WE LIVE IN TIME Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: John CrowleyStars: Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield, Lee Braithwaite, Adam James, Grace Delaney.This unashamed and somewhat old-fashioned weepy is a Love Story for the new millennium. The soft-spoken Tobias Durand (Andrew Garfield) works for a breakfast cereal company. The brash and confident Almut Bruhl is a chef. They meet under unusual …
SIDONIE IN JAPAN
SIDONIE IN JAPAN Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Elise GirardStars: Isabelle Huppert, Tsuyoshi Ihara, August Diehl. Sidonie Perceval (played by iconic French actress Isabelle Huppert) is a widowed author, who has not written anything since the death of her husband Antoine and has instead been living a reclusive lifestyle. She is drawn out of her isolation when she travels to Japan for a book tour to …
MARY SHELLEY
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Haifa al-MansouStars: Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Bel Powley, Stephen Dillane, Maisie Williams, Tom Sturridge, Ben Hardy, Joanne Froggatt, Hugh O'Connor.Mary Shelley Unbound?Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is the rebellious teen and author of the celebrated Gothic classic novel Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus, the story of an egotistical scientist who creates life and …
FAR FROM HERE – interview with James Pillion
by GREG KINGFar From Here is a very personal story, a romantic drama set in Romania that charts the changing nature of the relationship between Grant and Sofia as the pressures of work and separation take its toll. It is the debut feature for Sydney filmmaker James Pillion. Greg spoke to James to find out about the origins of the film, putting the script together with stars Jonathan Ahmadi, …
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THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US
Reviewed by GREG KINGDirector: Hany Abu-AssadStars: Kate Winslet, Idris Elba, Beau Bridges, Dermot Mulroney.Boise, Idaho. Storm clouds have rolled in, and all flights out have been cancelled. Ben (Idris Elba) is a neuro surgeon who is trying to get a flight out to Denver so he can get a connecting flight to New York, where he is scheduled to perform life-saving surgery on a ten-year old boy. Alex …
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017 – REVIEWS
ALL FILMS REVIEWED BY GREG KINGLAST UPDATED AUGUST 13, 2017FINAL PORTRAIT.In 1964, renowned portrait artist and sculptor Albert Giacometti passed away soon after completing his final painting. He had painted a portrait of American journalist James Lord, who had come to Paris for a brief visit. The portrait was only supposed to take a couple of days, but the increasingly frustrated Lord spent a couple …
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