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World Service,28 Feb 2026,48 mins

Jan Komasa

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi is joined by critic Zing Tsjeng to discuss cultural highlights of the week: Australian actor and movie producer Margot Robbie on her experience filming Emerald Fennell’s racy take on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Venezuelan-American theatre maker Moisés Kaufman explains what inspired his latest play, Here There Are Blueberries. Hollywood leading man Ethan Hawke discusses his Oscar-nominated role as the prolific Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater’s film, Blue Moon Norwegian director Mona Fastvold talks about their film, The Testament of Ann Lee, with star Amanda Seyfried. And Iranian-born British actor Paul Chahidi describes how music from his native country provided the backdrop to his childhood in the UK Plus, Nikki interviews Polish director Jan Komasa about his unsettling new film starring Adolescence's Stephen Graham. The Good Boy will be screening at London's Barbican as part of the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival on 11 March, ahead of an international release later in the month.

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