Interview with festival programmer Eddie Tamir by GREG KING This year the Jewish International Film festival serves up a packed program of over 50 new films and documentaries, many fresh from the international film festival circuit. The opening night film is the comedy Matchmaking and the closing night film is The Jewish Nazi, a fascinating… Continue Reading »
JOY RIDE
Joy Ride Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Adele Lim Stars: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, Stephanie Hsu, Ronny Chieng, David Denman, Annie Mumolo, Kenneth Liu, Debbie Fan, Desmond Chiam, Meredith Hagner, Daniel Dae Kim. Not to be confused with the 2001 drama of the same name that starred Paul Walker, Steve Zahn and Leelee… Continue Reading »
JOHN FARNHAM: FINDING THE VOICE
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Poppy Stockell This revealing and detailed documentary charts the highs and lows of the stellar career of John Farnham, from his early success in 1967 with the cheesy novelty hit Sadie The Cleaning Lady, a song which haunted him for many years after, through to his spectacular comeback to… Continue Reading »
JOHN WICK CHAPTER 4
John Wick Chapter 4 Reviewed by GREG KING Stars: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Ian McShane, Bill Skarsgard, Shamier Anderson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Laurence Fishburne, Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Clancy Brown, Natalia Tena, Aimee Kwan. Keanu Reeves returns as the taciturn, virtually indestructible lone wolf assassin John Wick in this fourth installment in… Continue Reading »
JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Colin Trevorrow Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Campbell Scott, DeWanda Wise, Isabella Sermon, B D Wong, Omar Sy, Mamoudou Athie, Justice Smith, Dichen Lachman. This is the sixth and supposedly final film in the Jurassic franchise that began way back in 1993 with… Continue Reading »
FRIENDS AND STRANGERS – interview with director James Vaughan
by GREG KING Friends and Strangers is the debut feature film for writer/director James Vaughan. It is a comedy/drama about young twentysomethings fumbling their way through life. The film was shot on location around Sydney in 2019, and Vaughan spent the best part of a year editing it. Greg spoke to James about the origins… Continue Reading »