This week Jason Solomons meets the Italian actor Violante Placido to discuss her electric performance with George Clooney, and how her role in Anton Corbijn's The American might propel her to international fame as Italy's new Sophia Loren.
Hammer & Tongs, aka creative duo Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, have long been beguiling audiences with their music videos for Blur and Radiohead alongside feature films such as The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and Son of Rambow. Garth and Nick join us to discuss the re-release of much of their video work and short-form films on a new DVD, Hammer & Tongs: The Collection.
Xan Brooks joins Jason to review some of this week's other big releases including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Palme d'Or winning Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and the 50th-anniversary reissue of Michael Powell's Peeping Tom.
