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What is America?

Fifty monologues from leading US playwrights, on what America means to them

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Actor Martin Landau

We dedicate today’s Strand to the veteran Oscar-winning American actor Martin Landau.

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Director Matteo Garrone on his new film Reality

We talk to the director Matteo Garrone about his new film, Reality.

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Cloud Atlas: Bringing this ambitious book to the big screen

We hear about the new movie of David Mitchell's ambitious novel, Cloud Atlas.

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Skyfall: James Bond is back, directed by Oscar-winning Sam Mendes

James Bond is back with the latest offering directed by Oscar-winning Sam Mendes.

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Greek Theatre Attacks

A theatre in Greece has been attacked by far-right MPs for staging a controversial play.

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Islamist crackdown on music in Mali

We find out how the Islamist crackdown on music in Mali is having a dramatic effect

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26/10/2012

We speak to world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming about her upcoming role in Verdi’s Otello

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Rust and Bone

"I would die to work with Jacques Audiard" Marion Cotillard on Rust and Bone's director.

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30/10/2012

The first major exhibition devoted to the male nude is currently being staged in Vienna.

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How to Watch Films in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi film maker who's lobbying the government to legalise film clubs

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Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe has done New York and Atlanta - now in his latest novel - it's Miami's turn.

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Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk

Mark Coles talks to Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk about his novel Silent House.

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Edward Seaga - Former Jamaica Prime Minister

Edward Seaga on producing a compilation album to celebrate 50 years of Jamaican music.

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Sri Lankan music artist, Ashanthi

Ashanthi; Chinese dissident literature; and the Art that Germany wants to forget.

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American artist Jim Shaw

Artist Jim Shaw on the links between an invented religion and the economic downturn.

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Nour Festival of Arts

Dia Batal explains how she turned one of London’s most iconic rooms into a memorial.

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Still Life Versus Moving Image

Are moving images taking over from still ones?

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Diwali cinema releases

Bobby Friction reviews romantic Bollywood film Jab Tak Hai Jaan, by the late Yash Chopra.

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Stephen Spielberg's new film, Lincoln

The new movie by Stephen Spielberg takes us back to the American abolition of slavery.

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Kurt Elling

Jazz singer Kurt Elling on the tunesmiths who worked in New York’s Brill Building.

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Judy Chicago

We meet the artist, writer and activist

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Juan Gabriel Vasquez

Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vasquez talks about his book The Sound Of Things Falling

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Corpus Christi

The actors, producer and director of Corpus Christi have been charged with blasphemy.

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Africa for Norway

Interview with the makers of the spoof music video Africa for Norway

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Rome Film Festival

Rome Film Festival jury member Chris Fujiwara talks about the films awarded prizes.

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Brian Eno

Brian Eno talks to Mark about his new album Lux

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Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi

The Tunisian singer talks about writing music for a revolution.

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Taiwanese Film

The winners and losers of the 49th Golden Horse Awards held in Taiwan.

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Anthony Gormley

A monumental new work by artist Antony Gormley exploring the body through architecture.

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