At The Movies for Wednesday 1 April 2020

AT THE MOVIES #799                   BACK HOME

At the Movies pivots to home entertainment while the country is on a Level 4 Lockdown due to Covid-19.

Dan Slevin sits in for Simon Morris and reviews:

Lost Girls, a Netflix drama based on the true story of a mother (Amy Ryan) who campaigned for local police to find her daughter who she believed was a victim of the Long Island Serial Killer.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco is an arthouse drama about a young man who tries to win back his childhood home in the face of ongoing gentrification and alienation..

And Dan interviews Mark Cousins, the writer and director of the epic film history series The Story of Film: An Odyssey, about his new collaboration with Tilda Swinton (among others), Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema.

Extras

Mark Cousins’ recent improvised introduction to film study, 40 Days to Learn Film