Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Cedric Jimenez Stars: Jean Dujardin, Anais Demoustier, Sandrine Kiberlain, Lyna Khoudri, Saraj Afcahin, Jeremie Renier. A mix of fact and fiction this tense drama is set against the backdrop of the series of coordinated terrorist attacks that shook Paris in November 2015. 130 people were killed and over 400 injured… Continue Reading »
MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF
MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Leon Prudovsky Stars: David Hayman, Udo Kier, Olivia Silhavy, Kineret Peled. One of the hits of the 2022 Jewish International Film Festival was this quirky dramedy about a Holocaust survivor who comes to believe that his new next door neighbour is actually Adolf Hitler living incognito. Somewhere… Continue Reading »
MARGRETE: QUEEN OF THE NORTH
MARGRETE: QUEEN OF THE NORTH Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Charlotte Sieling Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Morten Hee Andersen, Soren Malling, Jakob Ofteboro, Paul Blackthorne, Bjorn Floberg, Magnus Krepper. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Inspired by actual events this epic historical drama from Denmark set in the early 1400s is a drama of… Continue Reading »
KOMPROMAT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jerome Salle Stars: Gilles Lelouche, Joanna Kulig, Aleksey Gorbunov, Elisa Lasowski, Olivia Malahieude, Daniil Vorobyov, Mikhail Goreyov, Igor Jijiine, Louis-Do de Lencquesai. This tense French produced chase thriller provides a grim and sobering glimpse into the oppressive nature of Russia under Putin. Kompromat is a Russian word for compromising material… Continue Reading »
HIT THE ROAD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Panah Panahi Stars: Panteas Panahiha, Hassan Madjooni, Amin Simsar, Rayan Sarlak. An Iranian family of four head out for a road trip. In the car is the mother (Pantea Panahiha), the father Khosro (Hassan Madjooni) whose leg is in a cast, their elder son Farid (Amin Simsar) who is quite… Continue Reading »
LORO
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paolo Sorrentino Stars: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak, Giovanni Esposito, Dario Contarelli. This messy, vulgar, bloated and indulgent biopic of Silvio Berlusconi (played here by Toni Servillo), the lecherous tycoon and media mogul who served four terms as Italy’s divisive, colourful and controversial Prime Minister mired… Continue Reading »