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Magic in the Moonlight; Constable at the V&A; Ballyturk

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including reviews of Magic in the Moonlight and Constable at the V&A, and Andre Singer on how Hitchcock worked on an unseen Holocaust documentary.

Tonight's Front Row reviews Woody Allen's Magic In The Moonlight, starring Colin Firth, and Samira Ahmed visits the new Constable exhibition at the V&A.

Also in the programme: Enda Walsh on his latest play Ballyturk, and documentary-maker André Singer on Night Will Fall, the untold story of how Alfred Hitchcock became involved in the making of a Holocaust documentary - and why that film was suppressed.

(Image: Full-Scale Study for The Hay Wain, John Constable, 1821. Copyright: Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Magic In The Moonlight

    Woody Allen's latest film reviewed by Antonia Quirke.

    Duration: 04:17

  • Constable: The Making Of A Master

    Samira Ahmed visits the new Constable exhibition at the V&A.

    Duration: 07:12

  • André Singer - Night Will Fall

    The untold story of Hitchcock’s work on a holocaust documentary.

    Duration: 08:57

  • Ballyturk

    This new play is discussed by its writer Enda Walsh, and actor Mikel Murfi.

    Duration: 08:00

Magic In The Moonlight

Magic In The Moonlight

Woody Allen's is reviewed by Antonia Quirke.  It's in cinemas this Friday, 19th September, certificate 12A.  (Image: Emma Stone and Colin Firth in Magic in the Moonlight ©2014 Gravier Productions, Inc.)

Constable: The Making Of A Master

Constable: The Making Of A Master

, is at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London,until 11 January 2015.  (Image:  Constable's Study of the Trunk of an Elm Tree, c.1824.  Image copyright: Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

André Singer - Night Will Fall

André Singer - Night Will Fall

opens nationwide on Friday, 19th September, certificate 15.  German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, restored and completed by Imperial War Museums, will be screened at the on Monday 13 October.  (Image:  US combat cameraman.  Copyright:  BFI)

Ballyturk

Ballyturk
, written by Enda Walsh & starring Mikel Murfi, is on at the , London until Saturday 11th October. 
(Image:  Ballyturk – Mikel Murfi (lhs), Cillian Murphy (rhs). Copyright: Patrick Redmond)

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Antonia Quirke
Interviewed Guest Mark Evans
Interviewed Guest André Singer
Interviewed Guest Enda Walsh
Interviewed Guest Mikel Murfi
Producer Rebecca Nicholson

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Sep 2014 19:15

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