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Radio 5 Live,25 Sep 2019,55 mins

Cerebral Sci-Fi Special: From Georges Méliès to Ad Astra

Kermode and Mayo's Film Review

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Mark and Simon present a guide to four of the best science fiction films of the last five years. And Ad Astra. It’s another chance to hear Mark’s reviews of Claire Denis’s 2018 film High Life and Christopher Nolan’s 2014 Interstellar plus Simon’s interviews with Denis Villeneuve, director of Blade Runner 2049 and Amy Adams, star of 2016’s Arrival. You can also hear Mark and Simon discussing exactly what is ‘cerebral sci-fi’ and Mark gives us a potted history of the genre from Georges Méliès to Ad Astra.

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