At The Movies for Wednesday 6 March 2024

AT THE MOVIES #956           MAKING BETTER MOVIES

 

Simon Morris welcomes a continuing run of good American movies – including a smarter than the average sci-fi blockbuster,  a multi-Oscar nominated satire about the state of the literary world, and from South America, an Argentine road movie about a tango group’s last ride.

 

 

Dune Part Two continues Denis Villeneuve’s epic based on the Frank Herbert classic.   It features an all-star cast including Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, Christopher Walken and Florence Pugh.

 

 

Argentinian romantic drama Let the dance begin finds the one-time “Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of Tango” get back together for a road trip full of surprises and secrets revealed.   And for once it doesn’t star Ricardo Darín (The secret in their eyes)!

 

 

And American fiction is a multi-Oscar nominated satirical comedy about racism, expectations and giving the public what it wants.  Written and directed by first-time film maker, TV writer Cord Jefferson (Watchmen, The Good Place), it features an acclaimed performance by Jeffrey Wright (Asteroid City).  Available on Prime Video.