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30/07/2010

Oliver Stone talks to Matthew Sweet about his controversial new documentary South of the Border.

Oliver Stone talks to Matthew Sweet about his controversial new documentary South Of The Border. The film, which contains a lengthy interview with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, has been accused of ducking the issue of human rights in the South American country. Stone mounts a stout defence of his work.

League Of Gentlemen star and the co-creator of 大象传媒's Sherlock Holmes series, Mark Gatiss, salutes another great British character actor, Martita Hunt, aka the chilling Miss Havisham in David Lean's Great Expectations.

Neil Brand traces the origins of kitchen sink realism to 1920s Germany and the silent classic People On Sunday, co-written by Billy Wilder

Matthew meets two unsung heroines of the British cinema, Margaret Matheson and Ann Scott, who have blazed a trail as film producers since the early 80s.

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Sun 1 Aug 2010 23:00

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  • OLIVER STONE

    Oliver Stone talks to Matthew Sweet about his controversial documentary South Of The Border.

    Duration: 08:35

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  • Fri 30 Jul 2010 16:30
  • Sun 1 Aug 2010 23:00

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