by GREG KING The Melbourne International Animation Festival screens at ACMI from June 19-June 29. The festival features new animation from around the world, as well as a showcase of new animation from France. There is a showcase of highlights from the Paris production company Sacrebleu, as well as a special program of shorts from… Continue Reading »
THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY – interview with Hossein Amini
by GREG KING. “I’ve really had a bit of an up and down career in terms of things that have worked and things that haven’t worked,” candidly admits Iranian-born screenwriter Hossein Amini (Drive, The Wings Of The Dove, etc). Amini makes his directorial debut with The Two Faces Of January, a slow burn suspense thriller… Continue Reading »
CALVARY – interview with John Michael McDonagh
by GREG KING Following the international success of The Guard writer/director John Michael McDonagh returns with Calvary. This blackly comic drama about a good priest tormented by his community in a small and picturesque Irish town reunites McDonagh with the brilliant Brendan Gleeson. Gleeson is Father James who is threatened with death during a startling… Continue Reading »
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2014
by GREG KING. For his Movies At Dusk program on 3WBC 94.1FM, Greg spoke to the festival director Nashen Moodley to find out more about this year’s exciting program. To hear more, click on the link below: https://www.mediafire.com/listen/muey9rbh9ga6gdp/190512_002.MP3 REVIEWS. LAST UPDATED JUNE 2. GABRIELLE. This award winning French-Canadian film is a moving, raw and emotionally… Continue Reading »
MICHAEL ALTMAN interview
by GREG KING The Sydney Film Festival is screening a series of films by legendary maverick director the late, great Robert Altman (M*A*S*H, etc). Michael Altman, eldest son of the legendary film director will be attending the festival to participate in some Q&As following screenings of some of his father’s films. One June 10, Altman… Continue Reading »
JOYOUS CURIOSITY: THE CINEMA OF AGNES VARDA
by GREG KING In June, ACMI are holding a special retrospective on French filmmaker Agnes Varda, regarded as “the godmother of the new wave.” Joyous Curiosity runs from Thursday 19 June – Sunday 13 July 2014 For over half a century Agnès Varda’s presence in the world cinema landscape has remained vital; producing films that… Continue Reading »