This week, Jason Solomons meets the intrepid team behind the documentary The Cove, a film that goes to extraordinary lengths to expose the world's largest dolphin slaughter in a protected cove close to the town of Taiji in Japan. Director Louie Psihoyos and Flipper trainer Ric O'Barry reveal the shocking secrets behind the multibillion-dollar industry in captive dolphins, how they employed the latest technology (including fake rocks and unmanned helicopters) to make the film, and how the international outcry from the movie has already had a positive impact.
Next, Jason meets British director Lindy Heymann, whose Liverpool-set feature Kicks screened at the Edinburgh film festival and is poised to be one of the highlights of the just-opened London film festival. Heymann tells Jason how the movie, about two teenage girls who kidnap their idolised footballer, examines what it's like to be a young woman in this day and age.
Finally, Xan Brooks joins Jason to review the week's key new releases – the martial arts extravaganza Ong Bak: The Beginning, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus with the late Heath Ledger, and Korean vampire drama The Thirst. They also discuss their highlights for this year's LFF – Xan's picks include Cannes hits A Prophet and The White Ribbon, while Jason looks forward to An Education and A Serious Man.
