THE SITTING DUCK Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jean-Paul Salome Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Gregory Gadebois, Yvan Attal, Marina Fois, Christoph Paou, Bernard Gabay, Pierre Delandochamps, Francois-Xavier Demaison, Gilles Cohen, Mara Tarquin, Christian Hecq. This tense political thriller from director Jean-Paul Salome (Arsene Lupin, etc) proves once again that fact is often stranger than …
RADICAL
RADICAL Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Christopher Zalla Stars: Eugenio Debez, Danial Haddad, Jennifer Trejo, Danilo Guardiola, Mia Fernanda Solis. Over the years cinema has given us lots of inspiring teachers who disregard the stuffy traditional curriculum and instead set out to engage their students and encourage them to think for themselves and reach their potential. We have had Robert Donat in his …
THE THREE MUSKETEERS PART 1: D’ARTAGNAN
THE THREE MUSKETEERS PART 1: D'ARTAGNAN Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Martin Bourboulon Stars: Francois Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmai, Eva Green, Vicky Krieps, Lyna Khoudri, Eric Ruf, Louis Garrel, Marc Barbe, Julien Fison. Alexandre Dumas’ swashbuckling novel depicting the adventures of Louis XIII’s titular musketeers was first published in 1844, and it has been adapted multiple …
LA CHIMERA
LA CHIMERA Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alice Rohrwacher Stars: Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Yile Vianello, Vincenzo Nemolata, Ramona Fiorini. Tuscany in the 1980s is the setting for this hybrid heist comedy come romance from Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazzaro, etc). Arthur (played by Josh O’Connor, from tv series The Crown and …
FREMONT
FREMONT Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Babak Jalali Stars: Anaita Wali Zada, Gregg Turkington, Jeremy Allen White, Eddie Tang, Jennifer McKay, Hilda Schmelling, Siddique Ahmed, Taban Ibraz, Boots Riley. Fremont is the fourth feature from Iranian born filmmaker Babak Jalali. This low budget, low key independent drama follows Donya (played by newcomer Anaita Wali Zada), an Afghan …
JEANNE DU BARRY
JEANNE DU BARRY Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Maiwenn Stars: Maiwenn, Johnny Depp, Melvil Poupard, Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Richard, Pauline Pollmann, Thibault Bonenfant, Noemie Lvovsky, Pascal Greggory, Diego Le Fur, Loli Bahia. A visually sumptuous and lavish costume drama this film depicts the life of the eponymous Jeanne Du Barry, who rose from a peasant background to become Louis XV’s favourite …
