Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Christopher Landon Stars: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Rob Mello, Phi Vu. Groundhog Day with a killer twist? In this clever teen horror film that pays tribute to the slasher films of the 80s, a college student is brutally murdered, but gets to relive that… Continue Reading »
HOUNDS OF LOVE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ben Young Stars: Stephen Curry, Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Susie Porter, Harrison Gilbertson, Damian De Montemas. Australian filmmakers have produced some tough, gritty uncompromising crime dramas in the past, with films like Romper Stomper, The Boys, Animal Kingdom, and Snowtown all exploring the darker side of the Australian male psyche.… Continue Reading »
HOUNDS OF LOVE – interview with Ben Young
by GREG KING Hounds Of Love is a tough new low budget Australian crime thriller about a couple (played by Stephen Curry and Emma Booth) who kidnap a teenaged girl (Ashleigh Cummings). This is the debut feature for local filmmaker Ben Young. He has briefly returned home from Serbia where he is shooting the big… Continue Reading »
HOTEL COOLGARDIE
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Pete Gleeson. Coolgardie is a small mining town situated some 500kms east of Perth. It is a remote, insular and isolated town where little ever happens. The social hub of the town is the local pub, the Denver City Hotel. Every season a couple of new barmaids, usually backpackers… Continue Reading »
HOTEL COOLGARDIE – interview with Pete Gleeson
by GREG KING On a dusty highway between Australia’s most isolated city and its largest gold pit lies Coolgardie – where the arrival every three months of a new pair of foreign backpackers to work the only bar in town is a keenly anticipated event. Fresh off the plane and lured by the promise of… Continue Reading »
2017 HUMAN RIGHTS ARTS AND FILM FESTIVAL – interview with Lauren Lemadre
by GREG KING The 10th Human Rights Arts & Film Festival screens at ACMI from Thursday May 4 and continues through until March 18. There are lots of diverse and human stories, great documentaries and narrative feature films that aim to engage with audience on important issues of human rights, equality, refugee issues, race, gender… Continue Reading »