Front Row - Review of films No Other Choice, The History of Sound and Julian Barnes' final novel
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Tom Sutcliffe is joined by film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and novelist Lawrence Norfolk to review:
Korean auteur Park Chan-Wook's redundancy revenge thriller No Other Choice.
Julian Barnes' Departure(s) which he's said will be his last book.
Oliver Hermanus' film The History of Sound starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor in a folk music love story.
And they discuss the Oscar nominations which were announced today.
And the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have announced that they will be investing £1.5 billion in cultural organisations, but is it enough and is it going to the right place. Georgia Luckhurst, news editor with Art Professional magazine, is on to discuss.
Published on Thursday, 22nd January 2026.
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