Talking Movies

In a special edition, Talking Movies reports from Hollywood, previewing the 92nd annual Academy Awards and interviewing many of the stars nominated in the major Oscar categories. The programme will also feature those films from around the world competing in the newly named Best International Feature Film race.

Talking Movies reviews Hollywood's biggest night of the year, interviewing the winners of this year's top Oscar trophies. Will The Irishman, directed by Martin Scorsese, prevail or will the Academy favour Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? The programme also goes behind the scenes, chronicling the adventures of one Oscar nominee.

Talking Movies reports from a major event in the film world, the recent Berlin International Film Festival, which brought together top names in global cinema. It was the festival's 70th anniversary and the programme explores the imaginative ways in which Berlin has been depicted on the big screen through the decades. Red carpet highlights included coverage of a new rendering of Pinocchio from Italian director Mateo Garrone. Also in the Talking Movies Berlin line-up was an extended interview with former US First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who was the subject of a much discussed documentary series at the festival.

Talking Movies reports on what could be an exciting blockbuster season even though it's been severely delayed and curtailed by the pandemic.

Another chance to see a special edition of Talking Movies reporting on the likely impact of the global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests on the future of cinema.

In a Talking Movies sport special aired at the time when the now-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games would have commenced, Carmen Roberts in Japan interviews the esteemed Japanese director, Naomi Kawase hired as the official filmmaker of the Games.

As the US presidential election campaign gathers momentum, Talking Movies presents a special edition devoted to cinema and politics.

Talking Movies will look ahead to the forthcoming 2021 Academy Awards race as it begins to unfold. With reports on the Venice, Toronto and New York film festivals.

On the 60th anniversary of his psychological thriller Psycho, Talking Movies reviews the career of Alfred Hitchcock, widely regarded as one of the great masters of cinema.

Talking Movies looks back at what has been one of the most tumultuous years in the history of the film industry.