Film choice

Our Souls at Night (2017) NETFLIX, FROM TODAY ★★★

 Jane Fonda and Robert Redford – whose three-film partnership in the Sixties and Seventies, across The Chase, Barefoot in the Park and The Electric Horseman, set them apart as one of the most indecently gorgeous screen couples the movies ever produced – are on fizzing form in this cosy autumnal romance as two widowed neighbours who begin sleeping in bed together platonically to alleviate their loneliness.

Fletch (1985) FILM4, 6.55PM ★★★

 Chevy Chase delivers dry one-liners and physical slapstick in this breezy comedy film which was at the peak of the actor’s career. Based on a series of novels by Gregory Mcdonald, the cult movie, which is one of the more quotable comedies of the Eighties, stars Chase as Fletch, a smart alec investigative reporter for an LA newspaper who is approached by a wealthy man who asks Fletch to kill him.

Up in the Air (2009) BBC ONE, 11.55PM ★★★★

 Jason Reitman (whose second film Juno earned him Oscar nominations) directs this witty love story. Ryan (George Clooney) is a downsizing expert, who flies around the US and fires people. That is, until a graduate (Anna Kendrick) proposes to save on airfares by getting staff to carry out sackings via video call. Bingham is not happy; he likes the high life, and he likes fellow flyer Alex (Vera Farmiga).