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Annette Bening, Wayne McGregor, Ang Lee

Film star Annette Bening on working with writer and director Mike Mills for her new film 20th Century Women

Oscar winning director Ang Lee tells us about the future of cinema and why it will be elitist. Annette Bening on her new film, 20th Century Women, and embodying a hippopotamus. Choreographer Wayne McGregor explains why artists should spend their lives “un-learning”.

Nikki speaks to Sonia Boyce, one of the leading figures of the Black-British arts scene. Film critic Daniel Kothenschulte looks ahead to The Berlin Film Festival and composer Soosan Lolavar explains why her new opera has suddenly become scarily topical.

Joining Nikki Bedi are the British artist Sonia Boyce and the German film critic Daniel Kothenschulte

(Photograph shows: Annette Bening (c) Jerod Harris/Getty Images, Wayne McGregor (c) Anthony Harvey/Getty Images, Ang Lee (c) Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

50 minutes

Daniel Kothenschulte

Daniel Kothenschulte
Nikki's guests this week are German film expert Daniel Kothenschulte and British artist Sonia Boyce. Daniel recommended the music of Erik Friedlander and Sonia recommended the film Moonlight 

(Photo of Daniel Kothenschulte (c) Daniel Hofer)

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Feb 201715:06GMT
  • Mon 13 Feb 201709:06GMT
  • Mon 13 Feb 201712:06GMT
  • Mon 13 Feb 201723:06GMT
  • Tue 14 Feb 201702:06GMT