The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Monday, Film4, 11.15pm
Jonathan Demme, who passed away recently, directed this Oscar-winning 1993 drama starring Tom Hanks as a gay lawyer who takes his powerful employers to court when they sack him after discovering that he’s suffering from an Aids-related illness. The first major Hollywood film about Aids, Demme’s touching story has lost none of its emotional heft.