This week on The Good The Bad The Ugly Film Show Greg, Adam, Nick and Dave check out new the releases – The Magnificent Seven, Equity, Wednesday May 9, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, Life Animated and I Am Not A Serial Killer. We also have interviews with Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Mija Gwyn,… Continue Reading »
LIES AND SECRETS – interview with James Hewison from ACMI
by GREG KING From October 13, ACMI are screening four documentaries under the umbrella of Lies And Secrets. This curated selection of films lay bare the truth about warfare and conflict in the 21st century, and reveal how wars are not not fought so much by soldiers on the ground but at a distance using technology… Continue Reading »
CZECH AND SLOVAK FILM FESTIVAL 2016 – interview with festival director Cerise Howard
by GREG KING The 4th Czech and Slovak Film Festival begins screening at ACMI from September 14. This year the festival has the theme of text and texture. There are screenings of classic Czech films in collaboration with Melbourne Cinematheque, short films screening on the big screen at Federation Square, and this year some special… Continue Reading »
HUMAN RIGHTS ARTS AND FILM FESTIVAL 2016 – interview with Malcolm Blaylock
by GREG KING The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival screens around Australia in May. Screening during the festival are a number of fictional dramas and documentaries dealing with things like refugees, gay issues, the environment. There are four short film programs as well. The opening night film is the controversial and topical documentary Chasing… Continue Reading »
ECCO HOMO – interview with Richard Lowenstein and Lynn-Maree Milburn
by GREG KING Provocateur, artist, performer: Peter Vanessa “Troy” Davies was a chameleon, and this documentary attempts to come to grips with this elusive figure using a wealth of archival footage and interviews. Ecco Homo screens at ACMI as part of Melbourne Queer Film Festival, on Sunday April 3 at 8.15pm . Greg spoke to… Continue Reading »
TAKE HEART – interview with director Mike Hill
by GREG KING Take Heart is a new documentary about the quest to rid Australasia of Rheumatic Heart Disease, an invisible disease that threatens the lives of over 30 million young people around the world. The film will be released via the Tugg Platform and will screen on NITV in 2016. The DVD release features… Continue Reading »