At The Movies for Wednesday 25 October 2023

AT THE MOVIES #945   ANOTHER COUNTRY

 

Simon Morris welcomes the opportunity to visit unusual settings – a Dutch animated film, the interface between Wall Street and a young YouTube influencer, and a western from one of the world’s leading film-makers.

 

 

Killers of the Flower Moon is an unusual project for Martin Scorcese (Mean Streets)– a true crime western set in Oklahoma.   Stars Scorcese favourites Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, with a career-making role from Lily Gladstone (Reservation dogs).

 

 

 

 

Oink is a stop-motion animation from the Netherlands about an incontinent pig and his attempts to avoid the clutches of a sausage-making butcher.

 

 

 

And Dumb money - the true story of a YouTube financial influencer who took on the Wall Street elite and won – for a while.  Directed by Craig Gillespie (I Tonya), and starring Paul Dano (There will be blood), Shailene Woodley (Big little lies), Seth Rogen (This is the end) and Vincent D’Onofrio (Jurassic World).