by GREG KING Handsome Devil is a great little gay themed coming of age tale set in an all-boys boarding school. It is semi-autobiographical, says writer/director John Butler. He speaks to Greg about making the movie, casting the characters and about influences on the character of Mr Sheedy, the sympathetic teacher played by Andrew Scott.… Continue Reading »
THE GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY FILM SHOW PODCAST EPISODE #213
This week on The Good The Bad The Ugly Film Show Adam, Dave, Greg and Nick take a look at new release films ‘The Great Wall,’ ‘T2: Trainspotting,’ ‘Silence,’ ‘The Coming War On China,’ ‘Trespass Against Us,’ ‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘The Family,’ ‘Fist Fight,’ and ‘Rings’. This episode also contains interviews with Jiang Tian, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Galecki,… Continue Reading »
HIDDEN FIGURES
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Theodore Melfi Stars: Taraji P Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons, Kirtsen Dunst, Glen Powell, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Kimberly Quinn, Olek Krupa, Ken Strunk, Kurt Krause. The Help at NASA? Of all the nine films nominated for Best Film at this year’s Oscars, the inspirational and… Continue Reading »
THE GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY FILM SHOW PODCAST EPISODE #205
This week on The Good The Bad The Ugly Film Show Dave, Greg and Nick take a look at new release films ‘Mahana,’ ‘Office Christmas Party,’ and ‘The Menkoff Method’. This episode also contains an interview with Olivia Munn, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Lee Tamahori (‘Mahana’), Sam Bodhi Field (Candidate Games), Stephanie Skinner (Half), Saara Lamberg (Innuendo), Charly… Continue Reading »
HALF – interview with writer Stephanie Skinner
by GREG KING The short film Half is screening at QV on Friday December 9 as part of the Made In Melbourne Film Festival. The film is a very personal one for writer Stephanie Skinner and her family. Half was developed as part of the First Nations Script to Screen Initiative to give voice to… Continue Reading »
SNOW MONKEY – interview with Hellen Rose
by GREG KING Australian filmmaker George Gittoes has travelled to many dangerous places to make his documentaries about war and its aftermath. Snow Monkey was filmed in Jalalabad in Afghanistan where Gittoes and his Yellow House Collective worked with a number of street kids to make a movie about their lives. It has travelled well… Continue Reading »