Starry Messenger, Thunder Road, This Brutal House, Hauser and Wirth Somerset, Good Omens

Saturday Review

English - June 01, 2019 19:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
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Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern in the London premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's play The Starry Messenger
Thunder Road was made for $200,000 and went on to win awards at international film festivals. What was it about the film which beguiled jurists and audiences?
Niven Govinden's novel This Brutal House looks at the New York drag scene of the 1980s and 90s
Hauser and Wirth Somerset's latest exhibition ‘Unconscious Landscape: Works from the Ursula Hauser Collection’ is focused entirely on work by female artists
There's a TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Good Omens, starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen - how well can it translate the peculiar magic of the books to the small screen?
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Kamila Shamsie, Natalie Haynes and David Benedict. The producer is Oliver Jones

Podcast Extra recommendations:

Kamila: The Cricket World Cup
David: Crossroads Motel board game and Green Smoke by Rosemary Manning and Mum on BBC2
Natalie: Hay Festival and Chris Ridell and Po’ Girl
Tom: Oliver Morton – The Moon and the OED