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: Jafar Panahi Documentary. This Is Not A Film is a faux day-in-the-life documentary from Iranian director Jafar Panahi, and was created as a response to the 20-year ban imposed on him by the fundamentalist regime that rules Iran. Panahi is a serious filmmaker whose films have been branded seditious by [...]
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 [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Marcario De Souza. Bra Boys Part 2? Local film maker Marcario De Souza is obviously fascinated with the whole outlaw surfing culture that he explored in Bra Boys, which took us inside the rough masculine culture of the Sydney beach side suburb of Maroubra and its working class roots. [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Richard Press. Bill Cunningham New York has won the audience award at numerous film festivals, which is not surprising, as this is an engaging, fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable documentary exploring the life of a genuine eccentric. Well into his 80’s, Cunningham is a workaholic maverick photographer who prowls New [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Directors: Richard Lowenstein and Lynn-Maree Milburn. Local filmmaker Richard Lowenstein has long had a fascination with Melbourne’s punk rock scene, through films like Dogs In Space, his collaborations with INXS, and the documentary We’re All Living On Dog Food, etc. Together with long time collaborator Lynn-Maree Milburn Lowenstein gives us [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Richard De Aragues. Every year since 1907 the Isle of Man has hosted the Tourist Trophy, a motorcycle endurance race that has been recognised as the greatest motorcycle road race in the world. Competitors race around 60 miles of winding roads and small villages at speeds of up to [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Director: Gereon Wetzel. Here’s one for the foodies, or those people who love watching television cooking shows like Master Chef, Heston’s Kitchen, etc. Anyone else will find this documentary set inside one of the world’s most highly regarded restaurants the cinematic equivalent of watching paint dry. This German-Spanish co-production takes [...]
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