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In today's culture, our film critic Bernard Besserglik talks about Iraq war movies like 'The Hurt Locker' and 'The Green Zone' and tells us the recipe for a successful war movie.
In today’s show: get your satin and sequins at the ready as Stockholm's new Abba museum opens its doors. Plus, French animators take the world by storm with "The Jungle Bunch", and a sneak peek at Leonardo DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby.
You probably know him best for his hits "Superstar" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "One Night in Bangkok" from Chess and his song 'Say It Ain't So,’. Eve Jackson meets Murray Head to talk about his new album and his love of France. Also on the programme, popular French band Indochine stirs controversy for its unbridled depiction of violence at school in a music video, and we check out the only music and art festival of its kind in Afghanistan.
Today we meet the Brazilian musician who’s gone from political exile in the 1960s to his country’s Culture Minister in the 2000s. Gilberto Gil’s music transports the listener to the beaches of Rio and the carnival of Salvador. Now he’s taking us on a cultural journey in a new documentary, "Viramundo". The movie takes us from Brazil to Australia, South Africa and back to Brazil.
Today's guest is not just a conceptual artist: Abdulnasser Gharem is also a soldier in Saudi Arabia's army. Described as the "rock star of Saudi contemporary art", Eve Jackson speaks to him about his homeland, being the highest selling living Gulf artist and the situation in the Middle East. Also on the show, we check out the Normandy impressionist festival as well as Ancient Egypt’s anonymous scribes.
We meet the classically-trained violinist who has toured as a backing musician for Regina Spektor, "of Montreal" and more... but now Kishi Bashi is stepping into the solo limelight. His first album is just out: it’s a poppy, folky, indie affair with hints of "The Lumineers" and Arcade fire, and a touch of the ethereal. He plays live and unplugged for us in the studio.
FACT IS --having made BILLIONS upon BILLIONS
these past decades outsourcing, and catering to
the ----MOST---- awesomely genocidal regime in history
---ACROSS the Pacific ( 70 million exterminated in
--'peacetime' FACT ) Hollywood continues to hide
itself behind Iraq 'conscience' trips ---or, ad nauseum,
anachronistic PC WWII retreads.
ESP. galling on this, the once again 'mysteriously overlooked'
60th Anniversary of the epic, vitally relevant ---and STILL
unfolding --KOREAN WAR...
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FACT IS --having made BILLIONS upon BILLIONS
these past decades outsourcing, and catering to
the ----MOST---- awesomely genocidal regime in history
---ACROSS the Pacific ( 70 million exterminated in
--'peacetime' FACT ) Hollywood continues to hide
itself behind Iraq 'conscience' trips ---or, ad nauseum,
anachronistic PC WWII retreads.
ESP. galling on this, the once again 'mysteriously overlooked'
60th Anniversary of the epic, vitally relevant ---and STILL
unfolding --KOREAN WAR...