Gran Turismo Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Neill Blomkamp Stars: Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Djimon Hounsou, Gerri Halliwell, Darren Barnet, Takehiro Hira, Joshua Stradowski, Thomas Kretschmann, Daniel Puig, Maeve Courtier-Lilley. This great underdog story is based on the true story of how a kid from a working-class family in Wales, who loved playing the simulated racing game Gran …
GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL 2023
GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEWED BY GREG KING LAST UPDATED MAY 5, 2023 A THOUSAND LIES. Opening the festival this year is A Thousand Lies, the latest film from Michael “Bully” Herbig, whose Balloon opened the festival a couple of years ago. This timely, ripped from the headlines drama explores the ethics of journalism, corporate politics and the decline of print journalism in an era of social …
INNER WEST FILM FESTIVAL – interview with GREGORY DOLGOPOLOV
GREGORY DOLGOPOLOV Interview by GREG KING INNER WEST FILM FESTIVAL – interview with GREGORY DOLGOPOLOV In one of The Inner West’s most unifying and collective moments yet, this pulsating slice of urban Sydney will now play host to its very own film festival, with The Inner West Film Fest rolling out for the very first time from 31 March through to 2 April. Across venues including the legendary …
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A GUIDE TO DATING AT THE END OF THE WORLD – interview with Samuel Gay
by GREG KING The debut feature for Brisbane based filmmaker, A Guide To Dating At The End Of The World is in essence a romantic comedy, albeit with a touch of sci-fi thrown in for good measure. Alex (Kerith Atkinson) is set up for a blind date by her friends, but she finds John (Tony Brockman) a bit of a bore. When he asks her for a second date she responds with: “I wouldn’t go out with you if you were the last …
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GIRL AT THE WINDOW
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mark Hartley Stars: Radha Mitchell, Ella Newton, Vince Colosimo, Andrew S Gilbert, James MacKay, Karis Kailani. Filmmaker Mark Hartley (Patrick, etc) is a dab hand at ozploitation genre films and has a keen understanding of the tropes of the genre, but his latest effort Girl At The Window is a throwback to the slasher genre of the 90s in style. It also seems heavily …
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sophie Hyde Stars: Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack. Recently widowed, middle aged retired religious instruction schoolteacher Nancy (Emma Thompson) has never really experienced the joys of sex. She seems unsatisfied by her life. Her husband, as she puts it, “would roll on top, do the business, roll off, put his pyjamas back on and go to sleep”. To experience pleasure, she …
