Guillermo del Toro, Laurie Anderson, Marcus Miller
"The mansion is sort of a rocking carcass and they live in there" - Guillermo del Toro.
The award winning Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro on changing the rules of Gothic romance. Richard Mosse talks about The Enclave, his film looking at the war in the Democratic Republic Of Congo and explains why he used colour infrared film. We learn about Ballet 40/90 starring dancers up to the age of ninety which is playing to packed houses in Buenos Aires and as Olympics fever beckons we hear how Brazilian novelists are striking out for a global readership.
Musician Marcus Miller describes the inspiration for his new album Afrodeezia and his shock on visiting Senegal鈥檚 House of Slaves. Performance artist Laurie Anderson tells us about her new film Heart of a Dog and how her dog played the piano. Shah Rukh Khan calls for female equality in Bollywood and we find out what happened when the beat poet Allen Ginsberg visited India.
(Photo: Guillermo de Toro (c) Robin Marchant/Getty, Laurie Anderson (c) Andrew Toth/Getty, Marcus Miller (c) Keith Tsuji/Getty)
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Guillermo del Toro
The director talks about his latest film, Crimson Peak
Duration: 08:21
Richard Mosse
An infrared journey through eastern Congo's humanitarian disaster
Duration: 04:58
Postcard from Brazil
Tatiana Salem Levy sends a literary postcard from Brazil.
Duration: 03:41
Ballet 40/90
Irene Casselli reports on a group of dancers who are between the ages of 40 and 90
Duration: 05:58
Marcus Miller
Musician Marcus Miller talks about the inspiration for his album Afrodeezia.
Duration: 09:58
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson on Guantanamo and her unlikely hit O Superman
Duration: 07:45
Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan collects honorary degree
Duration: 02:13
Ginsberg In India
Writer Jeet Thayil retraces beat poet Allen Ginsberg's travels round India in the 1960s
Duration: 03:04
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Javier Navarrete
Lullaby from Pan's Labyrinth
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Marcus Miller
Goree
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Ananda Shankar
Love and Passion
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Javier Navarrete
The Fairy and the Labyrinth from Pan's Labyrinth
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Robert Kombo
Communion
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Ser煤 Gir谩n
Popotitos
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Joaqu铆n Sabina
Una Chica Almodovar
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Ananda Shankar
Streets of Calcutta
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Laurie Anderson
Mister Heartbreak
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Laurie Anderson
O Superman
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Shah Rukh khan
Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam
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Miles Davis
Tutu
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Lou Reed
Turning Time Around
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