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Robert Pattinson on The Lighthouse, Risk in Films, Greta Gerwig on Little Women

Robert Pattinson on his new Oscar nominated film The Lighthouse, a black and white thriller about two lighthouse keepers. Plus Greta Gerwig on Little Women.

Robert Pattinson talks to Samira about his new Oscar nominated film The Lighthouse, a gothic thriller in black and white from Robert Eggers (The Witch), in which Robert and Willem Dafoe play two lighthouse keepers who start to lose their sanity when a storm strands them on a remote island.

Continuing Front Row's Risk season, two film-makers who have exposed themselves to personal danger. Oscar winning director Orlando von Einsiedel (The White Helmets, Virunga) discusses filming in Iraq and Afghanistan, and in DR Congo as civil war broke out. Hassan Akkad discusses filming his journey from Damascus to the UK via the Calais ‘Jungle’, including a dangerous boat crossing from Turkey to Greece as the boat began to sink, footage which featured in the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú series Exodus.

In the run up to this year's BAFTAs and Academy Awards, the all-male Best Director shortlists have attracted criticism, with many lamenting the omission of Greta Gerwig, whose Little Women has been a critical and commercial success and picked up other nominations including Best Film, Actress and Screenplay. Greta gives her take on all this and discusses her reworking of Louisa May Alcott's novel.

Main image: Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse
Image credit: © Universal Pictures International

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Timothy Prosser

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Robert Pattinson on The Lighthouse

Robert Pattinson on The Lighthouse

ÌýThe Lighthouse opens on 31 January 2020, certificate 15.

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Image credit: © Universal Pictures International

ImageÌý to the left: Robert Pattinson with Front Row's Samira Ahmed

Risk in films: Hassan Akkad

Risk in films: Hassan Akkad

The Front Row Risks season continues with war artist Hassan Akkad

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Hassan Akkad in the dinghy in which he sailed to Greece.Ìý See a clip from his film of the journey, taken from the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú2 series Exodus: Our Journeys

Join the audience in the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio Theatre on 05 February 2020Ìýfor the unveiling ofÌýFront Row's Risk List - our top ten riskiest artworks in the last 20 years - live on air. Book your free tickets from Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Tours and Shows

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Risk in films: Orlando von Einsiedel

Risk in films: Orlando von Einsiedel

Image: Orlando von EinsiedelÌý filming in Ahmedabad, India

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Greta Gerwig on Little Women

Greta Gerwig on Little Women

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Image: Greta Gerwig

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