Saturday Review - Starry Messenger, Thunder Road, This Brutal House, Hauser and Wirth Somerset, Good Omens
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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
Published on Saturday, 1st June 2019.
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