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 the under-represented indigenous filmic presence in the Kulin Nation. Greg spoke to Stephanie about the film.
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MASTER GARDENER reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul Schrader Stars: Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell, Esai Morales, Victoria Hill, Jared Bankens, Rick Cosnett. Paul Schrader’s nihilistic films have often explored troubled men and outsiders with a violent past who are seeking redemption for their past deeds. Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton) is one such man,… Continue Reading »
CAT PERSON Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Susanna Fogel Stars: Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Fred Melamed, Christopher Shyer, Liza Koshy, Josh Andres Rivera, Isaac Cole Powell, Michael Gandolfini. Fatal attraction indeed. “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” This… Continue Reading »
The Old Oak Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ken Loach Stars: Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Claire Rodgerson, Trevor Fox, Chris McGlade, Col Tait, Chrissie Robinson, Chris Gotts, Jen Patterson, Arthur Oxley, Joe Armstrong, Andy Dawson. This is widely regarded as likely to be the final film from revered 86-year-old British director Ken Loach, who for… Continue Reading »
