P264 CEEFAX 264 Mon 17 Nov 21:15/47 1/10 IN THE ADMIT ONE + NEW THIS WEEK 1 +/o?£o EXTREMITIES 18 London Shocking and terrifying film as a rapist's victim turns the tables - making life hard eor her friendsW liberal consciences. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA PG London/ general Latest John Carpenter film; Kurt Russell mixes it with the history and myth of Little China, USA. TRUE STORIES PG London Latest comedy from the delightfully bizarre Talking Heads band. Not one for granny. London Film Festival >>>>>> MoreP264 CEEFA( 264 Mon Q7 Nov 21:38/22 2/10 IN THE ] ADMIT ONE + MEW THIS WEEK 2 +/o?£o +£+ SAVING GRACE PG London Tom Conti as a Pope (yes honestly) who abandons the Vatican and tries to sell his Christian wares to the rest of the world. RUNNING SCARED 15 London/general Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines in a smart verbal comedy about drug-busting cops who don't always get things right. SMOOTH TALK 15 London Treat +illiams and Laura Dern in the tale of a teenage girl finding hjrsjlf... London Film Festival >>>>>> MoreP264 CEEFAX 264 Mon 17 Nov 21:19/17 3/10 IV THE ADMIT ONE + SMOOTH TALKING FAMILY +/o?£o +£+ One of the best depictions of the angst of adolescent life is Smooth Talk, out in London this week and throughout the rest of the country in the near future. Perhaps the reason behind the quiet and pleasing ind product is that director Joyce Chopra is married to the story's writer, Tom Cole. What's more, their 14-year-old daughter was a regular on set to contribute her views to the script. 2 anW 9s updated on Fridays MoreP264 CEEFAX 264 Mon Q7 Nov 21:20/25 4/10 IN THE ADMIT ONE CRITICS' CHOICE... +/o?£o +£+ What to see or miss in the provinces RUTHLESS PEOPLE 18 Consistently funny comedy of kidnapping, plotting and counter-plotting bz the US rich. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2 18 Sequel to the nightmare-movie. Not as sharp as the original, but still a good scare... TOP GUN PG It looks like a recruiting film for the US navy - stars and plot take second place to the air action. London Film Festival >>>>>> MoreP264 CJEFAX 264 Mon 17 Nov 21:14/49 5/10 IV THE ADMIT FILM OF THE WEEK ONE + Extremities is no horror film - but it is a totally horrific story well filmed and acted szprimjly well. Farrah Fawcett proves her acting talent as a woman who during a rape bid turns the tables and holds the rapist captive The second half of the jilm changes the physical horror to emotional trauma as the victim's female flatmates wrestle their oh-so-liberal consciences when Fawcett wants to kill the attacker. Harrowing, provocative, well acted. 2 an' 9s by Graham Norwood MoreP264 CEEFAX 264 Mon 17 Nov 21:2Q/44 ] 6/10 TH ] Details in a moment >>>P264 CEEFA( 264 Mon 17 Nov 21:41/58 7/10 IV THE ADMIT at the LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ONE +/o?£o The LFF is on from Novjmbjr Q3 until the 30th and the 2 an' 9s is providing an update each day. This page will feature a supplement of reviews of the Festival's most exciting films, plus a daily list of which entries will bj showing where. In addition, the 2 an' 9s is issuing its regular column each Friday on 264. One the following pages there iu a guide to today's Festival showings. More on the LFF next >>> MoreP264 CEEFAX 264 Mon 17 Nov 21:22/38 8/10 IV THE ADMIT at the LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ONE + Mond!y Novjm"jr Q7 +/o?£o +o MISS MARY NFT) Argentina/US Julie Christie makes the most of this improbable story of English formality (Christie as a nanny* meeting Spanish sjxubl attitudes in the late 1930s. THE LOWEST OF THE LOW NFT2 W Germany Exploitation film of the other kind - an expose of European slave labour. WORKING GIRLS NFT2 US Cinema vjrite shows the working life of a prostitute without moralising. P264 CEEFAX 264 Mon 17 Nov 21:13/07 9/10 IN THE ADMIT at the LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ONE Monday Novjmbjr Q7 +/o?£o +o FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF Empire US From the man behind Pretty In Pink this tale is a parody of the recent cinema trend to show the supposed-problems of American rich kids. AND THEN NFT2 Japan Oriental period piece: a man tries to reconcile honour with love for a woman. A KING AND HIS MOVIE ICA Argentina Story of a film-maker who sees his pet movie project collapse beneath him. ]P264 CEEFAX 264 Mon 17 Nov 21:34/24 10/10 IV THEW ADMIT at the LONDON FILM FESTIVAL ONE + Monday Novjmbjr Q7 +/o?£o +o ROUND MIDNIGHT Empire France/US This may bj the film of the Festival - Bertrand Tavjrnier's tribute to jazzmjn skilfully combines music and direction. HEARTBURN Empire US Streep and Nicholson in an avowedly commercial weepie of love, marriage, a baby, an affair, divorce and reuniting. COMIC MAGAZINE ICA Japan New wave film about the frenzy of the competitive media whirl in Japan. ]