THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Olivier AssayasStars: Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Jeffrey Wright, Tom Sturridge, Will Keen.Based on the 2022 novel written by Giuliana du Empoli, The Wizard Of The Kremlin is a geopolitical drama that offered a mix of fact and fiction as it recounted the rise to power of Vladimir Putin, the former KGB spy who became the powerful ruler of …
THE INVITE
THE INVITE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Olivia WildeStars: Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Edward Norton, Penelope Cruz.This biting, incisive, and well written comedy about marital discord and an awkward dinner party comes across as something of a cross between The War Of The Roses and Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, without the viciousness. The film opens with a quote from noted wit Oscar Wilde – “One …
THE GOOD BOY
THE GOOD BOY Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Jan KomasaStars: Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon, Kit Rakusen, Monika Frajczyk.Also known as Heel in some territories, The Good Boy is an English/Polish co-production that serves up a dark and disturbing mix of black comedy and drama. It has been produced by Jeremy Thomas (the Oscar winning The Last Emperor, etc) and Polish filmmaker Jerzy …
GLENROTHAN
GLENROTHAN Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Brian CoxStars: Alan Cumming, Brian Cox, Shirley Henderson, Alexander Schipp, Alexander Wilkie, Alan Cox.Actor Brian Cox (best known for his Emmy award winning role as the Roy family patriarch in the tv series Succession, etc) makes his directorial debut with the low key and old-fashioned drama Glenrothan, which offers up another variation on the familiar theme …
THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD
THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Michael SarnoskiStars: Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Murray Bartlett, Bill Skarsgard, Faith Delaney, Noah Jupe.The fictional Robin Hood was a famous outlaw who, in the thirteenth century, “robbed from the rich and gave to the poor” and whose exploits have been depicted in ballads, film and television. There have been twenty feature films featuring the …
LEVITICUS
LEVITICUS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Adrian ChiarellaStars: Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt, Nicholas Hope, Davida McKenzie, Shannon Berry, Tyallah Bullock, Ewen Leslie.Horror and queer drama have often been explicitly linked through people like Frankenstein author Mary Shelley and filmmaker James Whale and Leviticus deftly taps into this rich history. Taking its title from a …
