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Steven Soderbergh's Unsane, America's Cool Modernism, Life after the Double Act, Stage Blood

Steven Soderbergh on his film Unsane starring Claire Foy, shot entirely on three iphones; Art - America's Cool Modernism: O'Keeffe to Hopper; the art of stage blood and going solo.

Director Steven Soderbergh on his latest film, Unsane, which stars Claire Foy as a woman admitted to a mental health facility against her will. The film was shot entirely on three iphones. Is this the future of film?

America's Cool Modernism: O'Keeffe to Hopper, a big exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford focuses on American artists in the early 20th century - including Georgia O'Keeffe and Edward Hopper - many of whom expressed their uncertainty about the rapid modernisation and urbanisation of their country. The show's curator discusses the significance of these paintings, prints and photographs made between 1915 and 1945, many of which have not been seen in the UK before.

How to establish yourself as a solo artist after a successful career in a double act - Stephen Armstrong considers examples from cultural history as Ant McPartlin, one half of TV presenting powerhouse Ant and Dec, is admitted to rehab, leaving Declan Donnelly considering his options.

A new RSC production of The Duchess of Malfi will involve the spilling of 3000 litres of stage blood throughout its run. To tell us how, why, and how much we should expect in the world of stage blood, we're joined by theatre critic Sam Marlowe and Giuseppe Cannas, Head of Wigs, Hair and Make-up at the National Theatre.

Presenter: Stig Abell
Producer: Julian May.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • America's Cool Modernism

    Duration: 07:03

  • Steven Soderbergh

    Duration: 07:30

  • Double Acts

    Duration: 04:31

  • Blood on stage

    Duration: 08:09

Unsane

Unsane
Claire Foy聽
Photo credit: Twentieth Century Fox

Unsane is on general release from 23 March, cert 15

Main image: Claire Foy in Unsane
Photo credit: Twentieth Century Fox

America's Cool Modernism: O鈥橩eeffe to Hopper

America's Cool Modernism: O鈥橩eeffe to Hopper

Edward Hopper (1882聽-聽1967)
Dawn in Pennsylvania,1942
Oil on canvas, 61.9 x 112.4 cm
Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago 漏 Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper, licensed by the Whitney Museum of American Art

America's Cool Modernism: O鈥橩eeffe to Hopper at the until 22 July

Blood on Stage

Blood on Stage
Alexander Cobb and Joan Iyiola
in The Duchess of Malfi
Photo credit:
Helen Maybanks聽漏聽RSC

The Duchess of Malfi is on at the until 3 Aug

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest Steven Soderbergh
Interviewed Guest Stephen Armstrong
Interviewed Guest Sam Marlowe
Interviewed Guest Giuseppe Carnas
Producer Julian May

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  • Wed 21 Mar 2018 19:15

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