THE PENGUIN LESSONS Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Peter CattaneoStars: Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, Bjorn Gustafsson, Vivian El Jaber, Alfonsina Carrocio, Diego Herrera.No, this is not a documentary about the consequences of Donald Trump’s reckless and unnecessary 10% tariffs imposed on Heard and Mcdonald Islands, largely uninhabited islands near Antarctica populated by a colony of penguins. Rather …
THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Terry GilliamStars: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Will Keen, Paloma Bloyd, Oscar Jaenada, Stellan Skarsgard, Olga Kurylenko, Jordi Molla, Joana Ribeiro.The struggles faced by idiosyncratic and maverick filmmaker Terry Gilliam in trying to bring to the screen his long gestating passion project about Don Quixote have been well detailed in the fascinating 2002 documentary …
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 – reviews
ALL REVIEWS WRITTEN BY GREG KINGLAST UPDATED AUGUST 17, 2018THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE.The struggles faced by idiosyncratic and maverick filmmaker Terry Gilliam in trying to bring to the screen his long gestating passion project about Don Quixote have been well detailed in the fascinating 2002 documentary Lost In La Mancha. That film told of the storms that destroyed sets, the lack of financial …
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THE WIFE
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Bjorn RungeStars: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Christian Slater, Annie Stake, Harry Lloyd, Elizabeth McGovern, Karin Franz .Korlof, Alix Wilton Regan.Behind every great man there is a great woman, according to the maxim, and that is certainly borne out in this intelligent and thought-provoking character study from Swedish director Bjorn Runge (Daybreak, …
WOMAN IN GOLD
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Simon Curtis Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bruhl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max Irons, Antje Traue, Elizabeth McGovern, Jonathan Pryce, Frances Fisher, Moritz Bleibtreu, Allan Coruner, Henry Goodman, Tom Schilling, Charles Dance.Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren) is an elderly Jewish refugee who, with the help of her tyro lawyer, takes on the intractable might of …
RONIN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Frankenheimer Stars: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Stellan Skasgard, Natascha McElhone, Jonathan Pryce, Sean Bean, Skipp Sudduth, Michael Lonsdale, Jan Triska.In the 60's, John Frankenheimer was without peer as a director of taut action films and riveting political thrillers. His more memorable films included Seven Days In May, The Manchurian Candidate, Seconds, and The Birdman …
