Paul Haggis
Thursday 24 January 2008 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Matthew Sweet talks to director Paul Haggis, whose hard-hitting movie Crash, about race and prejudice in Los Angeles, won the Best Picture Academy Award in 2006. His new film, In the Valley of Elah, explores the death of an American soldier after his return from fighting in Iraq.
Also, a look at the Juan Munoz retrospective at Tate Modern.
Two Figures by Juan Munoz
Two Figures by Juan Munoz
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The Welsh Encyclopaedia
The University of Wales Press has just published The Welsh Encyclopaedia. It's taken ten years to compile and the publishers believe it will be a revelation. Matthew Sweet will be inviting the historian, Jeremy Black and the Welsh expatriate Deian Hopkin, to join him in exploring the encyclopaedia's pages and the reasons that may have led to its compilation.
Juan Munoz
Night Waves looks at a profile of Juan Munoz - one of the most important sculptors of the last fifty years whose work is on show at Tate Modern in a posthumous retrospective
Juan Munoz: A Retrospective is on at Tate Modern, London from 24 January to 27 April 2008
The Sea
The writer, Michelene Wandor will be reviewing the new production of Edward Bond's The Sea.
The Sea by Edward Bond is playing at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London from 17 January to 19th April 2008
Paul Haggis
Matthew Sweet will be talking to the Oscar-winning scriptwriter Paul Haggis about his gripping new film, In The Valley of Elah starring Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon.
In the Valley of Elah, Certificate 15, is released on Friday 25th January
