MAESTRO reviewed by GREG KING Director: Bradley Cooper Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Sarah Silverman, Maya Hawke, Michael Urie, Brian Klugman, Sam Nivola. Leonard Bernstein was, arguably, the best-known American composer and conductor of the twentieth century. His achievements included 7 Emmy Awards, 2 Tonys, 16 Grammys, and 1 Oscar nomination. He is… Continue Reading »
SHE SAID
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Maria Schrader Stars: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle, Samantha Morton, Angela Yeoh, Anastasia Barzee, Sean Cullen, Peter Friedman, Zach Grenier, Mike Houston, Ashley Judd. In 2017 two investigative reporters for the New York Times wrote an article on sexual harassment in the workplace by men… Continue Reading »
WILDLIFE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul Dano Stars: Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp. The opening night film for the Melbourne International Film Festival this year was Wildlife, a small coming of age drama which marks the directorial debut for Paul Dano, an actor better known for playing troubled and eccentric characters in… Continue Reading »
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 – reviews
ALL REVIEWS WRITTEN BY GREG KING LAST UPDATED AUGUST 17, 2018 THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE. The struggles faced by idiosyncratic and maverick filmmaker Terry Gilliam in trying to bring to the screen his long gestating passion project about Don Quixote have been well detailed in the fascinating 2002 documentary Lost In La Mancha.… Continue Reading »
SUFFRAGETTE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sarah Gavron Stars: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Romola Garai, Finbar Lynch, Meryl Streep, Samuel West, Adrian Schiller, Natalie Press. Sisters are certainly doing it for themselves in this earnest drama about the early suffragette movement. Part earnest historical drama, part political drama and… Continue Reading »
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Thomas Vinterberg Stars: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple, Jessica Barden. Thomas Hardy’s lyrical pastoral romances set in his fictitious Wessex are often quite grim and bleak tales, and it is easy to see their continuing appeal to filmmakers. Hardy’s Far From The Madding Crowd, written… Continue Reading »
