Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Thomas Vinterberg Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrom. The Hunt is a powerful, disturbing and provocative Danish drama about an innocent man who becomes the victim of a terrifying witch hunt that destroys his life and reputation in a small town. Lucas (played by Mads Mikkelsen, [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Noemie Lvovsky Stars: Noemie Lvovsky, Samir Guesmi, Yolande Moreau, Judith Chemia, Inda Haire, Michel Vuillermoz, Denis Podalydes, Mathieu Amalric, Vincent Lacoste. A Gallic variation on Peggy Sue Got Married, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1986 comedy that sent Kathleen Turner’s character back 25 years to relive some key moments from her youthful [...]
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 Director: Christian Vincent Stars: Catherine Frot, Arthur Dupont, Brice Fournier, Jean d’Ormesson. The opening night film at the recent Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, Haute Cuisine gets a limited cinema release. The film is based loosely on the true story of Daniele Mazet-Delpeuch, who was the private chef for French President [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Lorraine Levy Stars: Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Debhi, Pascal Elbé, Emmanuelle Devos, Areen Omari, Khalifa Natour, Mahmud Shalaby. This stunning, moving and provocative Israeli/French co-production concerns questions of identity and a major moral, ethical and political dilemma that is not easily resolved. Writers Lorraine Levy (My Friends My Loves), Naom Fitoussi [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Pablo Larrain Stars: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Jose Manuel Salcedo, Eugeno Garcia, Nestor Cantillana, Jaime Vadell. Nominated for a foreign language Oscar, No is the final film in Pablo Larrain’s unofficial trilogy exploring the legacy of Pinochet’s tyrannical dictatorship. Larrain is passionate about Chile’s brutal and violent [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Claude Miller Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anne De La Trave, Stanley Weber, Catherine Arditi, Isabelle Sadoyan, Max Morel, Francois Goubert. Therese Desqueyroux is the final film from acclaimed French director Claude Miller, known for his noir classics Un Secret and The Accompanist, etc, who died only a couple of [...]
Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg Stars: Pal S Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann, Odd-Magnus Williamson, Jakob Oftebro, Gustaf Skarsgard, Agnes Kittelsen. This epic film is a dramatisation of Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl’s epic 1948 journey in which he set sail across the Pacific Ocean, travelling some 4300 miles on [...]
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