Supersonic, Mel Gibson in Blood Father, Beyond Caravaggio, Karl Jenkins
Mel Gibson's new film Blood Father reviewed; composer Karl Jenkins on his cantata in memory of the Aberfan disaster; the director of Oasis documentary Supersonic; Beyond Caravaggio.
Supersonic is a new documentary charting the success of Oasis, the Manchester band with 8 number one albums and estimated sales of over 70 million. John talks to director Mat Whitecross - who also directed Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, the biopic of Ian Dury - about charting brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher's rapid rise to stardom.
In Mel Gibson's new film Blood Father, the actor is cast as a recovering alcoholic with anger issues, capitalising on the actor's off-screen controversies over the past decade. Antonia Quirke reviews.
Beyond Caravaggio at the National Gallery, which focuses on the work of the Italian painter and his influence on the art of his contemporaries and followers, is reviewed by Waldemar Januszczak.
Sir Karl Jenkins discusses his new choral work Cantata Memoria - For the Children, in commemoration of those killed in the Aberfan disaster 50 years ago, which has its world premiere in Cardiff tomorrow.
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
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Mat Whitecross
Duration: 07:14
Waldemar Januszczak
Duration: 05:04
Antonia Quirke
Duration: 05:06
Miles Teller
Duration: 03:59
Karl Jenkins
Duration: 06:38
Supersonic
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Liam Gallagher in Supersonic
Supersonic is in cinemas nationwide from 7 October
Main image shows Noel and Liam Gallagher in SupersonicBeyond Caravaggio at the National Gallery until 15 January 2017
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The Taking of Christ by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio,1602
Beyond Caravaggio at the National Gallery
Picture on indefinite loan to the National Gallery of Ireland from the Jesuit Community, Leeson St., Dublin who acknowledge the kind generosity of the late Dr Marie Lea-Wilson
Oil on canvas 133.5 x 169.5 cm
Copyright: The National Gallery of Ireland, DublinBlood Father
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Mel Gibson in Blood Father
Blood Father is in cinemas nationwideSir Karl Jenkins
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Sir Karl Jenkins His new work Cantata Memoria - For the Children
has its world premiere at the Wales Millennium Centre on 8 OctoberCredits
Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Antonia Quirke Interviewed Guest Waldemar Januszczak Interviewed Guest Mat Whitecross Interviewed Guest Karl Jenkins Producer Jerome Weatherald Broadcast
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