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Arthur Phillips talks obsession and musical passion
In today’s show: there are few limits to his imagination – Eve Jackson meets Arthur Phillips, the man called one of the best authors in America. Also on the programme France returns 20 mummified Maori heads to New Zealand and thrills, adventures and bromance in Sherlock Holmes the sequel.
In this edition: Johnny Hollyday becomes To's hitman and Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi's returns to the Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year with 'No One Knows About the Persian Cats'.
In this edition: interview with Juliette Binoche and "Air Doll" - a Japanese movie by Hirokazu Kore-Eda. The story of an inflatable air doll that magically comes to life one day.
In this edition: US film director Francis Ford Coppola presents his latest movie, "Tetro" and "Spring Fever" by Lou Ye, a gritty account of homosexual liaisons in modern-day China.