The Apartment (1960)
Saturday (26/2) 13:00 BBC2
Billy Wilder followed his legendary comedy Some Like it Hot with another, The Apartment, also starring Jack Lemmon. A mid level employee tries to engineer a better position for himself by letting his bosses use his apartment as a hang-out for their seedy rendezvous. When this brings Shirley MacLainene into his home, he does his best to win her round.
Brief Encounter (1945)
Saturday (26/2) 15:00 BBC2
Brief Encounter is a story of exactly that, a short-lived romantic affair between a doctor and housewife who meet by chance in a train station. They have an undeniable chemistry but in a stereotypically British way, neither is comfortable even spending innocent time together with their partners unaware. Director David Lean draws extraordinary emotion and power from it's writing and performances, it was voted best romantic film of all time in a Guardian poll.
Memento (2000)
Saturday (26/2) 23:45 BBC2
An early offering from Christopher Nolan, before he was an accomplished hit maker. To get inside the mind of our protagonist, the labyrinthine Memento uses an inventive structure to tell the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Ritchie) who suffers from anterograde amnesia, meaning he essentially has no short-term memory. Even so, he had a murder to solve, that of his wife.
Hail Cesar (2016)
Monday (28/2) 01:25 Channel 4
The Coen Brothers direct and produce this classically irreverent, unpredictable yet underwhelming comedy which is both scathing and loving towards behind-the-scenes running of the film industry which they themselves have helped to shape. Starring Coens' favourites George Clooney as a film star and Josh Brolin as a Hollywood fixer alongside a long list of recognisable talent including Tilda Swinton and Scarlets Johansson.
The Kings speech (2010)
Thursday (3/3) 21:00 BBC4
Best Picture Oscar winner starring Colin Firth as King George who struggles with public speaking because of a debilitating stammer. Having tried all sorts, his faithful wife queen (Helena Bonham Carter) employs the irreverent unorthodox vocal coach Lionel Logie (Geoffrey Rush) Based on true events and including some of the most established British acting talent.
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