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Tim Roth On Working With Tarantino And Getting His Start In London Pub Theater
The British actor has over 100 acting credits, including the new film The Song of Names and the streaming TV series Tin Star. Roth also appeared in Reservoir Dogs, The Hateful Eight and Pulp Fiction.
Punk Icon And Memoirist Viv Albertine On A Lifetime Of Fighting The Patriarchy
"We weren't going to try and be this constructed ideal of femininity," the Slit's guitarist says of the band. Albertine's memoir is To Throw Away Unopened. Originally broadcast July 16, 2018.
Nick Lowe Brings His 'Quality Holiday Revue' To America
"We think it's all a bit vulgar, you know, cashing in on Christmas," Lowe says of the British. He says he took it as a challenge: Quality Street tackles old classics and adds originals to the mix.
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Bombs Blast And Time Marches On In 'A God In Ruins'
Kate Atkinson's novel both mourns the passing of the World War II generation and allows readers to vicariously enter into the experience of the war. It's a companion to her 2013 book, Life After Life.
'Fresh Air' Remembers Mystery Novelist Ruth Rendell
The British author wrote crime novels for 50 years, many featuring Chief Inspector "Reg" Wexford. Rendell died May 2. Originally broadcast in 1989 and 2005.
Remembering Ruth Rendell, Master Of Smart And Socially Aware Suspense
The British novelist set shocking crimes in mundane settings -- always adding a dash of social criticism. Critic Maureen Corrigan says she is forever giving Rendell's books to friends.
Timothy Spall Takes On Painter J.M.W. Turner, A 'Master Of The Sublime'
Spall had to "dig deep" to play the title role in Mr. Turner, which is now out on DVD. The 19th century painter was a "man of massive contradictions," he says. Originally broadcast Dec. 15, 2014.
In The Northern Ireland Period Thriller '71,' No One Dies Well
The film is about an English private who is cut off from his unit in the middle of a riot in Belfast in 1971. It's a conventional and smashingly good chase melodrama, but it's also a tragedy.
Fair Warning: Watch One 'Foyle's War' Episode, And You'll Want To Watch Them All
The British series is set during and after World War II. Detective Foyle tackles crimes connected to the war -- murder and spying, black markets and profiteering. It's "terrifically entertaining."