At The Movies for Wednesday 28 February 2024

 AT THE MOVIES #955                  SWEET AND SOUR

 

Simon Morris checks a highly-favoured Oscar nominee, a successful horror short turned into a less successful feature film, and a lesbian romp from one of the masters of sweet and sour movies.  Nobody blends comedy and drama like the Coen brothers.

 

 

The zone of interest is a harrowing film about the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp and his family – the pictures are almost home movies, the sound is pure horror.  Stars Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a fall) and directed by Jonathan Glazer (Under the skin, Sexy beast).  

 

 

 

 

Baghead is a straight-ahead horror film about a woman who inherits a deserted hotel with something unexpected hiding in the basement.  Stars Freya Allen (The witcher) and Peter Mullan (After the party).

 

 

 

And Drive-away dolls is a road movie where two lesbians take a drive-away car down to Florida, only to discover it’s the wrong car and some crooks want it back.   Stars Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan, with guest appearances from Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal and Miley Cyrus.   Directed by Ethan Coen (The big Lebowski) and his editor wife Tricia Cooke.