GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 by GREG KING LAST UPDATED MAY 4. Presenting a wonderfully audacious collection of contemporary German cinema, the 12th annual Audi Festival of German Films celebrates the rich diversity of one of Europe’s most dynamic and creatively renowned cultures. Showcasing 45 award-winning films and documentaries from inspiring thrillers to wry comedies and [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Bess Kargman. Tutus, tears and triumphs? First Position is a very enjoyable and inspiring documentary about the annual Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most elite and prestigious dance competitions in the world. Thousands of hopefuls, aged between eight and 18, try out for prizes including contracts with [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Alex Gibney. Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney is a prolific director who tackles controversial subject matter in his hard hitting and well-researched documentaries, like Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer, and Taxi To The Dark Side. His latest film [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Bart Layton. It has often been said that truth is stranger than fiction. This beguiling documentary from British filmmaker Bart Layton explores yet another one of those stories that is so bizarre it is hard to believe it is true. In fact a lot of what transpires in the [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Amy Berg. This is the fourth film to look at the miscarriage of justice that saw three teenagers jailed for the brutal murder of three young boys in the small Arkansas town of West Memphis in the 1990s. In 1994 18-year old Damien Echols, a fan of heavy metal [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Ron Fricke. It all started with Godfrey Reggio’s wordless 1983 documentary Koyaanisqatsi, which used a wonderful combination of Philip Glass’s evocative score and cinematographer Ron Fricke’s gorgeous images to present a visual contrast between the beauty of nature and the messiness of the human world. Since then Fricke has [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Rohan Spong. Every year since 1990 concert pianist Mimi Stern-Wolfe has been holding a concert on December 1 (World AIDS Day) in New York. The Benson AIDS series of concerts aim to commemorate and celebrate the life and music of a number of musicians who died of HIV/AIDS related [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Florian Habicht Stars: Florian Habicht, Masha Yakovenko, Frank Habicht. One of the oldest devices of romantic comedies sees two strangers meet, and fall in love, but the low budget, independent and quirky Love Story subverts the tropes of the whole brief encounter plot. This genre busting docu-drama/romcom blurs the line [...]
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