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World Service,03 Feb 2018,49 mins

Film star Christian Slater and Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk

The Arts Hour

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Nikki is joined in the studio by author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi whose new book Kintu is being hailed as “the great Ugandan novel” and by film critic Anil Sinanan. Hollywood film star Christian Slater talks about appearing on the London stage in David Mamet’s famous play Glengarry Glen Ross. Film director Paul Thomas Anderson discusses his new Oscar nominated movie Phantom Thread starring Daniel Day Lewis. Turkish Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk tells us about his new novel The Red-Haired Woman. Screenwriter Steven Rogers reveals how he approached I, Tonya – the triple Oscar nominated ice skating mockumentary. There’s news of the first gay film festival ever in Tunisia where homosexuality is illegal. Young British actress Florence Pugh explores whether the scripts she’s sent reflect any changes for women in film. Photo shows: Christian Slater (c) Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (c) Mark Rusher, Orhan Pamuk (c) Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images

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