Elijah Wood tells Tom Sutcliffe about his new film No Man of God. Elijah Wood plays criminal profiler Bill Hagmaier in a story based on interview transcripts. Hagmaier is sent by the FBI to visit the serial killer Ted Bundy on death row. A fascinating, troubling relationship develops which becomes all the more intense when the date of Bundy's execution is announced. It's just a week away; Bundy agrees to talk, and he has much to confess.
As lockdown and the pandemic brought concerts to a standstill, many musicians and comedians turned to online live streaming to perform, entertain and connect with audiences. According to YouTube, 78% of British people watched a live stream over the last 12 months. But now as live events return, and with concerns still over safety, have live streams proven they can coexist alongside in-person concerts as a way to feel part of an experience? Musician Paul Smith from Maximo Park and director and filmmaker Oscar Sansom discuss
It’s often said that we’re living in a podcast ‘boom,’ with increased investment from technology giants and big name celebrity signings. But how diverse is the industry itself? The Equality in Audio Pact, launched in 2020, aims to tackle some of the systemic barriers to entry in radio and podcasting for people from under-represented backgrounds. Imriel Morgan is the Founder and CEO of podcast marketing agency Content is Queen- a signatory to the pact- and she’s also an award-winning host of the Wanna Be Podcast. She joins us to give her assessment of diversity and inclusion in the audio industry today.
The Last of Us & Enys Men reviewed
Filmmaker Todd Field on Tár, Glyndebourne tour cancellation, Debut novelist Jyoti Patel
How AI is changing art, the TS Eliot Prize for poetry and the folk music of wassailing
The Light in the Hall, The Shipping Forecast photographs, Nell Zink
Two of the year's major films, Till and Empire of Light, reviewed and John Preston on his TV drama Stonehouse.
Vocal ensemble Stile Antico, Fay Weldon obituary, director John Strickland
Tom Hanks On A Man Called Otto, Author Deepti Kapoor, The London Ticket Bank
Leeds 2023 Year of Culture
The Pale Blue Eye and Happy Valley reviewed, Artist Alexander Creswell
Marie Kreutzer on the film Corsage, Film director Mike Hodges remembered, Artistic buzzwords, The T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
Terry Hall remembered, state of UK theatre, board games of the last 40 years
Lucy Prebble, immersive experiences, what next for ENO
Quentin Blake discussion, reviews of Avatar and Magdalena Abakanowicz
Neil Gaiman, China's art censorship in Europe, Decline of the working class in the creative industries
Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody; Qatar art, architecture & the World Cup; Hannah Khalil
Zadie Smith on The Wife of Willesden, David Tennant on Litvinenko and Rick Wakeman's stolen gear
Orlando starring Emma Corrin & Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio reviewed, Damian Lewis on A Spy Among Friends
The Turner Prize winner, poet Kim Moore, Razorlight's Johnny Borrell
Antoine Fuqua on Emancipation, NDAs in film and TV casting, playwright April De Angelis
Fergus McCreadie, Leyla Josephine, Scottish National Gallery
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