This week Jason Solomons meets British actor James D'Arcy to discuss his role in Madonna's directorial debut W.E. Cast alongside Andrea Riseborough, James discusses the myth and reality behind Edward VIII's love affair with Wallis Simpson and what drove him to abdicate from the throne.

Jason meets film-maker and writer John Akomfrah, whose new film The Nine Muses reframes Homer's Odyssey to encompass the 20th- and 21st-century experience of migration and identity. They talk about Akomfrah's idiosyncratic and innovative style of film-making, which uses contemporary scenes mixed with archive footage and a musical soundscape.

Guardian film writer Xan Brooks joins Jason to review some of this week's other releases, including Steven Soderbergh's Haywire, Jonah Hill in The Sitter and Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood's J Edgar.

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