The Best Movie Reviews
by GREG KING The American Essentials Film Festival screens at Kino Cinemas from May 10 and runs through until May 20. The festival screens some of the latest and best films from America’s independent film scene, and the films are chosen straight from some of the US’s top film festivals like Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca. The opening night film is the quirky romantic comedy The Boy Downstairs from director …
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by GREG KING The American Essentials Film Festival 2017 screens at Palace Cinemas around Australia in May. This specially curated program features a range of the latest and most vibrant new independent films from America, with some filmmakers in the early stages of their careers. There is also a Masters and Masterpieces sidebar that features newly restored prints of some classics like The Graduate, which is …
by GREG KING The inaugural Essential Independents: American Cinema Now festival is a two week long film festival that showcases the past, the present and the future of independent cinema from the US.Curated by Richard Sowada and screening at Palace Cinemas from May 17, the 32 films in the festival celebrate new narrative features, documentaries, and a retrospective on debut feature films from major …
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by GREG KING Samurai films are among the most influential in cinema, earning a place in the film canon. They include some of the most important films ever produced by some of the masters of the cinema. ACMI are holding a series of special screenings under the banner heading of Samurai Cinema: The Way of the Warrior. Their unique styling and stunning big screen action remain endlessly enjoyable and gripping. …
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AUSTRALIAN NOIR RETROSPECTIVE - Interview with Richard Sowada by GREG KING When you think of film noir, you typically think of those black and white crime melodramas of the ‘40’s and ‘50’s, the more traditional American kind of noir type in which good men were often corrupted by the wiles of a manipulative woman. Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Maltese Falcon, are all classic examples of the …
WARFARE Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland Stars: Cosmo Jarvis, Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai, Kit Connor, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Finn Bennett, Charles Melton, Noah …
DROP Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Christopher Landon Stars: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Jack Robinson, Violette Beane, Gabrielle Ryan Spring, Reed Diamond, Jeffrey Self, Ed Weeks, Travis Nelson. A couple meet at a swanky …
THE CORRESPONDENT Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kriv Stenders Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Julian Maroun, Rahel Ramahn, Yael Stone, Mojean Aria, Fayssal Bazzi, Nic Cassim, Josh McConville. This powerful but grim drama from …
