LONGLEGS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Osgood Perkins Stars: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee, Dakota Daulby, Kiernan Shipka. This disturbing thriller about a female FBI agent on the trail of a creepy serial killer has been compared by many critics to the Oscar winning classic The Silence Of The Lambs. … Read More »
TWISTERS
TWISTERS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Lee Isaac Chung Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Maura Tierney, David Corenswet, Harry Hadden-Patton, Sasha Lane, Katy O’Brian, Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack, Kiernan Shipka, Nik Dodani, Tunde Adebimpe, James Paxton. In 1996 filmmaker Jan De Bont and writer Michael Crichton gave audiences a thrill ride with the… Read More »
SIDONIE IN JAPAN
SIDONIE IN JAPAN Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Elise Girard Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Tsuyoshi Ihara, August Diehl. Sidonie Perceval (played by iconic French actress Isabelle Huppert) is a widowed author, who has not written anything since the death of her husband Antoine and has instead been living a reclusive lifestyle. She is drawn out of… Read More »
THE BIKERIDERS
THE BIKERIDERS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jeff Nichols Stars: Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Norman Reedus, Toby Wallace, Damon Herriman, Boyd Holbrook. In the 60s and early 70s, the biker exploitation movie was a popular subgenre of its own. Many of them were produced by the independent American International Pictures. That… Read More »
SUNFLOWER
SUNFLOWER Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gabriel Carrubba Stars: Liam Mollica, Luke J Morgan, Daniel Halmarick, Sal Galofaro, Elias Anton. As with Of An Age, last year’s opening film at MIFF, Sunflower is a locally produced gay coming of age drama and love story that has a deep personal resonance for its director and is informed by his… Read More »
THE PROMISED LAND
THE PROMISED LAND Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Nikolaj Arcel Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Kristine Kujath, Gustav Lindh, Melina Hagberg, Morten Hee Andersen. This true story, set in Denmark in the mid 1700s, reunites star Mads Mikkelsen with director Nikolaj Arcel (who directed him in 2012’s A Royal Affair). Impoverished former soldier… Read More »