Darkest Hour: Winston Churchill's great grandson Randolph Churchill takes the hot seat on Arts Express. Phoning in to address probing questions about the controversial legacy of Winston Churchill, and regarding what's in this film - or not. Including Churchill as British Prime Minister during World War II, facing off against a pacifist Parliament. Or were they? And, who really won WW II - when every country involved designates themselves as the victors in their own movies.

TRUMP: 'We Won World War II'

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** "I haven't been a victim, I really didn't start doing movies till I was almost thirty - so maybe that's part of it. There are times, especially in my business, meetings do happen in hotel rooms. But it's part of our responsibility to make sure we're comfortable. And if we're not, we need to speak up and say so."

Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool: A Conversation with Annette Bening. The actress is on the line to Arts Express to talk about her latest movie - and her reincarnation on screen of the late film noir femme fatale Gloria Grahame, in her final years. Who held her own as a tough temptress against the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Lee Marvin and Robert Mitchum. And Bening discussing as well, her take on the history of the Hollywood casting couch - and according to persistent urban legend, why Bening may or may not be that woman in the Columbia Pictures screen logo.

** "This is Jack Shalom, ready to get into my warm bathtub with my Agatha Christie."

Size Matters: Selected Shorts - Let Us Tell You A Story. Jack attended the evening of actors in live readings of the short stories of Agatha Christie. And in conclusion, investigating more than just mysteries on the page - delving into the pros and cons of the night's proceedings. Touching on classism and racism in the midst of chaos in the world; gentle poisonings almost always off stage; and red herrings, stolen love letters, and poison mushrooms.

** New Feature**

** "The ethics of concentrating on the finest of food and pastry, in a time of famine."

Alexis Excursion Through The Arts: Let Them Eat Cake - LA based filmmaker, writer and Cal. State Professor Alexis Krasilovsky addresses the issues of food famine and food addiction, and through poetry and song, in her global investigative documentary made in twelve countries with an international team of twelve filmmakers over six years. Exploring 'the perils and pleasures of pastries – including some of the best pastries in the world, as well as the issues of obesity, wage slavery, flooded farm fields and droughts, and the world hunger crisis.'

** "Get Out, a true Guess Who's Coming To Dinner in the Age Of Trump - unflinching in its depiction of the deep seated fears and hate at the heart of the supposed enlightened American upper middle class. Where the veneer of liberal hypocrisy has been replaced by rage."

Bro On The World Film Beat: Arts Express Paris Correspondent, Sorbonne Professor Dennis Broe, with his Top Ten Films for 2017.  Referencing 'Raoul Peck's The Young Karl Marx for our times; the horror film as perhaps the modern genre vehicle for expressing the terror and misery of late capitalism; the military industrial machine, a Marilyn Monroe statue, and a society where too often relations are ruled by money; and alternately, the smiling and then malicious face of corporate slaughter.'

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