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Jodie Foster, Molly's Game, Christmas film round-up, Hamilton, Imtiaz Dharker

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Jodie Foster on directing Black Mirror, The Hamilton phenomenon, Molly's Game reviewed and films to see this Christmas.

Jodie Foster was a child star who fulfilled that early promise with performances as an adult that won her two Oscars. She went on to direct - four feature films so far. Now she is turning to television, taking charge of an episode of Charlie Brooker's sci-fi series Black Mirror. She talks to John Wilson about this and, after a quarter of a century, the continuing power of The Silence of the Lambs.

Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut Molly's Game, starring Jessica Chastain, is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target. Ellen E Jones reviews.

Critic Ellen E Jones gives us her run-down of what films to see at cinemas this Christmas

As the award-winning hip hop musical Hamilton transfers to London's West End from Broadway, critic Matt Wolf and music journalist Kevin Le Gendre discuss the hotly-anticipated musical phenomenon.

With Radio 4 marking winter today as part of its Four Seasons project, the poet Imtiaz Dharker reads her specially commissioned piece, Thaw.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Edwina Pitman.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Jodie Foster

    Duration: 08:45

  • Molly's Game

    Duration: 05:11

  • Christmas Film Round-Up

    Duration: 02:40

  • Hamilton

    Duration: 08:46

  • Imtiaz Dharker

    Duration: 02:30

Black Mirror

Black Mirror
New episodes of Black Mirror, including ArkAngel directed by Jodie Foster, will be available on Netflix from December 29th

Photo credit: Netflix

Molly's Game

Molly's Game
Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba

Molly's Game is on general release from January 1st 2018, cert 15

Hamilton

Hamilton
Jamael Westman and the cast of

The musicalΜύis currently running at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London

Photo credit: Matthew Murphy

Winter Solstice Poetry

Winter Solstice Poetry
Today Radio 4 marks the arrival of the winter solstice with a series of poems

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest Jodie Foster
Interviewed Guest Ellen E Jones
Interviewed Guest Matt Wolf
Interviewed Guest Kevin Le Gendre
Performer Imtiaz Dharker
Producer Edwina Pitman

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  • Thu 21 Dec 2017 19:15

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