The Film Programme

Legendary producer and co founder of Miramax films Harvey Weinstein talks to Francine Stock about his life in films, including his most recent release Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. Critic Tim Robey discusses the Golden Globe nominations. Plus a pick of the best Christmas gifts from the film world with Catherine Bray and Jason Solomons.

Francine Stock talks to Daniel Radcliffe and Dane Dehaan about Kill Your Darlings in which Radcliffe plays beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Sideways director Alexander Payne discusses his new film Nebraska starring Bruce Dern. James Fox on A Long Way From Home, a portrayal of a marriage under strain after a couple retires to the south of France. Plus a look at the nominations for the British Independent Film Awards.

Francine Stock talks to Emma Thompson about Saving Mr Banks in which she plays the author PL Travers. Crowd-sourced films are explored with producer Jack Arbuthnott, who worked on Life in A Day and has now produced Christmas in a Day - a montage of video sent in by the public and directed by Kevin Macdonald. Documentary makers Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel discuss Leviathan, an unconventional portrait of deep sea fishing in the North Atlantic. And a look at Stephen King horror tale and iconic film Carrie, originally directed by Brian de Palma in 1976 and now re-made by Kimberly Peirce and starring Chloe Grace Moretz.

Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer on The Family; Abdellatif Kechiche on Blue Is The Warmest Colour; Stanley Tucci on The Hunger Games; 47 Ronin with Alexander Jacoby

Lee Daniels talks to Francine Stock about The Butler and racism in Obama's America. Plus Jude Law on crime caper Dom Hemingway and his ambitions to get behind the camera.

Francine Stock talks to zombie godfather George A Romero about inventing the undead and where horror lurks today. Plus Scottish sci fi. And Hollywood high jinks with James Toback.

Francine Stock talks to director Stephen Frears about Philomena, starring Steve Coogan and Judi Dench. Screenwriting legend Joe Eszterhas on his Hollywood big break. Director Zachary Heinzerling on his documentary Cutie and The Boxer, about two Japanese artists living in New York. Simon Braun on the masterpieces that didn't quite make it.

Francine Stock talks to Ken Loach, director of Kes and Sweet Sixteen among others, about how to get the best performances from young people. Composer Neil Brand is back at the piano, exploring the world of vampires from Nosferatu to Dracula and Buffy. Scott Jordan Harris discusses why he thinks Halloween directed by John Carpenter is well worth a second look. And documentary maker Kevin Schreck describes his new film Persistence of Vision about the best animation film never made.

Director Paul Greengrass talks about piracy and treachery on the high seas in his latest film Captain Phillips. Robin Wright discusses being imortalised as a cartoon. David Gordon Green discusses his surreal comedy Prince Avalanche and master of Japanese cinema Hirokazu Koreeda.

Francine Stock talks to screenwriter Hanif Kureishi about Le Weekend starring Lindsay Duncan and Jim Broadbent on a rocky mini-break. Plus The Fifth Estate, the story of Wikileaks. As the BFI London Film Festival opens, director Clare Stewart explains how the festival hopes to bring the stars and the films to audiences beyond the capital. Plus BFI archivist Clyde Jeavons on newly discovered and beautifully restored releases, curated in the Treasures programme.

The Film Programme takes on a Scottish theme and looks at how one country can produce such different styles of film. Actor James McAvoy talks to Francine Stock about his role in Filth, based on Irvine Welsh's novel. Plus director Kevin Macdonald discusses How I Live Now, set in World War III. Dexter Fletcher discusses his musical movie based on songs of The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith. Meanwhile dark tales of love and loss from a Scottish fishing village in For Those in Peril - director Paul Wright tells Francine Stock how his own grief informed his narrative.

Cate Blanchett on Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine. Director Michael Roemer looks back at his ground-breaking film Nothing But A Man. Quebecois director Denis Villeneuve on Prisoners starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman and Margarethe von Trotta discusses her film about the German Jewish political theorist Hannah Arendt.

Francine Stock talks to director Oliver Hirschbiegel about controversial biopic Diana. Tony Gilroy and Hossein Amini on the art of screenwriting. And Sean Ellis on Metro Manila.

Francine Stock talks to director Ron Howard and writer Peter Morgan about Rush, the story of Formula One rivals Niki Lauda and James Hunt. Francine Stock explores the hits and misses from this year's Toronto International Film Festival with Tim Robey of the Daily Telegraph and Claire Binns, director of Programming and Acquistions at the Picturehouse Group. Plus actor Phil Davis on Borrowed Time.

Francine Stock talks to Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy about time travel film About Time. Paolo Sorrentino on The Great Beauty, Neil Brand on film music and Toronto Film Festival.