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. …
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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 for Madeleine Dyer, and features Gary Sweet and Rachel …
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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 unnamed driver battles his conscience and drives a young, unsuspecting passenger to an uncertain …
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Foe - Interview with GARTH DAVIS by GREG KING Foe is a haunting examination of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world in the not too distant future. Based on the novel written by Iain Reid, the film stars Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal as a married couple living on a farm in America’s midwest when the arrival of a stranger (played by Aaron Pierre) arrival throws their lives into turmoil. The film has …
Interview with festival programmer Eddie Tamir by GREG KING This year the Jewish International Film festival serves up a packed program of over 50 new films and documentaries, many fresh from the international film festival circuit. The opening night film is the comedy Matchmaking and the closing night film is The Jewish Nazi, a fascinating documentary about Melbourne man Alex Kurzem who escaped a massacre in …
THE COST – interview with Matthew Holmes by GREG KING In this taut and gripping locally produced drama two men are intent on dispensing their own brutal form of justice to a felon who committed a horrific crime many years before. The Cost is written and directed by Matthew Holmes (The Legend Of Ben Hall, etc), and it delivers a different take on the Hollywood revenge genre. For Movies At Dusk Greg chatted with …
THE SUBSTANCE Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Coralie Fargeat Stars: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Yann Bean, Tom Morton, Hugo Diego Garcia, Robin Greer. This is sure to be one of the most heavily discussed films of …
KID SNOW Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Paul Goldman Stars: Billy Howle, Phoebe Tonkin, Tom Bateman, Robert Taylor, Nathan Phillips, Mark Cole Smith, Hunter Page-Lockhard, Jack La Torre, John Brumpton. A moderately engaging …
THE WILD ROBOT Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Chris Sanders Stars: voices of Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Mark Hamill, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor, Catherine O'Hara, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Stephanie Hsu. School holidays are once …
