Film 2015 - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review the week's film releases including Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon, and breakout hit Whiplash, starring Miles Teller.
Episode 2
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review the latest UK film releases including Mortdecai with Johnny Depp, sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, crime drama A Most Violent Year and the remake of The Gambler starring Mark Wahlberg.
Episode 3
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a critical look at the week's film releases including spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service starring Colin Firth and Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, Inherent Vice.
Critic Helen O'Hara joins the team on the sofa.
Episode 4
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a critical look at the week's film releases including civil rights drama Selma, starring David Oyelowo, and Oscar-nominee Eddie Redmayne stars in the Wachowskis' new sci-fi epic Jupiter Ascending. Critic Ashley Clark returns to the sofa.
Episode 5
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a critical look at the week's film releases including Cake, starring Jennifer Aniston, and romantic drama Love is Strange. Plus a feature interview with Oscar hopeful Julianne Moore, star of Still Alice.
Episode 6
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh are joined by critic Peter Bradshaw to take a look at the runners and riders in the 2015 Oscar race.
Plus reviews of the week's film releases, including director Michael Mann's cyber-thriller Black Hat and sexual drama The Duke of Burgundy.
Episode 7
In the last show of the series, Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a critical look at the week's film releases, including the sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, thriller Focus starring Will Smith, and Cannes horror hit It Follows. Critic Tim Robey joins the team on the sofa.
Episode 8
Film 2015 returns for its Christmas run with regular hosts Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh, as guest critic Antonia Quirke joins them on the sofa.
Kicking off the new series are previews of 1950s New York romance Brooklyn and murder movie Kill Your Friends, and an interview with Aaron Sorkin, writer of the much-anticipated biopic Steve Jobs.
Episode 9
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a first bite of the Apple biopic Steve Jobs - and get down and dirty in Alan Bennett classic The Lady in the Van, starring Maggie Smith. Joining them on the critics' sofa is The Telegraph's Robbie Collin to add to the fun with revenge comedy Tangerine and Irish horror The Hallow.
Episode 10
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a critical look at the last instalment of The Hunger Games series and erotic and explicit drama Love (3D), plus an extended interview with movie legend Steven Spielberg. Critic Peter Bradshaw joins the team on the sofa.
Episode 11
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh take a critical look at gangster biopic Black Mass and Spielberg's latest Bridge of Spies, starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance. And director Todd Haynes talks about his latest film, upcoming 1950s Manhattan lesbian romance Carol starring Cate Blanchett. Joining Claudia and Danny in the studio is critic Tim Robey.
Episode 12
Claudia Winkleman and the Film 2015 team take a critical look at the week's latest film releases. Top of the bill is Victor Frankenstein, starring Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy, as well as Christmas comedy The Night Before. In the studio is critic Kevin Maher.
Episode 13
Danny and Claudia review the latest movie releases. This week they are joined by Ellen E Jones with a look at 'By the Sea' and 'Grandma'. The show also looks at the enduring appeal of the 'Star Wars' movies.
Episode 14
Claudia and Danny review the new Star Wars movie 'The Force Awakens' and 'The Danish Girl'. Joining them this week is Ashley Clark.
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