Peter Dinklage, Munich: The Edge of War, Minyan, Ailey, A Hero and Boiling Point

Kermode and Mayo's Film Review

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Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.7 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2022

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Ben Bailey Smith talks to Peter Dinklage about his role in Cyrano. Plus Anna Bogutskaya reviews the new 4k restoration of Truffaut's The 400 Blows; Boiling Point, which stars Stephen Graham as a head chef wrangling his team on the busiest day of the year; Ailey, an immersive portrait of dance pioneer Alvin Ailey, told through his own words and a new dance inspired by his life; American Siege, Bruce Willis's latest actioner; A Hero, Asghar Farhadi’s film about a man who is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay; Munich - The Edge of War about a British diplomat who travels to Munich in the run-up to World War II; and Minyan, about a young Jewish man caught between thrilling private trysts and his repressive family in 1980s Brooklyn. Plus Ben and Anna talk through all the films on current release in the box office top ten. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to [email protected] for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents’. . Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wittertainment 00:19:20 Box Office Top Ten 00:55:00 Munich: The Edge of War 00:59:28 American Siege 01:04:10 Peter Dinklage 01:22:40 Boiling Point 01:29:20 Ailey 01:34:00 A Hero 01:37:42 Minyan 01:43:10 The 400 Blows 01:49:10 DVD of the Week

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	The magic is starting, because I'm in the magic seat.
0:06.7	I can feel the magic of Mayo creeping up through my being.
0:11.5	So I guess we must have started.
0:14.7	It's weird.
0:15.7	I'm in the hot seat, but it's actually a cold seat because this seems to be the coldest
0:20.7	room I've been in at Broadcasting House today.
0:24.6	And I'm completely alone.
0:27.0	Yeah.
0:28.0	Mark and Simon obviously.
0:29.0	It's the coldest room because I'm not there.
0:30.6	Oh, there you go.
0:31.6	So you hear that?
0:32.6	That is the disembodied voice of Anna Boggert-Skaya, who's here with me this week, but not in
0:39.5	the physical.
0:40.6	You're at home, right?
0:42.1	I am a ghost.
0:43.9	I am a ghost of Anna Boggert-Skaya.
0:45.8	With your cat.
0:46.8	I can't see you.
0:47.8	I'm guessing the cat's there somewhere.
0:51.2	The cat's on my lap.
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