At The Movies for Wednesday 23 November 2022

 

 AT THE MOVIES #902           SOMEWHERE FAMILIAR

 

Simon Morris is reassured by three reliable movie formats – the newspaper story, the Brontë-esque melodrama, and the tale of two lost souls stranded in Central America.

 

 

She said tells the story of how two New York women journalists took on Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.   Stars Carey Mulligan (Promising young woman), Zoe Kazan (The big sick) and real-life whistle-blower Ashley Judd as herself.

 

 

 

Emily is a “fictionalized biography” of the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Anne and Emily.  In particular it’s about how Emily’s masterpiece Wuthering Heights was created.  Starring Emma Mackey (Eiffel) as Emily, with Adrian Dunbar (Line of duty) and Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk).

 

 

And Stars at noon sees distinguished French director Claire Denis adapt an American thriller set in modern Nicaragua.   Stars Margaret Qualley (Once upon a time in Hollywood) and Joe Alwyn (Catherine called Birdie).