LONGLEGS Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Osgood Perkins Stars: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee, Dakota Daulby, Kiernan Shipka. This disturbing thriller about a female FBI agent on the trail of a creepy serial killer has been compared by many critics to the Oscar winning classic The Silence Of The Lambs. But for me it is a little derivative and not in the …
LA CHIMERA
LA CHIMERA Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Alice Rohrwacher Stars: Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Yile Vianello, Vincenzo Nemolata, Ramona Fiorini. Tuscany in the 1980s is the setting for this hybrid heist comedy come romance from Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazzaro, etc). Arthur (played by Josh O’Connor, from tv series The Crown and …
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Colin and Cameron Cairnes Stars: David Dastmalchian, Fayssal Bazzi, Ian Bliss, Ingrid Torelli, Laura Gordon, Rhys Auteri. Every year when I get my hands on the MIFF program and start selecting my films the first strand I pour through is Night Shift, which contains some bizarre horror films and cinematic oddities. And this offbeat film …
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
LOVE LIES BLEEDING reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rose Glass Stars: Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Dave Franco, Anna Baryshnikov. The incredibly violent story of two women in love. Set in New Mexico in 1989, this is a tough and gritty revenge-driven drama is the sophomore feature from British director Rose Glass (the 2019 psychological thriller Saint Maud, etc). Lou …
LAST NIGHT OF AMORE
Last Night of Amore Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andrea de Stefano Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Linda Caridi, Francesco De Leva, Antonio Gerardi, Katia Mironova. A gritty Italian crime thriller set against the backdrop of Milan’s criminal underworld, Last Night Of Amore was one of the highlights of the recent Italian film festival. For 35 years Franco Amore (Pierfrancesco Favino, from Nostalgia, …
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 unnamed driver battles his conscience and drives a young, unsuspecting passenger to an uncertain …
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