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Free State of Jones, Abstract Expressionism, Transit, Crisis in Six Scenes, Villette

Free State of Jones starring Matthew McConaughey, Woody Allen's first TV series Crisis in Six Scenes, Rachel Cusk's novel Transit, Abstract Expressionism and Villette.

Free State of Jones is an American war film inspired by the life of Newton Knight and his armed rebellion against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. Written and directed by Gary Ross, the film stars Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali and Keri Russell.
Crisis in Six Scenes is Woody Allen's first television series. Made for Amazon Studios it also stars Miley Cyrus and Elaine May and is set during the turbulent years of the late 1960s in the USA.
The Royal Academy of Arts in London presents the first major exhibition of Abstract Expressionism to be held in the UK for six decades and features work by Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still amongst many others.
Award winning writer Rachel Cusk's new novel Transit documents a writer and her two young sons moving to London following a family collapse. There are many transitions to negotiate - personal, moral, artistic, practical as the writer endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children.
Marking the bicentenary of Charlotte Bronte's birth, her novel Villette is brought to life in a striking new adaptation for the Courtyard Theatre in Leeds. Yorkshire writer Linda Marshall-Griffiths reimagines Charlotte Bront毛's ground-breaking novel whilst remaining true to its unique insights into loneliness, yearning and the redemptive power of love.

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Katie Puckrik, Alex Clark and Francis Spufford. The producer was Hilary Dunn.

Available now

45 minutes

Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones

is in cinemas now, certificate 15.


Rachel Cusk

Transit by Rachel Cusk is available in hardback and ebook now.聽

Villette

Villette

is at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds until 15 October 2016.

Image:聽Photography by Anthony Robling


Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism

is at the Royal Academy of Arts in London until 2 January 2016.

Image:聽 Jackson Pollock - Blue poles, 1952. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.聽漏聽The Pollock-Krasner Foundation ARS, NY and DACS, London 2016


Crisis in Six Scenes

Crisis in Six Scenes

is available to watch via Amazon Prime, the first episode is available now, with a new episode airing every Friday.


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest Katie Puckrik
Interviewed Guest Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest Francis Spufford
Producer Hilary Dunn

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 Oct 2016 19:15

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