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Hello, im annette insdorf. Im chair of the Film Division at columbia universitys school of the arts and ill be moderating a discussion on hollywood style and the contemporary American Cinema. Our panel has four outstanding writerdirectors. To my immediate right is Paul Schrader. His credits as writerdirector include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. As a screenwriter for other directors hes responsible for the script of obsession for Brian Depalma Mosquito Coast for peter weir and for Martin...

Hello, im annette insdorf. Im chair of the Film Division at columbia universitys school of the arts and ill be moderating a discussion on hollywood style and the contemporary American Cinema. Our panel has four outstanding writerdirectors. To my immediate right is Paul Schrader. His credits as writerdirector include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. As a screenwriter for other directors hes responsible for the script of obsession for Brian Depalma Mosquito Coast for peter weir and for Martin...

Millions of self employed workers can apply for a second round of grants from today, to help support their businesses against the effects of coronavirus. A woman has been charged with the murder of a ten year old boy in west london. In the first weeks of lockdown, someone called the police about domestic abusive every 30 seconds according to new research for panorama. More protests are expected in belarus following sundays huge gathering to try to force president Alexander Lukashenko to step dow...

More manchester misery in europe. After Citys Champions League shock, united are knocked out of the Europa League by sevilla. After the heatwave comes the storms as parts of the country are hit by flash flooding and hailstones. And as we go through this week, there is further torrential thundery downpours in the forecast which could lead to further flash flooding. Of course, not all of us will see it. Ill have all the details later in the programme. Its monday 17th august. Our top story. Theres ...

The foreign secretary says the uk does not accept the result of the election. New zealands general election is postponed because of a fresh outbreak of covid 19. Millions of self employed workers in the uk can apply for a second round of grants from today to help support their businesses against the effects of coronavirus. Hello, and welcome. If youre watching in the uk or around the world, stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Pressure is growing on the g...

Government of a fiasco. Also this evening in belarus, more protests and strikes against its president of 26 years after his disputed re election. How the lockdown has widened the gap between the richest and poorest Primary School children. And the winners and losers from the governments second and final support grant. And we ask pupils in bristol how the uncertainty over exam results has affected them and coming up on bbc news delays to the start of the final day in southampton between england a...

Tuesday in parliament. Hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. Coming up on this programme the government sets out new plans to protect children from online harms. A 13 year old should no longer be able to access pornographic images on twitter. Mps hear from the senior midwife who led an inquiry into britains worst maternity scandal. There was also a culture of well, this is your fault to the mother, if you had not done x, then your baby may have lived. And theres a call for the uk to take a...

From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We remember Robin Williams this evening. He was my friend and he was a friend of this program. He came to this table often. Nobody on the planet could be so spontaneous, so improvisational, so smart as Robin Williams. Simply stated, there was no one like him. In a league of giants like letterman and carson and so many more in television and standup and film, he was a unique giant. So talented it took your breath away. He was the guaranteed...

From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We remember Robin Williams this evening. He was my friend and he was a friend of this program. He came to this table often. Nobody on the planet could be so spontaneous, so improvisational, so smart as Robin Williams. Simply stated, there was no one like him. In a league of giants like letterman and carson and so many more in television and standup and film, he was a unique giant. So talented it took your breath away. He was the guaranteed...

Hello, im annette insdorf. Im chair of the Film Division at columbia universitys school of the arts and ill be moderating a discussion on hollywood style and the contemporary American Cinema. Our panel has four outstanding writerdirectors. To my immediate right is Paul Schrader. His credits as writerdirector include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. As a screenwriter for other directors hes responsible for the script of obsession for Brian Depalma Mosquito Coast for peter weir and for Martin...