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Jemaine Clement; Dark Horse; Cry of the City; Christopher Young

The latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV with Francine Stock. Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement talks about his vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows.

With Francine Stock.

Flight Of The Conchords' Jemaine Clement discusses his vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows and reveals why they used their IT engineer called Stu to play an IT engineer called Stu.

Jan Vokes is the star of a new documentary Dark Horse about the staff and members of a working men's club in the South Wales valleys who clubbed together to buy a race horse. She tells Francine about her new-found fame, and what it's like to see her face plastered on billboards opposite the supermarket where she works.

The producer of The Inbetweeners Movie, Christopher Young, reveals why he pumped the profits from the record-breaking comedy into a delicate Portuguese art-movie, The Invisible Life.

Antonia Quirke enters the murky world of Cry Of The City, a forgotten film noir from 1948 that's about to be re-released and re-assessed.

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28 minutes

Dark Horse

Dark Horse
The star of Dark Horse directed by Louise Osmond and produced by Judith Dawson 

Ultimate Film Noir

What’s your ultimate film noir?  Is it Cry of the City like Antonia Quirke said? How about Nightmare Alley or Out of the Past as Francine suggested?  Let us know YOUR noir-est film noir at filmprogramme@bbc.co.uk

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest Jemaine Clement
Interviewed Guest Jan Vokes
Interviewed Guest Christopher Young
Interviewed Guest Antonia Quirke

Broadcasts

  • Thu 16 Apr 2015 16:00
  • Sun 19 Apr 2015 23:00

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