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Dustin Hoffman; Jon Boden plays live; the new gallery at Tate St Ives

Dustin Hoffman and director Noah Baumbach on The Meyerowitz Stories; Jon Boden, and string trio, play live; Michael Bird looks at the new gallery at the refurbished Tate St Ives.

In his latest film, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), Dustin Hoffman plays an old, bitter, self obsessed sculptor, whose children from several marriages nonetheless crave his approval. He and the director, Noah Baumbach, discuss grumpiness, fatherhood and the nature of success with Kirsty Lang.

In St Ives the Tate is about to reopen with refurbished rooms rehung with wonderful work, by international artists - Rothko, Gabo, deKooning - and those working there who achieved such status - Hepworth, Lanyon, Wallis. The writer on art, Michael Bird, who lives in St Ives, follows the conversation between these works with the artistic director, Anne Barlow and curator Sara Matson. He has a preview, too, of Tate St Ives' beautiful new gallery, a feat of engineering years
in the making. It is cut into the hill, yet still illuminated with the natural light of St Ives that drew artists there to begin with.

Singer and multi-instrumentalist Jon Boden caused some consternation when he decided to leave Bellowhead, the 11 piece folk big-band that brought traditional music and sea shanties to Glastonbury, Later with Jools Holland and the London Palladium, and the group dissolved. He has just released a solo album, Afterglow. He performs live with a string trio and talks about this work which is very different from Bellowhead, a cycle of his own songs charting a fleeting romance in a ruined city.

And Annette Bening has her say about Harvey Weinstein.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Julian May.

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30 minutes

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  • Dustin Hoffman

    Duration: 07:10

  • Tate St Ives

    Duration: 12:30

  • Jon Boden

    Duration: 07:56

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman stars in The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), which is in selected UK cinemas from 13 October 2017, and on is available to stream on聽Netflix.

Images:

Main image above: Harold (Dustin Hoffman)聽and Maureen (Emma Thompson) in the Meyerowitz Stories

Smaller image to the left: Dustin Hoffman and director Noah Baumbach on the set

Images credit: Atsushi Mishijima/Netflix

The new gallery at Tate St Ives

The new gallery at Tate St Ives

The new gallery opens on 14 October 2017 at Porthmeor Beach, St Ives, Cornwall.

Image: Tate St Ives聽by Jamie Ford Architects

Image credit: Hufton + Crow

Jon Boden

Jon Boden

album Afterglow is out now.聽

His UK tour聽starts in Lichfield on 13 October 2017, and visits Hartlepool, Manchester, Pocklington, Corby, Norwich, Didcot, Worthing, Winchester, Pershore, Ludlow, Gateshead, Sheffield, Settle, Haverhill, Hastings, London, Poole, Cardiff before ending in Frome on 25 November 2017.

Image: Jon Boden - Fiddle Icarus

Image credit: David Angel

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Dustin Hoffman
Interviewed Guest Noah Baumbach
Interviewed Guest Michael Bird
Performer Jon Boden
Interviewed Guest Annette Bening
Producer Julian May

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  • Wed 11 Oct 2017 19:15

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