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Front Row: Cinemas Reopen, St Vincent, Maylis de Kerangal, Festival Ticketing

14/05/2021

Cinemas Reopen, St Vincent, Maylis de Kerangal, Festival Ticketing

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Cinemas Reopen, St Vincent, Maylis de Kerangal, Festival Ticketing

Cinemas reopen, St Vincent, Maylis de Kerangal, festival ticketing.

What can we look forward to when cinemas reopen? Tim Robey and Yuan Ren review Nomadland and share their top picks.

Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland, which recently won best film at both the Oscars and Baftas, is leading the pack as cinemas reopen next week. Film critic Tim Robey and Chinese arts journalist Yuan Ren discuss Nomadland and what else we have to look forward to.

St Vincent’s latest album Daddy’s Home is inspired in part by her father’s release from 10 years in prison. The artist discusses getting personal for her sixth record, returning to the sound of the '70s and the female artists that paved the way for her.

A lack of commercial and government-backed insurance has led to the cancellation of many festivals this year with more cancellations expected if things don’t change. Marina Blake, co-founder and creative director of Brainchild Festival, has a plan to ensure her festival goes ahead. She talks to John about asking ticketholders to share the costs of the risk.

Author Maylis de Kerangal discusses Painting Time, her coming-of-age novel set in the world of decorative painting, following a young woman who finds herself discovering the world and herself through the art of trompe l’oeuil.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Jerome Weatherald

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