Simon meets director Todd Haynes to discuss his thorny, new offering ‘May December’, which stars the powerhouse duo of Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, and tells the story of a seemingly perfect married couple’s marriage buckling under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their notorious tabloid romance twenty years prior.

Mark also weighs in on the film, along with giving his thoughts on ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’, the latest instalment of the dystopian kids franchise, which sees Rachel Zegler star as a defiant female tribute from the impoverished District 12; ‘The Marvels’, the second instalment for Brie Larson’s titular superhero Captain, which sees Carol Danvers get her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe; and ‘Saltburn’, Emerald Fennell’s class-skewering psychological thriller, which she was on the show to talk about last week.

Plus, Mark and Simon take us through the Box Office Top 10 and the film events worth catching in this week’s What’s On.

Time Codes (relevant only for the Vanguard - who are ad-free!):

09:53 Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Review

21:55 Box Office Top Ten

30:37 The Marvels Review

35:43 Todd Haynes Interview

56:26 Laughter Lift

01:00:15 Salburn Review

01:11:44 What's On

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