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Start off the countdown to Christmas with two scenes from Foxtrot Films’ Nutcracker Story.

Get the DVD here.

Nathan Lane & Nutcracker ‘The True Story’

I was so lucky to film on the set of Nutcracker -True Story and interview child star Elle Fanning and the legendary comic genius Nathan Lane (Angels in America), Richard E Grant and Julia Konchalovsky all on set together.

Margy Kinmonth

Gerald Scarfe – ENB Nutcracker

I loved watching brilliant cartoonist Gerald Scarfe create his inky drawings as I filmed, adding his uniquely wicked political dimension to the characters.

Margy Kinmonth

Great conversation after the play Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton. I reckon TimesUp for a remake of the amazing Ingrid Bergman movie. But with a new ending. I’m working on it.

Instagram: @margy_kinmonth

Film is artwork in itself …Meticulous imagery …richness of detail…flowing chases through archives…interjections of Russian cityscapes…cinema as shared experience…receive energy from art…unflinching…

Margy Kinmonth, the director of Revolution: New Art for a New World, discusses the role of art in our understanding of the October Revolution led by Lenin in 1917, the demise of many famous Russian artists after the rise of Joseph Stalin, the opportunities granted to female artists following the revolution and more!

Airing on Russia Today today (11:30, 14:30, 21:30)

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