Character Developing News Today

Mark Kermode joins Jane Hill to discuss the latest cinema and DVD releases True Things, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Morbius and more.

Without giving anything away — that the narrative arc does find her character developing. and also, i mean, ithink you know tom burke, who was so great injoanna hoggs the souvenir — i think here, he has a kind of oliver reed—like magnetism. but i think what ruth wilson is doing is brilliant, because so much of her performance is to do with just physical gestures. like even in that scene you saw where they were talking to each other — i think physically, its a really well—observed film....

Uncertain, unsafe territory. and as you say, you want her to to retreat, but she doesnt want to go back to the life that she had. its also worth saying — without giving anything away — that the narrative arc does find her character developing. and also, i mean, ithink you know tom burke, who is so great injoanna hoggs the souvenir — i think here he has a kind of oliver reed—like magnetism. but i think what ruth wilson is doing is brilliant, because so much of her performance is to do wit...

As a woman watching it, it was a hard watch. ill be honest, i was quite stressed for the whole thing, just thinking, "get away from him, hes trying to take advantage of you!" but its that thing where its so obvious to everybody watching, but not to the ruth wilson character. so it was a tough watch, which i think is interesting, given that its a film made by a woman. i love the way it looked, actually — and its interesting, you mentioned the cinematography there, we saw a few clips of it there...

There, we saw a few clips of it there, and i really liked that. it wasnt perhaps an easy watch, but its brilliantly made. i mean, they are both fantastic. and i think that uneasiness is the point of it. its not meant to be easy. its meant to be that youre in very uncertain, unsafe territory. and as you say, you want her to retreat, but she doesnt want to go back to the life that she had. its also worth saying — without giving anything away — that the narrative arc does find her character dev...