Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephan Elliott Stars: Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Tim Draxl, Laura Brent, Olivia Newton-John, Rebel Wilson, Jonathan Biggins, Steve Le Marquand. In the early 70s Australian filmmakers gave the British public a taste of some uniquely Australian larrikin humour with films like The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie and Barry [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: George Miller Stars: voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Alecia (pink) Moore, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Common, Sofia Vergara, Hugo Weaving, Richard Carter, Magda Szubanski, Anthony La Paglia, Ava Acres, Benjamin Flores jr. George Miller (Mad Max, etc) returns to the snow covered climes of Antarctica and the [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jon Hewitt Stars: Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Viva Bianca, Stephen Phillips, Wayne Blair, Eamon Farren. Maverick Australian director Jon Hewitt’s latest drama is a confronting, hard-hitting erotic thriller set in Sydney’s vice ridden King’s Cross red light district. Shay Ryan (newcomer Hanna Mangan Lawrence, from The Square, etc) is a naïve [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Megan Doneman. Kiran Bedi was the first female police officer in India, and became a controversial figure due to her battles with bureaucracy in a patriarchal society that was shaped by an entrenched system of patronage and corruption. In India women were regarded almost as second class citizens who [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Tony Krawitz. The Tall Man is a powerful and important documentary that examines race relations and the treatment of aboriginals in today’s society, and again raises the spectre of police corruption and the controversial deaths in custody issue. Palm Island is an impoverished indigenous community that lies north of [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ivan Sen Stars: Daniel Connors, Dean Daley Jones, Christopher Edwards. Ivan Sen (Beneath Clouds and Yellow Fella, etc) is probably our most important indigenous filmmaker. There is something deeply personal and semi-autobiographical about his new film, which is set in Toomelah, the mission community in north-western New South Wales where [...]
by GREG KING. Ivan Sen is arguably our most important indigenous filmmaker. His short documentaries have explored the lives of famous aboriginals like the activist Charles Perkins and the actor Tom E Lewis. His feature films have explored the issues surrounding aboriginal people, the conflicts of the past, and the crisis facing many of the [...]
by GREG KING. “Growing up as a kid, surf movies were all we watched. Even now when I flick on the old surf DVDs it takes me back to the memories as a kid, fond memories, which is great and I love it.” Twenty-eight year old Sydney based filmmaker Marcario de Souza is well aware [...]
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