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Timberlake Wertenbaker, Jupiter Ascending Reviewed, Reading Europe: France

Timberlake Wertenbaker on her new play Jefferson's Garden, a review of Jupiter Ascending and which novels best reflect present-day France. Kirsty Lang presents.

The playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker talks to Kirsty Lang about her new play, Jefferson's Garden, which looks at how the contradictions surrounding the subject of race, that lie at the heart of modern-day America, were established by the Founding Fathers.

Mila Kunis and Eddie Redmayne star in Jupiter Ascending, the latest sci-fi adventure from the Wachowskis, celebrated for The Matrix and Cloud Atlas. Author Sophia McDougall reviews.

As 大象传媒 Radio 4 launches Reading Europe, a series of dramatised modern European novels, beginning in France, Damian Barr visits Paris. He talks to critic Sylvain Bourmeau about the recent novels that throw light on contemporary France. He chooses La Petite Foule (The Small Crowd) by Christine Angot; Cendrillon (Cinderella) by Eric Reinhardt; and Vernon Subutex, 1, by Virginie Despentes. He also talks about Soumission (Submission) by Michel Houellebecq, the novel that became embroiled in the recent Charlie Hebdo tragedy.

And in the light of BFI figures showing a surge in film production in the UK last year, Adrian Wootton of the British Film Commission and Film London discusses why the industry is booming.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Sarah Johnson.

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30 minutes

Last on

Wed 4 Feb 2015 19:15

Chapters

  • Timberlake Wertenbaker

    Duration: 07:34

  • Jupiter Ascending

    Duration: 04:58

  • The UK film industry

    Duration: 04:37

  • Reading Europe: France

    Duration: 10:25

Timberlake Wertenbaker

Timberlake Wertenbaker

by Timberlake Wertenbaker is showing at the Watford Palace Theatre until Saturday 21 February.


Photo credit: David Burnett and Mimi Ndiweni in a Jefferson's Garden rehearsal. Photograph by Richard Lakos.聽

Jupiter Ascending

Jupiter Ascending

is in cinemas from Friday 6 January, certificate 12A.

Images, above and right: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.


Reading Europe

Reading Europe

by Marie NDiaye beings on Sunday 8 February on Radio 4 at 3pm.


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Presenter Damian Barr
Producer Sarah Johnson
Interviewed Guest Timberlake Wertenbaker
Interviewed Guest Sophia McDougall
Interviewed Guest Sylvain Bourmeau
Interviewed Guest Adrian Wootton

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  • Wed 4 Feb 2015 19:15

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