Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mark Hartley Stars: Radha Mitchell, Ella Newton, Vince Colosimo, Andrew S Gilbert, James MacKay, Karis Kailani. Filmmaker Mark Hartley (Patrick, etc) is a dab hand at ozploitation genre films and has a keen understanding of the tropes of the genre, but his latest effort Girl At The Window is a… Continue Reading »
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sophie Hyde Stars: Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack. Recently widowed, middle aged retired religious instruction schoolteacher Nancy (Emma Thompson) has never really experienced the joys of sex. She seems unsatisfied by her life. Her husband, as she puts it, “would roll on top, do the business, roll off, put his pyjamas… Continue Reading »
THE GRAY MAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Joe and Anthony Russo Stars: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Reger-Jean Page, Billy Bob Thornton, Alfre Woodard, Jessica Henwick, Dhanush, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Shea Whigham, Callan Mulvey. This generic globe-trotting action thriller comes across like James Bond on steroids. The Gray Man is based on the 2009… Continue Reading »
THE LOST CITY OF MELBOURNE – interview with GUS BERGER
by GREG KING Filmed during the pandemic lockdown Gus Berger’s fascinating documentary is the sad story of the cinema heritage we have lost as well as an exploration of why a city would wipe out its past in favour of modern buildings and sterile skyscrapers. Drawing upon archival footage the films shows how Melbourne’s landscape… Continue Reading »
THE GOOD BOSS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Fernando Leon de Aranoa Stars: Javier Bardem, Oscar de la Fuente, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Fernando Albizu. From Spain comes this award winning biting and cynical workplace comedy/drama that explores themes of power, ambition, injustice, gender issues, capitalism and corporate greed, abuse, and toxic workplace relations. The film is set… Continue Reading »
GOLD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Anthony Hayes Stars: Zac Efron, Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter A survival story, Gold is set in the bleak and desolate and inhospitable desert in a not-too-distant dystopian future. This dark and visceral tale of greed, obsession, murder and madness comes from Anthony Hayes, an actor who has experience in directing films with… Continue Reading »