SR: Scorsese, Beckett, & Sons 18 Jan 14




Saturday Review show

Summary: Martin Scorsese's new film The Wolf of Wall Street (certificate 18)stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a dodgy stock dealer in 1980s New York. 3 Beckett plays in 1 hour: Not I, Footfalls and Rockaby are currently at The Royal Court Theatre and will be touring the country later this year. & Sons is David Gilbert's new novel, the story of a famous J.D. Salinger-type novelist and his complicated relationships with his sons and with friends and associates outside his own family. An exhibition of art by Hannah Hoch looks at the work of the often-overlooked Dadaist pioneer who was an originator of photo-montage. A new TV series looking at the heyday of gangsters in Chicago; Mob City, is just starting on Fox TV - what new angle can TV bring to this much-exploited genre?