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Review of Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, Edinburgh Art Festival, Tuesday Review

Paul English presents today. Review of Wes Anderson's new film, Asteroid City, set in a tiny American desert town as it hosts a space convention.

Wes Anderson’s new film Asteroid City stars Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman and Margot Robbie, and is set in a tiny American desert town in the 1950s as it hosts a space convention. But the arrival of an alien forces the government to quarantine Asteroid City, throwing the characters' lives into chaos. Film critics Paul Gallagher and Wendy Lloyd join Paul for a review.

Author Sarah Thomas discusses The Raven’s Nest, a moving memoir about resilience and learning to belong, set in the dramatic landscape of Iceland’s Westfjords.

The programme for this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival launches today and Director Kim McAleese joins Paul to talk about how the festival is breaking new ground this year.

Tuesday Review: TV critic and broadcaster Scott Bryan, and writer and performer Jay Lafferty will be giving their thoughts on:

-And Just Like That… (Season 2): the second season of this sequel to the original Sex and the City. It follows Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda as they navigate life and friendship in their 50s.

-Black Mirror (Season 6): Charlie Brooker’s genre-bending anthology series.

-Ruby Speaking: a new Bristol-set comedy starring comedian Jayde Adams as Ruby, who is in danger of losing her job at call centre Hellocom because she spends her time trying to solve customers’ problems, rather than trying to sell them ever more expensive TV and broadband packages.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • The White Stripes

    Seven Nation Army

    • (CD Single).
    • Xls.
  • ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 002.
  • Madonna

    Open Your Heart

    • Madonna - The Immaculate Collection.
    • Sire.
    • 13.
  • Lady Gaga

    Edge Of Glory

    • Now That's What I Call Music 80.
    • EMI.
  • Van Morrison

    Brown Eyed Girl

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.
  • Deacon Blue

    Fergus Sings The Blues

    • Deacon Blue- Our Town (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.
  • Garbage

    When I Grow Up

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1999.
    • Telstar TV.
    • 18 / 1.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Think

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.
  • Peter Gabriel

    Solsbury Hill

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Elvis Presley

    All Shook Up

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Laura Mvula

    Got Me

    • Pink Noise.
    • Atlantic.
  • Blondie

    The Tide Is High

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
  • Erasure

    A Little Respect

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.
  • DNA

    Tom's Diner (feat. Suzanne Vega)

    • Best Of Suzanne Vega - Tried & True.
    • A&M.
  • Take That

    The Flood

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 16.
  • Baccara

    Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Jun 2023 13:30