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The Woman in Black
Leaving Hogwarts behind him, Daniel Radcliffe’s first on-screen leading role since Harry Potter is an altogether more haunting affair as he takes on the role of a young widower in Susan Hill’s novel The Woman in Black. The popular book was first published 30 years ago and has had many adaptations on the small screen and in theatres, but this is the first attempt at bringing it to the silver screen. Kirsty met up with the leading man as well as director James Watkins and screenwriter Jane Goldman.
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Hajj Exhibition: Journey to the Heart of Islam
The new exhibition at the British Museum aims to lift the veil of mystery surrounding this spiritual journey that all able Muslims must make in their lifetime. Hajj – a pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca, is the fifth Pillar of Islam and the only which is not open to non-Muslims . On display are artefacts from across continents and centuries including paintings, photographs intricate textiles and contemporary art, as well as personal testimonies of this important pilgrimage.
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Carnage
Adapted from the play The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, Roman Polanski’s Carnage is a blackly comic study of modern morality. Two sets of parents (played by Jodie Foster and John C Reilly, and Kate Winslet and Christopher Waltz) meet in a Brooklyn apartment to discuss the consequences of a fight between their two young sons. But though the meeting is initially cordial, decency disintegrates as their values – on subjects as varied as the rearing of children, the ethics of money, the situation in Darfur and the importance of art and culture – collide. A hit on the stage, have Polanski and his classy cast successfully transferred this contemporary study of principles and prejudices to the screen?
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Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd
William Boyd is one of our most popular authors, enjoying widespread critical and commercial success. He's also adapted his own work for the screen, notably with the Channel 4 series Any Human Heart, which wove fact with fiction and followed writer Logan Mounstuart as he interacted with key events of the twentieth century. His new book features another romantically-named hero but spans just three years, beginning in Vienna in 1913 and culminating in the midst of World War One.. Sex, spies and psychoanalysis are the themes as young English actor Lysander Rief travels to Vienna in search of a cure for a sexual dysfunction. He subsequently finds himself tangled up with a beautiful but troubled young woman and thrust into the world of espionage. Part wartime thriller, part love story and part exploration of the human psyche, is this a classic from a master storyteller?
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Politics at the Movies
Following Meryl Streep’s Best Actress win at the Golden Globes for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Anne McElvoy, Public Policy Editor at The Economist, takes a look at how films have explored politics, ranging from Colonel Blimp, through The Candidate, to The Dark Knight.
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Aaron Delahunty
The Review Show continues its partnership with BBC Introducing – the platform for up-and-coming bands and musicians. Tonight playing live in the studio is Aaron Delahunty, a born and bred Londoner who trained at the British Academy of New Music and whose influences include everything from classic swing to hip-hop, Gypsy jazz and grime.
Aaron Delahunty
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- Kirsty Wark
