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David Cronenberg鈥檚 Crimes of the Future, Venice Film Festival, Booker Longlisted Shehan Karunatilaka, Tom Chaplin

Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future reviewed, film news from Venice, Booker longlisted author Shehan Karunatilaka, and Keane's Tom Chaplin plays live from his new solo album.

David Cronenberg鈥檚 new film Crimes of the Future is a science fiction body parts horror movie starring Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart and L茅a Seydoux. In a time when pain no longer exists a couple are using organ removal surgery as performance art. Leila Latif reviews and gives a run down on the films being shown at this year鈥檚 Venice Film Festival, including The Whale and Banshees of Inisherin.

Tom Chaplin came to fame as the lead singer of Keane. With the release of his third solo album Midpoint, he talks to Tom Sutcliffe and performs two songs - Gravitational, and Overshoot - live in the studio.

We hear from one of the thirteen writers on the Booker Prize longlist, Sri Lankan Shehan Karunatilaka, who鈥檚 waiting to hear if he鈥檒l also be on the shortlist announced tomorrow. His 2010 debut novel, Chinaman, was garlanded with awards, including the Commonwealth Prize. Will his second book, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, also be a winner?

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Nicki Paxman

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  • Mon 5 Sep 2022 19:15

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