At The Movies for Wednesday 1 December 2021

AT THE MOVIES #860     THE “F” WORD

Simon Morris looks at three films that play with fantasy in contrasting ways. 

French film Titane was a sensation when it won the Palme D’Or at Cannes this year.  An erotic dancer moonlights as a serial killer, and has closer than normal feelings for American muscle cars – where’s her happy ending?   Stars Vincent Lindon (Anything for her) and directed by Julia Ducournau (Raw).

Venom:  Let there be Carnage sees Eddie (Tom Hardy) still hosting alien being Venom, but this time he confronts a bad guy in the same predicament.   Features Woody Harrelson (The Hunger Games) and Michelle Williams (My week with Marilyn), directed by Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings). 

And Petite Maman is a French “what if?” story about how an 8-year-old girl makes a new friend, who may be her mother at the same age.  Written and directed by Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a lady on fire).