In today’s show, we look at Madonna's ode to Wallis Simpson, WE, which has been slated by the critics. Also on the programme: an Israeli spy film reimagines the killing of a Hamas operative with the help of a supermodel, and we discover writer Esther Freud's portrait of the funny and brutal world of acting in "Lucky Break".
In today's show our movie critic Lisa Nesselson gives her take on two films about troubled dynasties. First, pop superstar Madonna's second directorial feature "W.E." about an extravagant love affair between American socialite Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII who abdicated his throne to marry her. Also up for review, Tim Burton's much hyped "Dark Shadows" featuring (who else?) Johnny Depp who plays an unwilling vampire who's been released after 200 years of entombment into 1972.
In today’s show, Ewan McGregor and Eva Green find love as the world comes to an end in David Mackenzie's "Perfect Sense". Meanwhile, director James Cameron becomes the first solo diver to visit the Earth's deepest point, and Madonna releases her twelfth album.
This year's Venice Film Festival boasted a star-studded lineup at its opening on Thursday, with Madonna presenting her second feature at the event while revered filmmaker Roman Polanski unveiled his new picture "Carnage".
First, an exclusive report from our team in Somalia, where some starving refugees are facing a choice between food and security. Next, to Ivory Coast where President Alassane Ouattara's promise to pursue justice has come under scrutiny. Finally, Madonna's troubles in Malawi- an abandoned project and a law suit.
Pop star Madonna’s charity education project in Malawi faces legal action by former employees who claim they were unfairly dismissed, after the singer (pictured, second from right) failed on Wednesday to prevent the proceedings.
US pop star Madonna visits Malawi on Sunday to lay the foundation stone of a multi-million-dollar girls' school she is building in the impoverished southern African country.
The organisers of the Sticky and Sweet tour referred to "unexpected logistical difficulties" but it is likely that poor ticket sales are to blame for the decision to cancel Madonna's only scheduled date in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana
American pop star Madonna has arrived in the French city of Marseille to meet technicians who were injured when part of her concert stage collapsed, killing two workers, officials have said.
Two people were killed and at least eight injured after a stage set up for a Madonna concert in Marseille collapsed, forcing the cancellation of a Sunday performance in the French Mediterranean city. The star said she was "devastated" by the news.
