Talking Movies

The Talking Movies team are in Berlin to report on highlights from one of the world's top international film festivals.

Talking Movies reports from Los Angeles ahead of Hollywood's biggest night of the year - the Oscars. This preview programme hears from Michelle Yeoh and Steven Spielberg.

The Talking Movies team are in Los Angeles for Hollywood's biggest night of the year, with interviews with the winners and the inside story from beyond the red carpet.

Tom discusses his memory of the Oscars ceremony over the last four decades, recalling some of the highlights as well as assessing how Hollywood and the movie industry have changed during that time. From the growth of the MeToo movement, to a radical rethink on diversity and inclusion, Hollywood has recently undergone a period of rapid social change. Talking Movies talks to key industry players and examines how this change is impacting the film business today and forcing it to reassess the way it makes films for new and changing audiences. From visiting a landmark exhibition exploring the visual culture of Black cinema at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, to speaking to one of Hollywood's first intimacy coordinators, examines how the landscape of Hollywood is evolving and asks what is next for the movie industry in terms of greater gender, inclusivity and diversity.

Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Leonardo DiCaprio and Pedro Almodovar are among the big names bringing movies to the world's most celebrated film festival. The team reports on the festival highlights.

The team reports from New York's Tribeca Festival, with top Hollywood star Matt Damon discussing the festival's opening night documentary, Kiss the Future, which he co-produced.

A look at Barbie's phenomenal success and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. Away from cinemas, Tom Brook meets a striking actor to find out what she hopes the strike will achieve.

Emma Jones journeys to Venice for the world's oldest film festival while Tom Brook looks at the biggest offerings from the influential Telluride Film Festival in Colorado.

Martin Scorsese, one of America's greatest living filmmakers, talks to Talking Movies' Tom Brook on the eve of the release of his latest epic, Killers of the Flower Moon.

Talking Movies reports on the New York Film Festival, with a look at the opening night movie 'May December' from director Todd Haynes and Sofia Coppola's new picture 'Priscilla'.

The team looks back at highlights in cinema in 2023, including the global success of Barbie and Oppenheimer.