James Dean biopic, Mr Foote's Other Leg, Frances Leviston, Disclosure
Arts news with John Wilson, including a review of the James Dean biopic Life, Ian Kelly on turning his Samuel Foote biography into a play and Disclosure discussing their new album.
In Anton Corbijn's new film Life, Robert Pattinson plays the Magnum photographer Dennis Stock, sent by LIFE Magazine to spend time with James Dean, a troubled rising star. Antonia Quirke reviews the film which focuses on their difficult relationship and the resulting images.
Ian Kelly, on turning his biography of Samuel Foote into a play, starring Simon Russell Beale as the 18th Century cross-dressing comic actor beset by scandal, and Kelly himself as Prince George.
Guy and Howard Lawrence - the two brothers who make up the dance music duo Disclosure - discuss their new album Caracal, and how soul music and prog rock has influenced them.
Today's shortlisted author for the 大象传媒 National Short Story Award is the poet Frances Leviston. Her story is Broderie Anglaise, a tale of tensions between a mother and a daughter over the making of a dress.
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Ella-mai Robey.
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James Dean biopic
Duration: 04:49
Mr Foote's Other Leg
Duration: 09:10
Disclosure
Duration: 07:50
Frances Leviston
Duration: 06:00
Life
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Life is in cinemas from Friday 25 September, certificate 15.
Mr. Foote鈥檚 Other Leg
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is at the Hampstead Theatre in London until 17 October 2015.
Image: 漏 Nobby Clark
Disclosure
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鈥檚 new album Caracal is released on Friday 25 September.
National Short Story Award
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Frances Leviston's shortlisted story will be broadcast on Radio 4 on Wednesday 23 September at 3.30pm.
The winner of the in partnership with Book Trust will be announced on Front Row on Tuesday 6 October 2015.
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Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Antonia Quirke Interviewed Guest Ian Kelly Interviewed Guest Guy Lawrence Interviewed Guest Howard Lawrence Interviewed Guest Frances Leviston Producer Ella-mai Robey Broadcast
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