Lenny Abrahamson, director of major awards prospect Room, will be one of our guests on The Picture Show at 6pm on Saturday. Room, Abrahamson’s fifth feature, will be in the running for the Best Drama, Best Actress in a Drama (Brie  Larson), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Emma Donoghue, working off her own Booker Prize nominated novel) at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, and it should figure prominently when the 2015 Oscar nominations are announced next Thursday.

In an extensive interview on The Picture Show, Abrahamson discusses the making of the movie, its inspired casting, directing a nine-year-old boy in one of the two central roles and his plans for the future. Room will open at cinemas across the country on Friday 15th January.

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