SHAYDA Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Noora Niasari Stars: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Leah Purcell, Osama Sami, Selina Zahednia, Mojean Aria, Rina Mousavi. This powerful Australian produced and shot drama is set in suburban Australia in 1995 but has contemporary resonance as it deals with some important themes. It centres around Shayda (Iranian actress Zar Amir… Continue Reading »
FOE – interview with GARTH DAVIS
Foe – Interview with GARTH DAVIS by GREG KING Foe is a haunting examination of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world in the not too distant future. Based on the novel written by Iain Reid, the film stars Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal as a married couple living on a farm in America’s midwest… Continue Reading »
LIE WITH ME
Lie With Me Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Olivier Peyon Stars: Guillaume de Tonquedec, Viktor Belmondo, Julien De Saint Jean, Jeremy Gillet, Guiliane Londez. Noted author Stephane Belcourt (Guillaume de Tonquedec, from the star studded ensemble comedy Happy 50, etc) returns to his childhood hometown of Baussony in the Cognac-producing region of south-west France after… Continue Reading »
FAIR PLAY
Fair Play Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Chloe Domont Stars: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan, Rich Sommer, Sebastian De Souza, Brandon Bassir, Geraldine Sommerville. Produced under the auspices of streaming giant Netflix, this is an erotic drama about power, ambition, gender dynamics and office politics set against the backdrop of the cutthroat high pressure… Continue Reading »
THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER
The Exorcist: Believer Reviewed by GREG KING Director: David Gordon Green Stars: Leslie Odom jr, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Nettles, Ann Dowd, Raphael Sbarge, Lydia Jewett, Olivia O’Neill, Tracey Graves, E J Bonilla. Even fifty years after its release, 1973’s The Exorcist remains one of the best, most influential and scariest films from the popular 70s… Continue Reading »
THE COST – interview with Matthew Holmes
THE COST – interview with Matthew Holmes by GREG KING In this taut and gripping locally produced drama two men are intent on dispensing their own brutal form of justice to a felon who committed a horrific crime many years before. The Cost is written and directed by Matthew Holmes (The Legend Of Ben Hall,… Continue Reading »