which has devastating repercussions for all involved.
Director: Todd Field
Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother, William Wise
(Editor's Choice, Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
01:10

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I imagine this will be the last update.

BBC4:
22:00
This Sporting Life (Film)
Powerful drama detailing the efforts of a Yorkshire coal miner to better himself by becoming a professional rugby player. He establishes a reputation as one of the sport's most aggressive players and in his private life enters into a tempestuous relationship with his widowed landlady.
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1963, 15, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:10

TCM:
21:00
A Passage to India (Film)
David Lean's swansong was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and showed he was still a master of beautiful photography and storytelling.
Director: David Lean
Starring: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers
(1984, 12, 4 Star) (Get more information on this movie)
00:00

SkyArts1:
21:50 (and from 1.55)
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Documentary)
Werner Herzog once stated he would eat his shoe if fledgling filmmaker Errol Morris ever completed his film Gates of Heaven. The acclaimed director makes good on his promise here.
(New, 1980)
22:15
Burden of Dreams.
Astonishing documentary by Les Blank which captures the on-set turmoil and tantrums during the filming of Werner Herzog's hugely ambitious project, Fitzcarraldo, in South America.
(New, Stereo, New Episode)
23:55

SkyArts2:
22:00
Profound Desire of the Gods (Arts)
An engineer arrives on a small Japanese island to find a primitive culture governed by superstition and bizarre religious practices. Biting satire from Shohei Imamura.
(Widescreen, 1968)
00:50

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Films on BBC4 over the weekend:

The 39 Steps (1935)
22:35-00:00 Fri 23rd Sep 2016 85m

The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
00:25-02:00 (Friday Night) Sat 24th Sep 2016 115m

Bicycle Thieves (2013) = = = = = = = = = i'm not sure if this is the italian neorealist classic, or a modern indian movie. I strongly imagine it's the former.
00:20-01:50 (Sat night) Sun 25th Sep 2016 90m
BBC4

Troll Hunter (2010)
01:15-03:25 (Sat night) Sun 25th Sep 2016 90m
Film4

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
02:05-03:10 (Sat night) Sun 25th Sep 2016 65m
BBC4

Build My Gallows High (1947) (/Out of the Past)
01:10-02:40 (Sun Night) Mon 26th Sep 2016 93m
BBC4

On tonight at 9pm on Film4 is a film by Sicario's director. Prisoners (2013)

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Film4 is playing Andrei Rublev tuesday night

A new, restored print of Andrei Tarkovsky's disturbing portrait of a great icon painter in early 15th-century Russia (Tuesday 4th, 12.10am)

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Tomorrow night (Late Wednesday evening)

Vivre sa vie (1962)

(Jean-Luc Godard)

02:20-04:00 Thu 12th Oct 2017 90m
Film4

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Son of Saul (2015)

synopsis:
[spoiler]An Auschwitz prisoner forced to burn corpses tries to salvage the body of a boy. Contains some strong language, prolonged ... More[/spoiler]


21:00-22:40

Sat 26th Jan 2019 90m
BBC4

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Saturday --

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
(1943)

From the Criterion Collection comes the magnificent epic The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. The passions and pitfalls of ...

Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger Roger Livesey Deborah Kerr

13:45-16:25 Sat 23rd Feb 2019 205m
BBC2


[and Nausicaa, subbed i guess, is on film4 tonight]

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