by GREG KING On a dusty highway between Australia’s most isolated city and its largest gold pit lies Coolgardie – where the arrival every three months of a new pair of foreign backpackers to work the only bar in town is a keenly anticipated event. Fresh off the plane and lured by the promise of… Continue Reading »
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg Stars: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally, Golshifteh Farahani, David Wenham, Bruce Spence, Stephen Graham, Martin Klebba, Adam Brown, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Paul McCartney. Pirates just want to have fun! This is the fifth instalment in the successful… Continue Reading »
ST KILDA FILM FESTIVAL 2017 – interview with Paul Harris
by GREG KING The St Kilda Film Festival runs from May 18 through to May 27. The opening night is at the Palais Theatre, with other screenings at the St Kilda Town Hall. The program features the Top 100 shorts, there is retrospective on Graham Kennedy the iconic tv star, a program devoted to web… Continue Reading »
PORK PIE – interview with Matt Murphy
by GREG KING Pork Pie is a fast paced road movie about three misfits who travel from one end of New Zealand to the other in a stolen mini Cooper. The film is a remake of New Zealand filmmaker Geoff Murphy’s seminal road movie which helped kick start the New Zealand film industry. Ironically this… Continue Reading »
PORK PIE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Matt Murphy Stars: James Rolletson, Dean O’Gorman, Ashleigh Cummings, Antonia Prebble, Geraldine Brophy, Matt Whelan. Along with Roger Donaldson’s 1977 political thriller Sleeping Dogs (which introduced us to Sam Neill), Geoff Murphy’s fast paced 1981 road movie Goodbye Pork Pie was one of the seminal films in putting New… Continue Reading »
PERSONAL SHOPPER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Olivier Assayas Stars: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Nora von Waldstatten, Ty Olwin, Hammou Graia. Kristen Stewart is one of the more interesting actresses of her generation. Following the success of the tween vampire series Twilight, which gave her a higher profile, she has chosen to appear in intriguing… Continue Reading »