At The Movies for Wednesday 14 February 2024

AT THE MOVIES #953                       REAL MOVIES

 

Simon Morris welcomes the revival of real movies – films that don’t depend on tired old formulae – and hopes it’s a lasting trend.  He looks at two new one-offs, while Dan Slevin talks to American indie auteur Todd Haynes (Carol, Far from Heaven) about his new film, Golden Globe-nominated May December.

 

 

Force of Nature:  The Dry 2 is another Aussie cop story starring Eric Bana as Aaron Falk.  Not dry this time, it’s set in the decidedly wet bush, where one of a group of women campers goes missing.

 

 

 

 

 

Charcoal sees an impoverished Brazil family and a wealthy Argentine fugitive see if they can solve each other’s problems.    From the recent New Zealand International Film Festival.  

 

 

 

 

And American director Todd Haynes talks with Dan Slevin about his new film May December, starring Natalie Portman as an actress planning a biopic about a real-life teacher (Julianne Moore) who caused a scandal when she slept with an underage pupil.