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Front Row: Anatomy of a Fall, Pete McKee, Wu-Tang Clan 30th anniversary

Anatomy of a Fall, Pete McKee, Wu-Tang Clan 30th anniversary

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Anatomy of a Fall, Pete McKee on Frank & Joy, Wu-Tang Clan 30th anniversary.

Palme d'Or Winner Anatomy of a Fall reviewed, Pete McKee on Frank & Joy, and on its 30th anniversary, Wu-Tang Clan's debut hip hop album assessed.

Tonight on Front Row - reviews of something old and something new.  At this year's Cannes Film Festival, Anatomy of a Fall, a whodunnit fused with a portrait of a marriage and wrapped up in courtroom drama, won the Palme d'Or, and thirty years ago today, hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan released their seminal debut album, Enter The Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers).  Musician and writer Bob Stanley, and music journalist Vie Marshall have been watching and listening and share their thoughts

On the side of a pub in Sheffield "The Snog" - a mural of a middle-aged couple in a tight-embrace - by the artist Pete McKee has become a much-loved work of public art. Now McKee has expanded the story of the couple, Frank & Joy, into an immersive installation - the creation of fictional pub The Buffer's Rest -  at Trafalgar Warehouse.  He talks to Nick about creating Frank & Joy - A Love Story.

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