At The Movies for Wednesday 17 April 2024

AT THE MOVIES #962           THAT’S THE PRESS BABY

 

Simon Morris looks at Hollywood’s endless fascination with the crusading reporter, and the less than noble version, hungry for ratings. 

 

Civil war imagines a future America torn apart by another civil war, and the people who have to cover the story.  Written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina), it stars Kirsten Dunst (Power of the dog) and Caelee Spaeny (Priscilla).

  

 

Origin is a semi-fictionalised adaptation of a book about racism by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson.   Starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Ray) and directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma).

 

 

And Late night with the Devil sees a late night TV host go for the ultimate shock interview at Halloween.   “Absolutely brilliant” says Stephen King.  Is he right?