Jonathan Ames' risqué revelations

The gentle neurotic, Jonathan Ames, in the studio to talk about his new risqué book "The Double Life is Twice as Good." We also meet Europe’s up and coming stars at the Eurosonic festival in Holland, and visit the largest American art collection in the world, once again available for viewing at New York's Met.

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Eve Jackson

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Slideshow: Behind the scenes

03/06/2013 - CULTURE

Surrealist, Subversive and Cult

Alejandro Jodorowsky leaves no one indifferent. By the early 1970s he was a star of American counter-culture and his cinema has influenced filmmakers such as David Lynch. Jodorowsky is back with a loosely autobiographical movie called "The Dance of Reality." He tells Clovis Casali how John Lennon helped him and why Marilyn Manson asked him to be the master of ceremony at his wedding to Dita Von Teese.

27/05/2013 - CULTURE

A daring and eclectic choice of winners

In this show we look at the champions of the Cannes Film Festival. Lisa Nesselson and Eve Jackson rave about the Palme D'Or winner, the lesbian love story "Blue is the Warmest Colour", and discuss the merits of the other prize winners.

25/05/2013 - CULTURE

Curtain Down at Cannes

As the credits get ready to roll at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, we hear from Roman Polanski on his new film, "Venus in Fur." We also speak to British director Lynne Ramsay, who is on this year's jury, and meet guest of honour Kim Novak.

25/05/2013 - CULTURE

High-speed thrills with Sir Jackie Stewart

Get ready for a high-speed thrill ride in today's Cannes Festival culture special... Catherine Nicholson will be putting you in the driver’s seat with Formula 1 legend Jackie Stewart as a new documentary about him is presented at Cannes.

23/05/2013 - CULTURE

French-language lesbian romance wows critics

They invented cinema 120 years ago, so it's little wonder the French are ruling the roost at the Cannes Film Festival. We check out Franco-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche's lesbian love story, "Blue is the Warmest Colour", which has blown away the critics, and also look at the other French films in competition.