The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
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Jacky Gillott introduces the first of a new series previewing and reviewing films on release. Featuring, this week, films from the London Film Festival which opens tonight, and an interview with Jacqu…
Jacky Gillott previews and reviews this week's films, including The Straw Dogs, with interviews with star Dustin Hoffman and director Sam Peckinpah, and Nicholas and Alexandra.
Jacky Gillott previews and reviews this week's new films, and talks to Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman, stars of Nicholas and Alexandra, and director Franklin J. Schaffner, winner of this year's Osca…
Jacky Gillott reviews this week's new films, including Fiddler on the Roof which has its premiere this Thursday.
Jacky Gillott previews and reviews the week's new films.
Jacky Gillott previews and reviews some of this week's films and takes a personal look at some of the major films produced this year.
Lindsay Anderson's film O Lucky Man! (1973) is the official British entry to this year's Cannes Film Festival. Barry Norman reviews the film and looks at the career of Lindsay Anderson, director of Th…
Barry Norman looks at the new films, including Billy Wilder 's Avanti! (1972) starring Jack Lemmon, and Steelyard Blues (1973) starring Jane Fonda.
Film reviews, plus 8 minute location report on "Madhouse" ( Doctor Death- working title) AIP/Amicus. Interviews with actors, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price, and Director Jim Clark.
Dirk Bogarde, once Britain's top box office star, has gone into virtual retirement since he completed Death in Venice in 1970. He lives now in a converted farmhouse in the South of France. This summer…
Film 73 looks at how two 'cult figures' from literature have been brought to the screen: Barry Norman discusses The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie with a guest critic and Neville Smith looks at Jerry C…
Barry Norman recalls the films and personalities featured in the programme in 1973, including Michael Caine and Sleuth, Diana Ross and Lady Sings the Blues, Jack Lemmon and Save the Tiger - not forget…
Barry Norman reviews some of the new films which have opened in recent weeks, including The Way We Were, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Also, a look at late night cinema shows.
Zardoz, written, produced and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery, is a vision of the world in 2293. Barry Norman talks to John Boorman about his new film. Also, Richard Lester talks ab…
Barry Norman looks at the new films, including Blume in Love starring George Segal, Papillon starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, and Mean Streets.
Barry Norman interviews director Jack Clayton about his film version of The Great Gatsby; Frederic Raphael discusses the problems of adapting novels to the screen; and Sidney Lumet talks about filming…
Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather (1972) and winner of this year's Cannes Grand Prix for The Conversation (1974) talks about his films and his future. "I'm not going to work for money an…
How long can super-stardom last? Richard Burton was 26 when he was hailed as the great actor of his generation. But, as he says, that was all BC - 'before Cleopatra' - and before Elizabeth Taylor. Ear…
How long can super-stardom last? Richard Burton was 26 when he was hailed as the great actor of his generation. But, as he says, that was all BC - 'before Cleopatra' - and before Elizabeth Taylor. Ear…
Barry Norman looks at the new films and reports on the American Film Theatre: this is a new way, already very successful in America of seeing major plays on film. Film 74 shows extracts from The Homec…
Barry Norman reviews The Internecine Project (1974) starring James Coburn, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) starring Clint Eastwood, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's prize-winning Ali: Fear Eats the So…
Barry Norman looks at two new films made by British directors: The Abdication directed by Anthony Harvey which stars Peter Finch and Liv Ullman and was made on location in Italy last year. Akenfield d…
Barry Norman reviews the new films and looks at the Paramount Part 2 Season at the National Film Theatre.
Barry Norman returns with a round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the movie world. New York, New York: Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro star in Martin Scorsese's latest film set in the post-wa…
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the movie world. Slap Shot: Paul Newman plays a professional ice hockey player in director George Roy HilFs latest comedy-drama. V…
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the movie world. Equus: Richard Burton and Peter Firth star in director Sidney Lumet's film version of Peter Shaffer 's successful…
Welcome to L.A. (1976): Sissy Spacek, Keith Carradine and Sally Kellerman star in a Robert Altman production which opens London's new cinema, Screen on the Hill. Voyage of the Damned (1976): The story…
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the movie world. The Amsterdam Kill: Robert Mitchum plays a discredited US cop who tries to break up an international drugs ring. …
Barry Norman presents a roundup of news, reviews and interviews from the movie world. Dominique (1979): Cliff Robertson, Flora Robson, Simon Ward, Jenny Agutter and director Michael Anderson talk abou…
Barry Norman presents a round-up of films and film books for Christmas. The Gauntlet - Clint Eastwood, star and director, talks in New York about his latest film in which he plays a loner cop who is f…
Barry Norman presents a New Year round-up of news, reviews and interviews. International Velvet: Child star Tatum O'Neal and director Bryan Forbes talk about the sequel to the 1944 MGM classic, Nation…
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: Frankie Howerd, making his first film in Hollywood, talks about his unusual role in this pop/rock film. Candleshoe: Jodie Foster, David Niven and Helen Hayes star…
Silver Bears: Cybill Shepherd, Michael Caine and Stephane Audran star in director Ivan Passer's comedy involving a 'friendly' Swiss bank. The Four Feathers: Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward and…