by GREG KING Fremont is a 2023 comedy/drama from writer/director Babak Jalali that follows Donya (played by Anaita Wali Zada), a former Afghan translator now adjusting to life in America. The film is shot in black and white by cinematographer Laura Valladao. It also stars Australian comic actor Gregg Turkington and Jeremy Allen White (from… Continue Reading »
EUROPA EUROPA FILM FESTIVAL – interview with artistic director Spiro Economopoulos
Interview of Spiro Economopoulos by GREG KING The Europa! Europa Film Festival is back in Melbourne for its third consecutive year, running from February 15th to March 11th, 2024 and screening at the Lido and Classic Cinemas. Europa Europa is a vibrant celebration of the finest contemporary European cinema. The festival will screen 47 films, hailing from 28 different countries. This… Continue Reading »
THE COMING BACK OUT BALL MOVIE – interview with Sue Thomson
by GREG KING In October 2017 a party was held at Melbourne Town Hall for the elders of the city’s LGBTI community. The Coming Back Out Ball was a celebration for many of the now ageing people who’d lived through the “dark ages” of the 60s and 70s when their sexual identity was often treated… Continue Reading »
MORTAL ENGINES – interview with Menik Gooneratne
by GREG KING Mortal Engines is based on a YA novel written by Philip Reeve and set in a dystopian future world. The novel has been filmed in New Zealand under the auspices of Peter Jackson, of the Oscar winning Lord Of The Rings trilogy, and marks the feature directorial debut of Christian Rivers, who… Continue Reading »
PARACINEMAFEST 2018 – interview with Ben Buckingham
by GREG KING A new film festival has claimed space in Melbourne’s thriving and busy film festival calendar. Paracinema Fest hopes to open the city’s film lovers’ eyes to new boundary-pushing genre films embracing the wonderfully weird. Embracing all forms of transgressive visual media culture, Paracinema Fest is the mutation of high and low art,… Continue Reading »
STAR WARS IDENTITIES EXHIBITION – interview with curator Damian McDonald
by GREG KING A must for Star Wars fans, this unique exhibition is at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney until June 2019. Follow Luke and Anakin Skywalker, cinema’s preeminent father and son duo, from their origins on Tatooine, to the friends and mentors they meet during adolescence, through the choices they make that will define… Continue Reading »
