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Back to SearchShane Meadows on the British film industry, Children’s books round-up, the Turner Prize
Shane Meadows talks about his unconventional journey into the British film industry and his vision for more diversity in film, as he prepares to give…
2 years, 9 months ago
Julia Roberts on Leave the World Behind, guitarist MILOŠ, The Peasants
Julia Roberts, and the director of her latest project, Sam Esmail, discuss their new film, Leave The World Behind - a psychological thriller which ex…
2 years, 9 months ago
Front Row reviews Eileen and The House of Bernarda Alba
Front Row reviews the week’s cultural highlights. Samira Ahmed is joined by critics Sarah Crompton and Isabel Stevens to discuss William Oldroyd’s n…
2 years, 10 months ago
Billie Marten, Yinka Shonibare, Richard Mantle on Opera North
Since 1994 Sir Richard Mantle has been General Director of Opera North. He's led the company through the creation of a new home in Leeds; the establi…
2 years, 10 months ago
AI and publishing, terrible record covers, Fred D'Aguiar
Michael Connelly is one of several authors suing the tech company OpenAI for "theft" of his work. Nicola Solomon, outgoing Society of Authors CEO, an…
2 years, 10 months ago
Maria Callas, Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane, Rory Pilgrim
For what would have been the 100th birthday of soprano Maria Callas, Front Row brought together singer Dame Sarah Connolly and music critic Fiona Mad…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Booker Prize Ceremony 2023
A special edition of Front Row, live from the Booker Prize for Fiction.
Samira Ahmed is joined on stage by Booker Prize judges actor Adjoa Andoh and …
2 years, 10 months ago
Maestro, reality TV Squid Game, Brutalist architecture
Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose has attracted a lot of media attention for Maestro, his portrayal of the composer Leonard Bernstein. Tom Sutcliffe a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Joanna Hogg, map making, Ghislaine Leung
In her acclaimed films Joanna Hogg blurs the lines between her art and her life. As she releases her first ghost story film, The Eternal Daughter - …
2 years, 10 months ago
Ridley Scott's Napoleon, Albert Hall tickets resales, Bob Mortimer's winning comedy fiction
Tom Sutcliffe talks to director Ridley Scott about his new film Napoleon - a subject that takes him back to an actor who’s played an emperor for him …
2 years, 10 months ago