Podcasts Culture Front Row Director Celine Sciamma, conductor Andre J. Thomas, clash of the titles

Director Celine Sciamma, conductor Andre J. Thomas, clash of the titles

Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 7:58 p.m.

French director C\xe9line Sciamma on her BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated film Portrait of a Lady on Fire, about an 18th Century artist who falls in love with the woman she is painting. Critics have hailed it as a manifesto for the female gaze.

Andr\xe9 J. Thomas, composer and conductor of gospel music and spirituals, discusses the African-American musical tradition and his forthcoming event, Symphonic Gospel Spirit with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in London this weekend.

In a year which has seen two novels published called Queenie, joining the swelling ranks of books that have the same titles from Possession to Joyland, from Life After Life to Twilight \u2013 writer and international trade lawyer Petina Gappah joins art critic Richard Cork to discuss what\u2019s in a name across the arts.

Presenter Samira Ahmed\nProducer Jerome Weatherald

Main image above: No\xe9mie Merlant (Left) as Marianne and Ad\xe8le Haenel as H\xe9lo\xefse in Portrait of a Lady on Fire.\nImage credit: Lilies Films