William Boyd on David Hockney, and new film Haywire
William Boyd responds to a major exhibition of landscape paintings by David Hockney; a review of Steven Soderbergh's new film Haywire; and music from Carolina Chocolate Drops.
With Mark Lawson.
Novelist William Boyd gives his response to a major new exhibition of landscape paintings by David Hockney, and also re-assesses the film A Bigger Splash, made in the early 1970s, which focuses on Hockney and his circle of friends at the time.
In Steven Soderbergh's new film Haywire a black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission. Gaylene Gould reviews the film, whose cast includes Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor and Michael Fassbender .
Carolina Chocolate Drops are an African-American string band, using the fiddle, banjo and jug to revive often-overlooked folk music from the Piedmont region of the American south. They discuss how they rediscover old tunes, and their approach to tradition.
And in a new comic film The Sitter, Jonah Hill plays a student who is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door. Film critic Mark Eccleston considers what movies tell us about choosing the right babysitter, from Three Men and a Baby to Halloween.
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
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David Hockney
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David Hockney
William Boyd responds to a major exhibition of landscape paintings by David Hockney
Duration: 08:39
Haywire
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Haywire
Gaylene Gould reviews Stephen Soderbergh's latest movie, Haywire.
Duration: 03:36
Carolina Chocolate Drops
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Caroline Chocolate Drops
Carolina Chocolate Drops - an African-American string band, discuss their music
Duration: 11:44
Babysitter movies
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Babysitter movies
Mark Eccleston considers what movies tell us about choosing the right babysitter
Duration: 03:38
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- Tue 17 Jan 2012 19:15成人快手 Radio 4
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