At The Movies for Wednesday 1 November 2023
AT THE MOVIES #946 REALITY BITES
Dan Slevin is sitting in for Simon Morris and reviews three reality based films: a documentary about the pandemic science communicator Dr. Siouxsie Wiles, the spy author John Le Carré and two concert movies that demonstrate the state of the art, 40 years apart.
Ms. Information is a documentary about the microbiologist and science communicator Dr. Siouxsie Wiles who was the face of the Aotearoa Covid pandemic response but who experienced an ugly backlash when public opinion started to change.
Spy novelist John Le Carré gave his last interview to the famous documentarian Errol Morris shortly before he died in 2020. The Pigeon Tunnel is a result of those interviews, in which a great interviewer tries to get under the skin of someone who is naturally resistant to self-examination.
Two concert movies made 40 years apart demonstrate the incredible power of music on the big screen: the restored version of Talking Heads’ 1984 film Stop Making Sense and Taylor Swift's epic 2023 stadium show, The Eras Tour.
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Review: Ms. Information
7:30 PM.In Ms. Information, Microbiologist and science communicator Dr Siouxsie Wiles suffers a pandemic backlash. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Read more Audio
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Review: The Pigeon Tunnel
7:30 PM.Spy novelist John Le Carré comes clean with Errol Morris in The Pigeon Tunnel, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Read more Video, Audio
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Movie review - Taylor Swift The Eras Tour and Stop Making Sense
7:30 PM.Two concert movies - Taylor Swift The Eras Tour and Talking Heads Stop Making Sense show us how music can move us from a big screen, according to Dan Slevin. Audio
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At the Movies for 1 November 2023
7:30 PM.Dan Slevin takes us to At the Movies this week, in Ms. Information, Microbiologist and science communicator Dr Siouxsie Wiles suffers a pandemic backlash. Spy novelist John Le Carré comes clean with… Read more Audio
