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When you cross a Director who has been selected by 鈥淰ariety鈥� as one of the Top 10 Directors To Watch - with a film that has taken America & Oprah Winfrey by storm you get 鈥淏elle鈥�.听 It鈥檚 based on the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle set in the 18th Century it deals with the subject of illegitimacy, race and slavery and the director听Amma Asante joins Claudia.听

Ruth Mackenzie is the Interim Chief Executive and Creative Director of The Space.听 The Space, isn鈥檛 something in the cloud but a new creative online platform to showcase the most exciting new digital art, which was launched today with the support of artists and technical stars from across the world run by Arts Council England and the 麻豆社 and she joins Claudia to explain more!

Have you ever听thought "Are there too many tall buildings in London now?"听Or "How are we going to home more and more Londoners?"听 Are you fascinated by our Capital鈥檚 skyline? Well, if you answered yes to any of those questions, then听Patricia Brown, the Chair of London Festival of Architecture will fill us in.

The winner of the Baileys Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction was the Irish writer Eimear McBride听 for her first novel, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing.

Fiction

A Song for Issy Bradley - Carys Bray

It tells the story of Ian - husband, father, maths teacher and Mormon bishop - and his unshakeable belief that everything will turn out all right if he can only endure to the end, like the pioneers did. It is the story of his wife Claire's lonely wait for a sign from God and her desperate need for life to pause while she comes to terms with what's happened.

Non Fiction

My Salinger Year - Joanna Rackoff

Poignant, keenly observed and irresistibly funny, My Salinger Year is a memoir about literary New York in the late 1990s, a pre-digital world on the cusp of vanishing, where a young woman finds herself swept into one of the last great stories and entangled with one of the last great figures of the century.

Classic

Futebol - Alex Bellos

This edition of a book that is now a modern classic, updated to coincide with the 2014 World Cup, it explores what makes Brazil the 'football country' it is. From the Amazonian jungle to the cities of S茫o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Alex Bellos weaves a golden-yellow tapestry of stories of great names, great teams and great matches. Mixing fact with local legend, history and myth, in Futebol he uncovers what makes football the Brazilian way of life.

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1. THE YOUNG & PRODIGIOUS T.S. SPIVET

Director:听 Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Cast:听 Helena Bonham Carter, Kyle Catlett, Robert Maillet, Callum Keith Rennie

T.S. Spivet lives on a remote ranch in Montana with his parents, his sister Gracie and his brother Layton. A gifted child with a passion for science, he has invented a perpetual motion machine, for which he has been awarded the prestigious Baird Prize by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. He leaves a note for his family and hops a freight train to make his way across the United States and receive his prize.
But no one there suspects that the lucky winner is a ten-year-old child with a very dark secret鈥�

The Young & Prodigious T.S. Spivet is out now鈥� Rated 12A

2.听 DEVIL鈥橲 KNOT

Director: Atom Egoyan

Cast: Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Amy Ryan, Mireille Enos, Stephen Moyer, Alessandro Nivola, Dane DeHaan

Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth star in this gripping film based on the true story of the murder of three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas and the murder trial that shocked the nation.

Devil鈥檚 Knot is out now 鈥� Rated 15

3. OF HORSES AND听MEN

Director: Benedict Erlingsson

Starring: Ingvar E. Sigur冒sson, Charlotte B酶ving

Of Horses And Men is a darkly comedic, episodic tale of the lives of a remote Icelandic community and the deeply intertwined and highly emotive relationships with their horses. Unique, engaging and beautifully shot, it was Iceland's official submission for the 2014 Oscars and won in six categories at the 2014 Edda Awards (The Icelandic Film and Television Academy), including Director of the Year, Screenplay of the Year and Best Film.

Of Horses & Men is out now - Rated 15

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4. THE PAST (DVD/BLURAY)

Director:听 Asghar Farhadi
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Starring:听 B茅r茅nice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa

An Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.

The Past is out now on DVD & BluRay Rated 12.

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The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet
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French film director Jean Pierre Jeunet first met Helena Bonham Carter when she was on the set of Fight Club. She told him in French that she loved his work and would like to be in one of his films.
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Fast forward fifteen years and Helena's wish has now come true. Their new film the Young and Prodigious T.S Spivet explores the world through the eyes of a child genius with a passion for maps, nature and scientific inventions.
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Our Arts Correspondent Anna Bailey caught up with them.
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The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet is out in cinemas this weekend.