On Body And Soul, Our Town, Jennifer Egan, Basquiat, The Deuce
On Body and Soul, Berlin's Golden Bear winner for 2017, Our Town at Manchester's Royal Exchange, Jennifer Egan's Manhattan Beach, Basquiat at The Barbican, and HBO TV's The Deuce.
This year's Golden Bear winning film On Body And Soul is a peculiar love story between two social misfits who work at a Hungarian abattoir
A revival of Thornton Wilder's most-performed play Our Town at Manchester's Royal Exchange resets it to reflect the local audience
Jennifer Egan's follow up to her multi prize-winning A Visit From The Goon Squad is Manhattan Beach. Set in the docks of New York during wartime, Egan has described it as "a fairly straightforward, noirish thriller". Will our panel be more effulgent?
A major new exhibition of the work of the late street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has opened at London's Barbican Centre; was he warmly or suffocatingly embraced by New York's hungry art scene in the 1980s?
HBO TV's new series The Deuce begins on Sky Atlantic
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Tom Sutclidffe's guests are Natalie Haynes, Arifa Akbar and Peter Kemp. The producer is Oliver Jones.
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Our Town
is at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester until 14 October 2018
Image: Stephen King聽
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul is in cinemas now, certificate 18
Jennifer Egan
is available in hardback and ebook from 3 October
Basquiat: Boom for Real
is at the Barbican in London until 28 January 2018
Photo: Basquiat, 1981 漏 Edo Bertoglio, courtesy of Maripol. Artwork: 漏 The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.聽
The Deuce
begins on Sky Atlantic at 10pm on Tuesday 26 September
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | Natalie Haynes |
| Interviewed Guest | Arifa Akbar |
| Interviewed Guest | Peter Kemp |
| Producer | Oliver Jones |
Broadcast
- Sat 23 Sep 2017 19:15麻豆社 Radio 4
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