THE STRANGER Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Francois OzonStars: Benjamin Voison, Pierre Lottin, Rebecca Marder, Denis Lavant, Hajan Bouzaouit, Abderrahmana Dekhani, Swann Arlaud.Faithfully adapted from the 1942 novella written by Nobel Prize winning author Albert Camus, The Stranger is an existential crime drama set in Algiers in 1938. At that time Algiers was a favoured destination for Europeans as it …
NO OTHER CHOICE
NO OTHER CHOICE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Park Chan-wookStars: Lee Byung-hun, Son Yi-jin, Kim Woo-seung, Choi So-yui, Lee Sung-min, Yeon Hye-ran.The latest film from Korean director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, etc) is a pitch-black comedy that explores themes of corporate greed, dehumanising corporate culture, ambition, tradition, dysfunctional family, masculinity, and unemployment, which give the …
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SENTIMENTAL VALUE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Joachim TrierStars: Stellan Skarsgard, Renate Reinsve, Inge Ibbsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Oyvind Hesjedal Loven, Lena Endre, Jesper Christensen, Bjorn Alexander, Pia Borgli, Anders Danielsen Lie.From Danish-Norwegian director Joachim Trier (Worst Person In The World, etc) comes this quiet, restrained, sensitive, intimate and slow-moving drama which …
NOUVELLE VAGUE
NOUVELLE VAGUE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Richard LinklaterStars: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Bruno Dreyfurst, Adrien Rouyard, Antoine Besson, Frank Cicurel, Jonas Marmy, Come Thieulin, Tom November, Laurent Mothe.French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard famously said that all you need to make a movie was a gun and a girl. Godard was formerly a film critic writing for the influential …
RENTAL FAMILY
RENTAL FAMILY Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: HikariStars: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Akira Emoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, Mari Yamamoto.Written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Hikari (37 Seconds, episodes of the tv series Beef, etc), Rental Family is a Japanese/US coproduction that gives audiences insight into a little-known aspect of Japanese culture, namely the use of actors to fulfil certain …
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Jalmari HelanderStars: Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake.This is a sequel to 2022’s Finnish produced extremely violent WWII set action drama Sisu, which made my list of the top films of that year. Writer/director Jalmari Helander returns to handle this sequel, which delivers more of the same adrenaline rush, high body count and spectacular …
