Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Santosh Sivan Stars: Ayesha Dharkar, Vishnu Vardhan, Parmeshwaran, Bhanu Prakash, K Krishna, Sonu Sisupal, Vishwas, Anuradha, Gopal. Actor John Malkovich first came across the award winning Indian film The Terrorist while he was serving on a festival jury in Cairo, where the film was in competition. So impressed was he… Continue Reading »
JACKIE CHAN’S FIRST STRIKE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stanley Tong Stars: Jackie Chan, Chen Chun Wu, Jackson Lou Jackie Chan, Hong Kong’s most popular martial arts star, brings his distinctive brand of action, furious mayhem, and punishing slap stick comedy down under for this fast paced adventure filmed partly on locations in Australia. The fourth installment in Chan’s… Continue Reading »
GABBEH
Reviewed by GREG KING Director:Mohsen Makhmalbaf Stars: Shaghayeh Djodat, Abbas Sayah, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami Running time: 74 minutes. The latest film to emerge from the gradually burgeoning film making culture of Iran is the visually stunning and lyrically beautiful Gabbeh. Like the recent The White Balloon, Gabbeh initially seems a deceptively simple story, but… Continue Reading »
A SELF MADE HERO
A Self Made Hero Reviewed by GREG KING Director:Jacques AudiardStars:Matthieu Kassovitch, Nadia Barentin, Sandrine Kiberlain, Anouk Grinberg, Albert Dupontel, Jean-Louis TrintignantRunning Time:105 minutes In any war, the first casualty is always the truth! And so it seems with this wry and cynical comic drama from France that offers a wonderfully subversive and ironic comment on… Continue Reading »
REYKJAVIK CALLING
by GREG KING REYKJAVIK CALLING: THE ICEMAN COMETH A special season of Icelandic films screening at ACMI from July 5-July 23, featuring the works of two of Iceland’s most distinctive and contemporary filmmakers – Fridrik Thor Fridriksson and Baltasar Kormakur. COLD FEVER. In the best tradition of the road movie, this quirky and decidedly… Continue Reading »
KAMA SUTRA
Reviewed by GREG KING Director:Mira Nair Stars:Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Indira Varma, Ramon Tikaram, Rekha Lavish production values, beautiful costumes, opulent settings, some superb scenery and gorgeous cinematography cannot disguise the fact that Mira Nair’s new film is little more than a big budget sex and sin melodrama set in 16th century India. The rain… Continue Reading »