THE WEDDING BANQUET Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Andrew AnhStars: Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran, Lily Gladstone, Han Gi-chan, Youn Yuh-jung, Joan Chen, Bobo Lee. This crowd pleaser is a reimagining of Ang Lee’s Oscar nominated 1993 film The Wedding Banquet about a marriage of convenience. The director Andrew Anh (Spa Night, etc) has updated the original script from Lee and his regular collaborator …
MISERICORDIA
MISERICORDIA Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Alain GuiraudieStars: Felix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jean- Baptiste Durand, Jacques Develay, David Ayala, Sebastien Faglain.Jeremie (Felix Kysyl, from Homefront, etc) briefly returns to his small hometown of Saint-Martial in rural France to attend the funeral of his former boss, the local baker, after an absence of ten years. He is invited to spend the night at …
LA COCINA
LA COCINA Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Alonso RuizpalaciosStars: Raul Briones, Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz, Lee Sellars, James Waterston, Oded Fehr, Motell Foster, Laura Gomez, Eduardo Olmos. Hell’s Kitchen? A comedy/drama La Cocina (Spanish for the kitchen) takes us behind the scenes of the combustible kitchen of The Grill, a swanky restaurant in Times Square in New York. It captures the pressure …
MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR
MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR Reviewed by GREG KINGDirectors: Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps MaladeStars: Tahar Rahim, Marie-Julee Baup, Bastien Bouillon, Camille Moutawakil. Charles Aznavour is one of the icons of French culture and one of the country’s most popular entertainers. His career spanned some seventy years; he wrote or co-wrote over 1000 songs and sold over 180 million records. During career he also …
KNEECAP
KNEECAP Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Rich PeppiattStars: Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, J J Ó Dochartaigh, Michael Fassbender, Josie Walker, Simone Kirby, Fionnuala Flaherty, Jessica Reynolds, Adam Best.Like Alan Parker’s fantastic 1991 drama The Commitments, Kneecap tells the story of an Irish band from humble working-class beginnings. But unlike that film, which was based on a Roddy …
IRIS AND THE MEN
IRIS AND THE MEN Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Caroline VignalStars: Laure Calamy, Vincent Elbaz, Suzanne De Baecque.Charming little French romcom that deals with some troubling themes albeit in a light fashion. Iris (played by Laure Calamy) is fifty and runs a successful dental practice in Paris but she seems to be experiencing a mid-life crisis. When the film opens Iris confesses her …
