Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jerry Zaks Stars: Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Hal Scardino, Gwen Verdon, Hume Cronyn, Dan Hedaya, Margo Martindale, Cynthia Nixon. Showcasing some strong performances from a stellar cast, the wonderful tear jerker Marvin's Room is a marvellously written, rich and honest drama that should not be missed. Scott McPherson originally wrote the …
HUSTLER WHITE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Bruce LaBruce and Rick Castro Stars: Tony Ward, Bruce LaBruce, Kevin Kramer, Ron Athey, Alex Austin, Kevin P Scott, Glen Meadmore, Graham David Smith, Ivar Johnson Running Time:79 minutes. At last, the provocative, controversial and much vilified Hustler White has finally been passed by the censor, with just a few cuts, enabling audiences to judge it on its merits for …
REYKJAVIK CALLING
by GREG KING REYKJAVIK CALLING: THE ICEMAN COMETH A special season of Icelandic films screening at ACMI from July 5-July 23, featuring the works of two of Iceland's most distinctive and contemporary filmmakers - Fridrik Thor Fridriksson and Baltasar Kormakur. COLD FEVER. In the best tradition of the road movie, this quirky and decidedly off beat low budget comedy from Iceland takes audiences off the …
KAMA SUTRA
Reviewed by GREG KING Director:Mira Nair Stars:Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Indira Varma, Ramon Tikaram, Rekha Lavish production values, beautiful costumes, opulent settings, some superb scenery and gorgeous cinematography cannot disguise the fact that Mira Nair's new film is little more than a big budget sex and sin melodrama set in 16th century India. The rain coat brigade may be disappointed to …
THE FUNERAL
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Abel Ferrara Stars: Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Vincent Gallo, Isabella Rossellini, Annabella Sciorra, Paul Hipp Running Time: 98 minutes. Few contemporary film-makers depict the shattering violence of New York's mean streets with quite the same ferocity and intensity as maverick director Abel Ferrara (Fear City, The King Of New York, etc). His latest …
FRESH – interview with director Boaz Yakin
by GREG KING Fresh is a powerful and stark new film which presents a grim picture of inner city New York in the 90s, a society full of despair and gripped by the inescapable nightmare of street crime, drugs and casual violence. The film has been produced by none other than Lawrence Bender, best known for his collaborations with Quentin Tarantino on those chic and gibberingly realistic ultra violent slices of life …