BLUE MOON Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Richard LinklaterStars: Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Bobby Cannavale, Margaret Qualley, Jonah Lees, Patrick Kennedy, Samuel Delaney, Cillian Sullivan.Blue Moon is a bittersweet biographical drama about Lorenz Hart, the acclaimed lyricist best known for his work with Richard Rogers on songs including enduring hits like The Lady Is A Tramp and Blue Moon, the song …
BUNNY – interview with writer/director JAMES BRANSON
BUNNY – interview with JAMES BRANSONby GREG KINGWritten and directed by James Branson, Bunny is set in a post-apocalyptic vision of Australia. The film centres around a young woman (played by Kate Wilson) who is roaming Australia following a post-climate change disaster. The only remaining source of reliable food is other people. The film was inspired by ‘70s and ‘80s Ozploitation and the tropes of modern …
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BUGONIA
BUGONIA Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Yorgos LanthimosStars: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone, Stavros Halkias.More inventive bravura weirdness from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, etc). The black sci-fi/kidnap comedy thriller Bugonia is loosely based on the little seen 2003 Korean film Save The Green Planet from Jang Joon-hwan, but co-screenwriter Will Tracy (The …
BAD SHABBOS
BAD SHABBOS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Daniel RobbinsStars: Kyra Sedgwick, David Paymer, Jon Bass, Meaghan leathers, Theo Taplitz, Milana Vayntrub, Ashley Zuckerman, Cliff (Method Man) Smith, John Bedford Lynch, Catherine Curtin, Josh Mostel, Stephen Singer, Alok Tewari.The opening night of the Jewish Film Festival saw the screening of the crowd-pleasing screwball comedy Bad Shabbos.A Jewish …
BRIDE HARD
BRIDE HARD Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Simon WestStars: Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Anna Chlumsky, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Gigi Zumbado, Sam Huntington, Stephen Dorff, Justin Hartley, Colleen Camp, Sherry Cola, Michael O'Neill, Brannon Cross.The title of this formulaic female driven action comedy is a mashup of the raunchy comedy Bridesmaids and the 1989 action thriller Die Hard, which set the benchmark …
BONEGILLA – THE MIGRANTS JOURNEY – interview with SIMON REICH
by GREG KING At the end of WWII thousands of homeless and displaced migrants looked for a new life and a fresh start in a different land. Many came to Australia and found temporary residency in the Bonegilla Migrant Camp, situated on 130 hectares near Wodonga. Eric Bana’ parents were processed there. So was Manfred, the father of musician and filmmaker. That led to Simon Reich creating a podcast …
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