THE BIRTHDAY TRIP Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: James Robert WoodsStars: Ben Gerrard, Luke Jacobz, David Quirk, Annalise Hall, Nicola Frew, Josephine Starte, Robert Preston, Sapphire Blossom.Fifteen years after graduating from their elite private school three former female friends head off for a retreat at a corporate owned farm stay in the picturesque southern highlands of New South Wales. They are …
PURE SCUM- INTERVIEW WITH GIDEON ARONI
PURE SCUM – interview with GIDEON ARONIBy GREG KINGPure Scum is a gritty low budget drama shot guerilla style, and at nights, on the streets of Melbourne. It follows Ayden and Jesse, two recent high school graduates, on a night fuelled by drugs and alcohol. After they are involved in a hit and run accident, the pair flee the scene, they make a number of bad decisions which leads them into the darker …
TYCHO! BEYOND THE BATON – interview with director STEPHAN WELLINK
TYCHO! BEYOND THE BATON - interview with director STEPHAN WELLINKby GREG KINGA Holocaust survivor who arrived in Australia in 1951, Tommy Tycho left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape of Australia during a career that spanned 60 years. He composed scores for television and film projects, and worked with a number of artists both local and touring international performers. This documentary …
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LEVITICUS
LEVITICUS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Adrian ChiarellaStars: Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt, Nicholas Hope, Davida McKenzie, Shannon Berry, Tyallah Bullock, Ewen Leslie.Horror and queer drama have often been explicitly linked through people like Frankenstein author Mary Shelley and filmmaker James Whale and Leviticus deftly taps into this rich history. Taking its title from a …
SEVEN SNIPERS
SEVEN SNIPERS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Sandra SciberrasStars: Radha Mitchell, Tim Roth, Ioan Gruffudd, Damien Ryan, Annabel Wolfe, Charles Cottier. Ryan Kwanten, Pacharo Mzembe, Bianca Williams.There have been a lot of movies featuring snipers – from the classic The Day Of The Jackal featuring Edward Fox’s steely assassin; Shooter with Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger; the Sniper franchise …
WOLFRAM
WOLFRAM Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Warwick ThorntonStars: Deborah Mailman, Thomas H Wright, Pedrea Jackson, Errol Shand, Joe Bird, Matt Nable, Hazel Jackson, Eli Hart, Jason Chong, John Howard, Ferdinand Hoang, Aiden Du Chiem.Warwick Thornton’s revisionist outback western works as a sequel of sorts to his award winning 2017 drama Sweet Country. Wolfram (another name for tungsten) is set in 1932 and …
