01/07/2011

Francine Stock meets with Tom Hanks to discuss his new comedy Larry Crowne, and reveals why smoking marijuana and watching pornography doesn't necessarily make a character irredeemable. Asghar Farhadi's A Separation was the first Iranian film to win the Golden Bear award at the Berlin film festival earlier in the year. As it gets its UK release, critic Karen Zarindast discusses this tale of a troubled marriage. Director Bob Rafelson looks back at his celebrated feature from 1970, Five Easy Pieces, starring Jack Nicholson. They were the first country to send a man into space but did Russia also win the cinematic space-race? Film historian Ian Christie discusses a glut of Russian-made films inspired by the cosmos. Producer: Craig Smith.