by GREG KING The 2024 German Film Festival screens at Palace Cinemas across Australia in May. The opening night film is From Hilde, With Love, and the director Andreas Dresen will be in attendance to introduce the film and talk to audiences about the film. There is also a special selection of films from German… Read More »
FREMONT interview with producer RACHAEL FUNG
by GREG KING Fremont is a 2023 comedy/drama from writer/director Babak Jalali that follows Donya (played by Anaita Wali Zada), a former Afghan translator now adjusting to life in America. The film is shot in black and white by cinematographer Laura Valladao. It also stars Australian comic actor Gregg Turkington and Jeremy Allen White (from… Read More »
WICKED LITTLE LETTERS – interview with ANJANA VASAN
Interview with ANJANA VASAN by GREG KING Based on a true story and set in the small town of Littlehampton in the 1920s, Wicked Little Letters tells the story of how a woman named Edith Swan received a number of nasty letters filled with obscenities. Suspicion fell on her neighbour Rose, a free-spirited single mother.… Read More »
EUROPA EUROPA FILM FESTIVAL – interview with artistic director Spiro Economopoulos
Interview of Spiro Economopoulos by GREG KING The Europa! Europa Film Festival is back in Melbourne for its third consecutive year, running from February 15th to March 11th, 2024 and screening at the Lido and Classic Cinemas. Europa Europa is a vibrant celebration of the finest contemporary European cinema. The festival will screen 47 films, hailing from 28 different countries. This… Read More »
A SAVAGE CHRISTMAS – interview with Madeleine Dyer
by GREG King Dysfunctional family gatherings are a popular subgenre that filmmakers like to explore as they are full of tension, conflicts, secrets and unresolved issues that simmer to the surface, and Christmas gatherings seem even more fraught. The Australian comedy/drama A Savage Christmas taps into this genre. It is the feature film directorial debut… Read More »
BRING HIM TO ME – interview with director Luke Sparke
Bring Him To Me Interview by GREG KING Bring Him To Me is a tense thriller starring Barry Pepper, Jamie Costa, Sam Neill and Rachel Griffiths. Written by Tom Evans, the film sees Pepper’s character driving Cost across town to an unknown destination and an unknown fate. Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, an… Read More »