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Front Row: Martha Marcy May Marlene and author Anne Rice

Martha Marcy May Marlene and author Anne Rice

02/02/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Martha Marcy May Marlene and author Anne Rice

New film Martha Marcy May Marlene and author Anne Rice.

John Wilson with a review of the film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Anne Rice on swapping vampires for werewolves in her latest book and the end of filming on the Aylesbury Estate.

Martha Marcy May Marlene has received very good reviews in the States, and the film's director - first-timer Sean Durkin - won Best Director for it at Sundance last year. The psychological thriller focuses on Martha, played by Elizabeth Olsen - sister of the twins - who escapes from an abusive rural hippie-like cult after two years but has trouble erasing the haunting memories of her past. Jason Solomons reviews.

The Aylesbury and Heygate estates in South London have served as the backdrop for countless films and TV dramas over the years, including Spooks, The Bill and Harry Brown. But now residents have had enough and all filming has been banned. John visited the estates to find out more. 

Best-selling author Anne Rice redefined the vampire genre with her Vampire Chronicles. Now in her new book The Wolf Gift she has turned to werewolves. She explains why the hero of her new book is a werewolf with a difference: he has a sense of morality.

Howard Hodgkin owns one of the most important collections of historical Indian art in the world. As the complete collection goes on display for the first time at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, John Wilson talks to the artist.

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