by GREG KING A Way To Live is a black comedy/action drama, another variation on the odd couple buddy formula. It has been written by Melbourne based screenwriter Peter Levy. Paul Lewis has been diagnosed with cancer and he just wants to spend his last days fishing. Then he meets Chris, a retired Greek hitman… Continue Reading »
GERMAN CINEMA MELBOURNE – interview with artistic director Peter Krausz
by GREG KING The German Cinema Melbourne film festival screens at Backlot Studios from November 17-25. The festival will screen 11 films, all but one are Australian premiers. The opening night film is Gordian Maugg’s Fritz Lang, a speculative drama about the famed German filmmaker as he attempts to shoot his first sound film… Continue Reading »
INNUENDO – interview with cast and crew David Farrington, Pauline Grace, Charly Harrison and Heidi Salander
by GREG KING Innuendo is a dark and twisted tale from writer/director and star Saara Lamberg. It is her debut feature film, and has done well on the festival circuit. The film is screening at Melbourne’s Cinema Nova on Friday October 20, with cast and crew in attendance for a Q&A session. Cast members David… Continue Reading »
GREEK FILM FESTIVAL 2017 – interview with Penny Kyprianou
by GREG KING Returning for its 24th edition, the Delphi Bank Greek Film Festival (GFF) will showcase the unique perspectives of modern Greek storytellers from all over the world. A plethora of award-winning features, documentaries and shorts make up this year’s program which… Continue Reading »
PATTI CAKE$
REVIEWED BY GREG KING Director: Geremy Jasper Stars: Danielle MacDonald, Bridget Everett, Cathy Moriarty, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, Sahr Ngaujah. White girls can’t rap? There have been some great movies set against the backdrop of the rap music or hip-hop scene, like 8 Mile, Hustle And Flow and even the recent Straight Outta Compton about… Continue Reading »
PARIS CAN WAIT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Eleanor Coppola Stars: Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin. It’s one of those vagaries of film distribution that we sometimes get two films released at the same time with similar plots and ideas. Within the space of a couple of weeks we get two road trip movies featuring two people… Continue Reading »