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Mark Lawson talks to Liz Smith
Lawson always seems passionless and dismissive to me but something about his style and the obvious care he puts into these interviews is persuasive. Liz Smith, who is 87 and died in all five of her most recent roles, is charming and funny and really lovable. A fascinating and genuinely revealing interview: at the end [...]
Imagine: Annie Leibovitz
I think I can justify another Imagine so soon after Beeker’s contribution last week because the films in the series are all so different. Imagine is more like a documentary strand than an arts series—and they don’t all have Yentob in them. Anyway, this one is gorgeous: a really tender portrait of a woman I’d [...]
Legends: Jacques Brel
My Dad used to play Jacques Brel LPs when I was a kid. No one in the house spoke French but you could tell that there was something going on there, something dark and clever. He was skinny and intense and unafraid. We learn from this edition of Legends, which is animated by a lot [...]
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