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WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER
Presented by Francine Stock
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
Stephen Fry makes his directorial debut this week with his film Bright Young Things, based on Evelyn Waugh's classic social satire Vile Bodies. John Walsh of The Independent reviews.
Bright Young Things, on general release from this Friday, certificate 15
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, Penguin Books ISBN 0141187506
Related website:
BBC Films - Film trailer - Bright Young Things
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RONALD HARWOOD
As two more of his plays reach the stage, Francine Stock talks to the playwright Ronald Harwood who earlier this year won an Oscar for his screenplay for The Pianist,
See You Next Tuesday, Albery Theatre, London from 2 October. Taking Sides tours the UK this autumn and spring 2004
Related website:
Albery Theatre
Touring: Taking Sides
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ACADEMY AWARDS
Francine speaks to Stephen Gaydos of Variety about the new rule change which will require all Academy Award screenings to take place in official cinemas and bans the use of DVD or Video copies.
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SIGMAR POLKE
Art critic, Louisa Buck reviews a new exhibition at Tate Modern of work by the German artist Sigmar Polke, whose latest paintings concentrate on distorting newspaper images.
Sigmar Polke's 'History of Everything' opens at the Tate Modern London, tomorrow and runs until January 2004
VISIT THE GALLERY
Related website:
Tate Modern - Sigmar Polke
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PORTMANTEAU FILMS
Inspired by the release of the latest portmanteau film, Ten Minutes Older - The Trumpet, Front Row has commissioned a special portmanteau column from 4 film experts: Adam Dawtrey, European editor of Variety; Ian Christie, film historian; Jason Solomons, film critic and Stephanie Smith-Browne, film writer and academic.
Ten Minutes Older - The Trumpet will be showing at the National Film Theatre in London from Friday until 16 October
Related website:
NFT Ten Minutes Older - The Trumpet
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