EUROPA EUROPA FILM FESTIVAL 2026 – interview with SPIRO ECONOMOPOULOSby GREG KINGThe Europa Europa film festival screens in Australian cinema from February to March. This year the festival is also screening in New Zealand for the first time, and artistic director Spiro Econompoulos is excited by the expansion of the festival. He joined Greg on Movie At Dusk on 3WBC 94.1FM to unpack this year’ program. The …
JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – INTERVIEW WITH FESTIVAL DIRECTOR EDDIE TAMIR
JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – interview with festival director EDDIE TAMIRby GREG KINGThe Jewish International Film Festival screens across Australia throughout October, November and December. The program includes several documentaries about seminal Jewish figures including comic Jerry Lewis, authors Elie Wiesel and Art Spiegelman, filmmaker Claude Lelouch, Franz Kafka and Sigmund Freud. It’s 80 …
WENT UP THE HILL – interview with SAMUEL VAN GINSVEN
WENT UP THE HILL – interview with SAMUEL VAN GRINSVENby GREG KINGWent Up The Hill is the sophomore feature film for Samuel Van Grinsven (the queer coming of age drama Sequin In A Blue Room), and is a psychological thriller about possession, grief, secrets and trauma. The film stars Vicky Krieps (The Phantom Thread, etc) and Dacre Montgomery (from tv series Stranger Things, etc). It is a New …
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MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 FILM REVIEWS
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 REVIEWSThe Melbourne International Film Festival runs from August 7 until August 24. Check back regularly for updates and new reviews during the festival.ALL REVIEWS WRITTEN BY GREG KING LAST UPDATED AUGUST 18, 2025REDUX REDUXThis inventive and original take on the revenge thriller genre comes from filmmaking siblings Kevin and Matthew …
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BONEGILLA – THE MIGRANTS JOURNEY – interview with SIMON REICH
by GREG KING At the end of WWII thousands of homeless and displaced migrants looked for a new life and a fresh start in a different land. Many came to Australia and found temporary residency in the Bonegilla Migrant Camp, situated on 130 hectares near Wodonga. Eric Bana’ parents were processed there. So was Manfred, the father of musician and filmmaker. That led to Simon Reich creating a podcast …
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CHILDREN’S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – interview with artistic director THOMAS CALDWELL
CHILDREN’S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – interview with artistic director THOMAS CALDWELL by GREG KINGThe 7th Children’s International Film Festival screens at the Lido, Classic and Cameo cinemas in Melbourne and the Ritz in Randwick, Sydney from June 7 and runs through till July 20. This year’s program features several films from the SCHLiNGEL International Film Festival, a children’s film …
