Red carpets, dance & The Boss James Croot
A Fiennes drama
Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes star in A Bigger Splash, a 2015 dramatic-thriller about how the Italian vacation of a famous rock star is interrupted by an unexpected visit from an old friend and his daughter. ‘‘A cocktail of intense emotions, transcendent surroundings and unexpected detours. A real pleasure,’’ wrote The Guardian‘ s film critic Peter Bradshaw.
Saturday, 8.30pm, Rialto
Boys in the ballroom
In the world of UK competitive ballroom dancing, there’s a serious shortage of young male dancers, and hundreds of girls are lining up for every boy. The 2016 documentary The Ballroom Boys follows four of these rare young blokes as they head towards the biggest competition of their dancing lives so far – the UK Championships. The boys train six days a week and compete most Sundays. They’re serious about winning, and so are their mums. But as these young south Welshmen gear up to compete against the best in Britain, they don’t just have the pressure of the competition to contend with. In an area where rugby is a local obsession, it isn’t easy to go against the grain.
Sunday, 8.30pm, Vibe
A room full of stars
Jimmy Kimmel is the first-time host of the 89th edition of the Academy Awards, coming to us live from Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre. La La Land leads the way with 14 nominations, with Arrival, Moonlight, Hacksaw Ridge, Manchester By the Sea and Lion also among the frontrunners. Earlier, live carpet coverage begins at 11.30am over on E!.
Monday, 2.30pm, Sky Movies Premiere
The Boss speaks out
Bizarrely screening just after The Boss has played his two concerts Tuesday, 8.35pm, Prime
The power of shoes
The Slippers is a 2016 documentary which pulls back the curtain on the unbelievable story and cultural impact of Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz. Through first-hand accounts and archival interviews, The Slippers details the life of the Ruby Slippers after their sale at the famed 1970 MGMauction. ‘‘Much more interesting than the story of two red shoes should be,’’ wrote The Hollywood Reporter‘ s John DeFore. ‘‘Some of the film’s interviewees are charmingly eccentric, some a little deluded – ’I don’t think any one person is strong enough to deal with the power of these shoes’, one says – and some so proudly materialistic about the stuff they’ve collected it’s hard to like them.’’
Wednesday, 8.30pm, Rialto.