August 31, 2019

The Souvenir, Bait, Appropriate, Mary Beth Keane, A Confession

50 minutes

Two Brit indie film productions arrive at once: Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir is a slightly autobiographical work about a struggling young film-maker's relationship with a charismatic drug addict. Also Bait; set in a fishing village in Cornwall and with an intentionally handmade aesthetic, it explores the tense relationship between locals and incomers.

Appropriate at The Donmar Warehouse is a new play from Brandon Jacobs Jenkins. A family in the American south are dealing with the estate of their recently deceased father and unearth some unpleasant truths

Mary Beth Keane's new novel - Ask Again, Yes - is set in modern upstate New York following two families whose lives intertwine

A Confession on ITV is based on a realm life crime story and stars Martin Freeman as a policeman who has to push the law to achieve justice

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Lisa Appignanesi, Emma Jane Unsworth and Andrew Miller

The producer is Oliver Jones

Podcast Extra recommendations:

Emma Jane: Succession series 2 and The New Me by Halle Butler

Lisa: Benjamin Markovits - Christmas in Austin and Address Unknown by Kressman Taylor and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Proust

Andrew: Chihuly at Kew Gardens and Chernobyl TV series and Eurythmics

Tom: Wainwright bagging in The Lake District

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