Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Roger Michell Stars: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Matthew Goode, Fionn Whitehead, James Wilby. Another film that proves that fact is often stranger than fiction. In 1961, Kempton Bunton (played here by Oscar winner Jim Broadbent), an eccentric 60-year-old taxi driver, stole a valuable Goya masterpiece from the National Gallery of… Continue Reading »
DOG
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin Stars: Channing Tatum, Ethan Suplee, Jane Adams, Bill Burr, Eric Urbiztondo, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Nicole Laliberte, Timothy Eulich, Kevin Nash, Junes Zahdi. For dog lovers this enjoyable odd couple road movie and drama will be a real treat. The film deals with how a pair of war… Continue Reading »
DE GAULLE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gabriel le Bomin Stars: Lambert Wilson, Isabelle Carre, Philippe Laudenbach, Tim Hudson, Olivier Gourmet, Clemence Hittin, Nicolas Vaude. This earnest and reverential biopic has been released to mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of Charles De Gaulle, the French war hero and the symbolic leader of the French Resistance… 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 »
DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gus Van Sant Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Udo Kier, Kim Gordon, Beth Ditto, Mark Webber, Tony Greenhand, Carrie Brownstone. The late US cartoonist John Callahan is not a household name, and is largely unheard of outside of the United States, which makes this quirky and… Continue Reading »
LEAVE NO TRACE – interview with Debra Granik
by GREG KING Leave No Trace is a powerful drama about a damaged war veteran (played by Ben Foster) and his daughter Tom (New Zealand newcomer Thomasin McKenzie) who are living off the grid in a remote forest until they are discovered, and their world is dramatically changed. The film is based on the novel… Continue Reading »