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26th BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
The festival – currently up and running at BFI Southbank in London showcases features, documentaries and shorts from around the world. Tonight we review the festival’s opening film – the road movie Cloudburst, which stars Oscar winners Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker as an ageing lesbian couple forced to face up to a change in their circumstances; and Absent, a film from Argentinian director which explores a teenage boy’s attraction for his swimming instructor.
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Brains: The Mind As Matter
The human brain has been a source of fascination since antiquity and it continues to hold many secrets. The Wellcome Collection’s new exhibition ‘Brains; The Mind as Matter’ aims to unravel this most complex of organs. The 150 objects on display shed light on what we have done to the brain in the name of scientific, social and cultural enquiry over the past few hundred years. Our panellists debate the finer points of this mysterious grey matter.
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Noah Hawley - The Good Father
He may be new to these shores, but Noah Hawley is an established name in the United States - writing and producing films and TV shows including the hit series ‘Bones’. His latest venture is his fourth book, but UK debut, The Good Father. The novel tells the story of Dr Paul Allen, a respected rheumatologist, who discovers that his son from a previous marriage, Danny, is embroiled in the assassination of a charismatic presidential candidate.
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This Is Not A Film
Jafar Panahi was a leading figure in new wave Iranian cinema until 2010 when the government arrested him for attacking the regime in his films. He received a 6 year sentence and a 20 year ban on filmmaking.
This Is Not A Film
His latest creative work, This Is Not a Film, was shot over a 10 day period and documents his attempts to explain the plot of a film the censors would not allow him to make. -
Into The Abyss
Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life is the latest documentary from the German auteur Werner Herzog centered around inmates on Death Row. Featuring interviews with prisoners, the families of their victims and a former executioner at Death House in Huntsville, Texas. Werner Herzog talks to Review.
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Rams Pocket Radio
The latest of The Review Show’s BBC Introducing acts, drummer, pianist, singer and songwriter Peter McCauley hails from Lisburn in Northern Ireland. With a name inspired by iconic 1950s product designer Dieter Rams, his songs fuse piano-based pop with harder rock sounds. He’s been featured on Radio 1 and recently supported Snow Patrol at the o2 arena.
Rams Pocket Radio
Credits
- Presenter
- Kirsty Wark
- Participant
- Mark Ravenhill
- Participant
- Hannah McGill
- Participant
- Matthew Sweet
