THE NEW BOY Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Warwick Thornton Stars: Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair, Aswan Reid. This is the third film from indigenous filmmaker Warrick Thornton following Samson & Delilah and the award-winning Sweet Country. The New Boy opened the Sydney Film Festival and has now gained a theatrical release. And although… Continue Reading »
EMU RUNNER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Imogen Thomas Stars: Wayne Blair, Rhae-Kye Waites, Rob Carlton, Georgia Blizzard, Rodney McHughes, Maurial Spearim, Mary Waites, Lindsay Waites. Nine-year old Gemma (played by newcomer Rhae-Kye Waites) is a Ngemba aboriginal girl growing up in the NSW town of Berrawina, some 500 miles north of Sydney. She is devastated when… Continue Reading »
SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Wayne Blair Stars: Adrien Brody, Salma Hayek, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Alon Aboutboul, Jamie Ward, Navid Navid, Anthony Aziz, Gabriella Wright, Ariana Molkara. Based on Dalia Sofer’s semi-autobiographical 2007 novel, Septembers Of Shiraz is a drama set in Iran in 1979, at the time of the overthrow of the Shah and the… Continue Reading »
